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Hello Ancient Tactics, My name is Joshua and this is my first post to this forum. I am quite interested in world and military history. From the looks of it,...
Hi Joshua and welcome aboard. Pila is plural for Pilum. The pilum is a javelin that legionaires used to shower enemy formations with to soften them up prior to...
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The long thin neck was certainly capable of bending but the more important feature was that it could penetrate all the way through the shield and injure the...
Hi I always had a problem with the "weak neck" argumen with pilum. I built them! I could not replicate the thing! What I did observe was that with the...
Hi Well, on the "weak shaft" part, I observed that the Spanish Celt weapon that the romans called "soloferrum" came first. I can SEE that a long iron of 6...
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The problem with the weak rivet theory is that in many cases the side flanges were hammered over the sides of the wooden block making it very difficult for the...
... I observed that the Spanish Celt weapon that the romans called "soloferrum" came first. Hey Rocky, I've always had a problem understanding the Soloferrum....
Hi Ya, I was a "spearchucker" in school as well. And had a similar experience with "rebar". Now, you will admit that Rebar WILL BEND.... And I always had...
Remember iron making has improved since those times and Roman iron was not up to spanish or other standards. It was common for Celtic and other armies for...
Hi I understand all that. I think you are arguing against something I didn't say! I didn't say "impossible" I said, I had trouble. I could not replicate the...
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... Anyway, I was impressed with the pilum as a weapon both used as a spear and thrown. "solo" I was just referring to it. ... Hey Rocky, I did not disparage...
Hi Well, testing was done with a mannikin with shield etc, propped up with 1x2s. I found that striking like a spear didn't stress the pin like throwing it...
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