re: Fighting an open field battle with only melee weapons, like Braveheart

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I bet you wouldn't run if the enemy had taken your land, raped your wife and sisters and killed your father and brothers.

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how would I be alive if all that happened?

I am just being honest. I have never been a coward so I doubt I really would be. The survival instinct in me says lay low and pick a few off at a time though. Running in to mass chaos seems to be a dumb way to try to win a battle unless you have the numbers.

Hatori Hanzo sword


Assuming I didn't join Salmon and exit stage left with the whole legs kicking in the air Shaggy and Scooby style

Can I just hang back and lob arrows into the enemy lines from a safe distance?

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I bet you wouldn't run if the enemy had taken your land, raped your wife and sisters and killed your father and brothers.
I'd like to think you'd go apeshit in the middle of that hell!

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Yea when you put it like that, I think I would do some really reckless shite like Leeroy Jenkins

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Interesting tidbit of info- the British Army was using cavalry with lancers well into World War I.

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They all were.

The French went into the war with cavalry who wore bright red pants and shiny chrome breastplates.

The Russians never introduced helmets. They exited the war without ever having provided their infantry more than a cloth cap.

I read somewhere that those battles lasted 20 minutes at most, which is as long as someone in even top condition can go all out like that.

I'M WEARING BOOTS OF ESCAPING

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Yeah, everyone is the past was stupid.

It was the most dominant form of combat and had evolved over centuries since the invention of the firearm.

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It was fricking stupid.