Timeline for Feasibility of mute Soldiers on a medieval battlefield
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| Jan 9, 2020 at 13:06 | comment | added | VLAZ | when their comrade went down but would just continue following orders, marching, and fighting. The hordes of screaming barbarians thought this was inhuman and could quickly crush their morale as the enemy force just kept advancing despite taking losses. That's not what a normal (screaming barbarian) human would do! So there is definitely a point for being "inhuman" when facing the enemy. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 13:05 | comment | added | VLAZ | "Silence is a sign of submission, why would you want to give your opponents the psychological advantage of feeling superior?" well, to iterate on the point of not seeming human, this can work. I've seen fiction that depicts facing the undead and being silent and unflinching can definitely shape up the shouting mob. Especially once the enemy refuses to go down (which in this case could just be good armour and theatrics). Also, at the start of its expansion, the Roman empire was really shocking to the barbarians that faced it. Superior discipline meant the Roman soldiers would not flinch | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 11:18 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |