Timeline for Why would a regiment of soldiers be armed with giant warhammers instead of more conventional medieval weapons?
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| Jan 24, 2021 at 6:58 | vote | accept | The Infinite One | ||
| Jan 20, 2021 at 17:21 | answer | added | user3067860 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 16:09 | answer | added | The Faceguy | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 10:17 | comment | added | Tristan | what exactly do you mean by "giant" warhammers? Because historical warhammers are actually pretty small, and for good reason | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 9:25 | comment | added | Grimm The Opiner | @RibhuHooja has it right - if you want a justification for a weapon that was never used in history, you need to invent an enemy for it to be used against. Either that or dial your giant hammers back to mere pollaxes, and have them fight men in full plate harness. | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 5:02 | answer | added | nick012000 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 20, 2021 at 1:00 | answer | added | Johnny | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 23:45 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | The enemies are giant walnuts? | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 22:08 | comment | added | RonJohn | Why? Because "cool". That's the only justification needed. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 21:01 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 19, 2021 at 19:45 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 19:45 | answer | added | SirTain | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 17:19 | answer | added | Alexander | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 16:10 | comment | added | puppetsock | The enemy are moles! Thousands and thousands of moles! Whack! Whack! Whack whack! | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 15:50 | answer | added | Alendyias | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:33 | comment | added | The Infinite One | Yes, they were developed specifically to fight against an enemy empire that strongly prefers heavy armor in many units, and building fortifications. The size of the hammer also owes itself to the presence of enemy 'tank' cavalry, massive magically augmented warhorses that are heavily armored and carry heavily armored warriors, which most pikes break against | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:26 | comment | added | VLAZ | Just some quick thoughts - a warhammer regimen can definitely work. However, they would be very specialised and based on our history, not very effective. Not by themselves. Armies are not usually just one kind of troop, but a variety. A person with a warhammer and a person with a halberd can work a lot better together and handle more threats than just two people using one or the other. So, for a mono-warhammer strategy to make sense, you need a specific threat for it to handle. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:21 | history | edited | The Infinite One |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:18 | comment | added | The Infinite One | Simply a permanent military unit. If there is a better word for it point it out please. Here I use it to differ it from temporary raised levies or personal retinues | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:18 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Sorry, but I find the combination of reality check and magic a bit odd. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:17 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:16 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:10 | comment | added | AlexP | "The time period is medieval, pre-gunpowder": all right, but then what does the word regiment mean in this context? Regiments are post-medieval. (And anyway, the word has very meanings in different armies.) | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:09 | comment | added | Ash | Playing Zelda Breath Of the Wild I used to love the big hammer weapons and would often have them equipped by default. They were great for resource extraction - hit a shinny rock, get a gemstone. Hit a crate, get arrows and apples. Hit a moblin, send it flying. Swords couldn't do any of that. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:08 | history | edited | The Infinite One | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:07 | comment | added | The Infinite One | no, hammers used for war. I capitalised them coz they're the proper noun name of the regiment, but now that you point it out maybe I should smallcase them | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:06 | comment | added | Ash | Warhammer - the existing 3rdParty World? | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:01 | history | asked | The Infinite One | CC BY-SA 4.0 |