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shield wall formation is walking so slow and easy to break by calvery.
please make shield wall lik this
please make shield wall lik this
shield wall formation is walking so slow and easy to break by calvery.
please make shield wall lik this
Horses don’t charge at people either, u less trained for it.Horses don't charge at walls.
Horses don’t charge at people either, u less trained for it.
Bruh, this shield wall ain't walking nowhere at all, and without spears won't stand against a cavalry charge very well either.shield wall formation is walking so slow and easy to break by calvery.
please make shield wall lik this
Please take my reply with a healthy dose of very dry humour.Sorry, my post was a bit antagonistic and I understand what you meant
Agreed, it’s a cool video.
shield wall formation is walking so slow and easy to break by calvery.
please make shield wall lik this
well at least it can stop the archers arrowsThat would certainly solve the issue of it moving too slow...
Its more like for the rain of arrows.Bruh, this shield wall ain't walking nowhere at all, and without spears won't stand against a cavalry charge very well either.
It would not protect from arrows shot by warbows....
Lockdown Longbow - Do shields stop arrows? - YouTube
Shields; Distance and speed loss - YouTube
Don't get fooled by movies dude, shield walls got no chance against cavalry charges. The animal is 6-9 times of human body weight, and run 3 times faster at full speed. A war horse charging at you would send 10+ people flying, and imagine a thousand of cavalries. Only way infantries can protect themselves better against cavalries are 3m+ long pikeman. Aside from that cavalries are too expensive to charge into cheap peasants. I doubt a king would trade 20 peasants for a well trained cavalry.shield wall formation is walking so slow and easy to break by calvery.
please make shield wall lik this
very good point. very true.Don't get fooled by movies dude, shield walls got no chance against cavalry charges. The animal is 6-9 times of human body weight, and run 3 times faster at full speed. A war horse charging at you would send 10+ people flying, and imagine a thousand of cavalries. Only way infantries can protect themselves better against cavalries are 3m+ long pikeman. Aside from that cavalries are too expensive to charge into cheap peasants. I doubt a king would trade 20 peasants for a well trained cavalry.
I think so too, and I think they should allow all spear thrust to have chances to knock horsemen off horses. A strong thrust may not go through armor to impale the man, but might push the man off his horse.very good point. very true.
yeah I have tried the shield wall, the square formation, the ring formation, all easily break through by calvary charges.
even they have long spears, but seems like doesn't do much hurt to calvary.
I guess the infantry isn't smart enough to attack calvary with spear at the right moment
Didn't the Romans use interlocking shields in the 'Testudo' - formation and the Byzantiens used something similar called a 'fulcum' to advance through arrow fire.Is there even any historical evidence of something like this being done?
The Testudo is a different kettle of fish compared to the thing from the video. In a Testudo only the first row has the shields forward, while the soldiers behind create a roof(and sides). They do not overlap the shields in front of them so awkwardly. From what I can see of the Fulcum you mentioned, it seems to be similar, with more emphasis put on protecting from above(though in a more gradual manner), than amassing shields to the front.Didn't the Romans use interlocking shields in the 'Testudo' - formation and the Byzantiens used something similar called a 'fulcum' to advance through arrow fire.
Philip Rance: The „Fulcum“, the Late Roman and Byzantine „Testudo“: the Germanization of Roman Infantery Tactics? In: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 44, 2004
And those were inspired by the Greek Phalanx where each soldier was covered by his neighbor's shield on his weak side. Just browsing a bit in wiki I find many historical examples from the classic ages and medieval ages.