Zombie apocalypse, what you choosing

[IanEdwards]

Cool story. But the OP has nothing to do with your HEMA studies, so why even bring them up?

because there *is* a spear and a sword in the OP, and it is somewhat apropos to bring up the point that spear > sword, in the view of people who actually train with them as weapons? doesn't sound like a major reach my bro

whereas talking about gladius + scutum as a weapon system *is* a reach when the OP featured neither. hope that helps

 

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[Halifax]

because there *is* a spear and a sword in the OP, and it is somewhat apropos to bring up the point that spear > sword, in the view of people who actually train with them as weapons? doesn't sound like a major reach my bro

whereas talking about gladius + scutum as a weapon system *is* a reach when the OP featured neither. hope that helps

Yes but you are comparing armed opponent vs armed opponent.
Not single opponent fighting off hordes of unarmed zombies who attack all at once from every direction and can only stop when their brain is destroyed or enough limbs are chopped completely off that they are no longer mobile.

A spear sucks at everything but individually poking through eyes in this scenario.

How a spear does against a swordsman is irrelevant in the OP. But you started lauding the virtues of spear vs sword and you brought up the scutum for whatever reason. I merely naturally continued the conversation in the direction you took it

 

[PBAC]

long sword and glock

Katana were never viable wepons and were more for pomp and dueling.
Maces require too much wind up time.
Why choose the crossbow when you have a gun?
A spiked bat is imprecise, requires force and more than 1 hit
Speers are only good for oncoming enemies
Boxing gloves are impractical
The Axe is too heavy to carry around and requires too much precision

 

[William Huggins]

Quick question to all you saying you can make your own crossbow bolts....

Have any of you ever tried, or did you just watch too much Walking Dead...

Me and my Glock will be laughing when your bolts don't fly straight, fly slow, anddon't have the right mass or head and bounce off a zombies shoulder....

Foot operated wood lathe.... Bingo...

 

[Halifax]

long sword and glock

Katana were never viable wepons and were more for pomp and dueling.
Maces require too much wind up time.
Why choose the crossbow when you have a gun?
A spiked bat is imprecise, requires force and more than 1 hit
Speers are only good for oncoming enemies
Boxing gloves are impractical
The Axe is too heavy to carry around and requires too much precision

Modern Katana with modern steel(which is all they make now) against unarmed zombies would have some benefits over a longsword. Slashing limbs and heads off is better with a katana.

Can also wield 1 handed if glock is your secondary

Longsword better at thrust and range, but you are committing both hands

 

[IanEdwards]

you brought up the scutum for whatever reason.

sure i did, bro

Oh yes. That's why I said sword and shield changes the Game.

sure, it was me that brought up the scutum and you definitely didn't do that yourself. apart from when you did

By the 1st Cent BC, when Romans were at their peak in expansion and also regularly fighting one another in civil wars, they shitcanned the spear armed legionary in favor of big shield/Gladius

I'll leave you to it

 

[Halifax]

sure i did, bro



sure, it was me that brought up the scutum and you definitely didn't do that yourself. apart from when you did


I'll leave you to it

Fair. I forgot I did bring it up first

Mostly because you started the sword vs spear thing which is irrelevant when fighting unarmed zombies

 

[Phlog]

wow really? i didn't know that

Yes, the last government initiated a review on legislation re swords and then crossbows. The current government said they were of the same legislative mind but it looks like that might of stalled.

Thank goodness. Every English person should have a cultural and historical right to train in archery.

Having taken up a crossbow of late rather than traditional archery I understand the worry about them. Given that they shoot 400fps+ now, and that they're are tactical, magazine fed crossbows I appreciate the attention. I hope we can maintain control with severe penalty for misuse rather than licences etc.

 

[Phlog]

Modern Katana with modern steel(which is all they make now) against unarmed zombies would have some benefits over a longsword. Slashing limbs and heads off is better with a katana.

Can also wield 1 handed if glock is your secondary

Longsword better at thrust and range, but you are committing both hands

I don't think it's cut and dry that a katana is better at cutting. I've cut tatami with both, with either it is easy to cut limbs off. One has to take into account that one has more range with a longsword. Longsword one can be such that it is useful in one hand, it depends on where the balance point is.

Having said that I prefer the katana at boxing range. The longsword is a ranged weapon of close combat

 

[IanEdwards]

Thank goodness. Every English person should have a cultural and historical right to train in archery.

well, quite, I mean you never know when you might need to shoot a Welshman inside the walls of Chester

 

[StonedLemur]

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Im choosing your big ass and a battle axe and we're gonna fuck shit up sir lol

 

[khukurikoo]

Spear and Glock. Spear for zombies, Glock for humans.

 

[Phlog]

well, quite, I mean you never know when you might need to shoot a Welshman inside the walls of Chester

If he's selling his Welsh goods in an English market I expect he'd have got what was coming to him!

 

[Slapjit]

Gloves fam real talks just throw on a hoodie sum Levi's n steel toe boots u a human weapon broski

Walk around di town flingin' handz wif zombies dem gang up just throw teepz turn ting into 1-on-1

Gain respect from all di Latinks who live by me dem all strapped n got knives prolly call me guero de guerra den protect me

Start a commune n grow food throw handz wif zombiedem every now n again fi entertainment inni di pit go back to farmin' rebuild society broski

 

[jimbob27]

I'm going spear and baseball bat, because both are durable, and more importantly, replaceable.

All of these weapons will wear out eventually if you're planning on surviving as long as the walking dead characters.

If your speciality is long pokey bits of metal and wooden bashy things, then you won't have problems either finding, making or improvising replacements which will work with your skillset.

 

[Halifax]

I don't think it's cut and dry that a katana is better at cutting. I've cut tatami with both, with either it is easy to cut limbs off. One has to take into account that one has more range with a longsword. Longsword one can be such that it is useful in one hand, it depends on where the balance point is.

Having said that I prefer the katana at boxing range. The longsword is a ranged weapon of close combat

The curved edge and forward weight of a katana definitely make it better for slicing unarmed opponents. That's just physics

The longsword was better at hacking blunt force trauma against armor and thrusting

 

[lowlife]

I think you'd be able to scavenge enough 9mm ammo to keep going. Second is between a spear and the big sword. A spear is honestly an elite tier weapon. Ideally I would take all 3. I guess I'll go sword and glock. I can always find something to makeshift a spear out of.

 

[TheNinja]

People talking about running out of ammo:
You know that swords and other bladed weapons lose their sharpness (especially if you’re hitting a skull) and require maintenance from an experienced knife sharpener?
It’s not an easy skill to master.

You’re gonna be out looking for a whetstone or a sharpening rod….
Rather be out looking for 9mm ammo myself when it’s the most massively popular pistol caliber in the US. Plus if you’re a gun owner already you already own a couple hundred rounds.

Plus 9mm is like $250 for 1000 rounds. For $1k I'd have 4000 rounds. Like you said, most 9mm have at least 1000 rounds sitting around, though maybe not hollow points stocked up. That's going to last a lot longer than trying to make your own crossbow bolts. And I assume crossbow strings and pulleys wear out over time too....not sure though.

I stand by 9mm and spear. Now if we are allowed to make our own weapons I'd probably take a 1 handed sword of some sorts and figure I can make my own makeshift spears. If we are limited to only 2 weapons and cannot gather or make more than it's easy for me.

 

[Based God]

Katana and battle axe. Switch between the two to keep them fresh. Try and keep both sharpened and maintained.

Bullets might be hard to come by, so the Glock may end up being a paper weight quickly, I live in gun friendly Arizona and gun shops have a hard time keeping ammo on the shelf now, imagine how hard it will be to find when an apocalypse hits. Crossbow arrows would probably be even harder to come by.