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Prior to the invention of gunpowder, what was the primary weapon
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Prior to the invention of gunpowder, what was the primary weapon of your average medieval European army? Pic unrelated
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>>1327137
It was the spear you little slut
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Right before, you started to see pikemen coming back because there were the numbers for that.

Obviously, cavalry was hugely important, but cavalry is never "primary" because of the smaller numbers.
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>>1327137

a polearm of some sort.

>>1327143

The heyday of pikes was alongside early firearms. Before that you tended to have somewhat shorter spears.
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>>1327143
>>1327159
I know that the pike was supreme around the time of the tercio, but I realized that I didn't know what came before that.
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>>1327143
>but cavalry is never "primary" because of the smaller numbers.
Tell that to the french.
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>>1327137
Do you have more WWII porn?
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