>>987306
they're called "tau-el"

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>>987306
Did the Old Guard really wear those stupid tall hats out into battle?

>>987306
>did the deaths head hussars really wear those stupid tall hats into battle?

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>>987351

>>987342
Yeah, but they didn't usually engage in melee combat

>>987366
Nice job avoiding the actual point.

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Did Napoleonic soldiers really wear those big dumb hats into battle?

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>>987306
Yes they did

>>987419
I don't see how that's avoiding the point-- Vikings didn't actually use those horned helmets into battle because they were impracticable.

>>989771
Vikings didn't use those horned helmets because they didn't exist

>>987515
Well....did they?

>>987515
iirc it helped screw up the enemy's potential headshots.

right?

>>987342
>>987515
>compareing the sexy Shako to an glorified tissue box

>>990535
I suppose thats a bonus
Theyre really to make you look taller and more formidable though as far as I remember