• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 months ago

    > ruins combat
> ruins warfare
> ruins swordfights
> ruins hand-to-hand combats
> ruins an entire fucking combat doctrine

Gunpowder, and its consequences...
    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Bruh the sword was hugely in use for hundreds of years that that… thing… came along.

      1796 light cavalry saber? Hello?The 1892 pattern? Swords were so important and well evolved to their function the barely had to adapt to fire arms till functional automatic fire became a thing.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      the bayonet was a bigger game changer at the time

      didn’t need to bother with pikemen any longer as riflemen could be both

      • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        When putting text into ``` […] ```, do ```md […] ``` instead, then some formatter will display your meme-arrow texts in green.