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This is for the weapons department. It’s a\u00a0UK video of the use of the Roman pilum in battle. It is essentially a long forged spearhead embedded in a wooden handle that gave the user a huge advantage over the Barbarians across the fight line. And don’t think the Barbarians were bad fighters, either. They were Goths, Huns, Thracians – anyone who wanted a fight with Rome.<\/p>\n
For you Weapons Peeps, the video gives you a history of the Roman Army\u2019s way of disabling Barbarians with the use of a pilum. Nasty weapons, too. It’s like a javelin, but nastier.\u00a0 Not a reusable weapon because of the arrowhead part at the head, unless there\u2019s a weapons recovery squad behind the frontline Barbarians \u2013 basically, backup squad of Barbarians that can pull the pilum out of the damaged shield and hand it to the Barbarian horde at the front to use against the oncoming Roman troops.<\/p>\n
Do we have anything like this in our armory?\u00a0 Yes, we have rockets, short and long-range missiles, artillery, but that’s all for long distance. What about close quarters combat?\u00a0 Just askin’.<\/p>\n
Anyway, enjoy the video.<\/p>\n