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I want to know, is this weapon feasible for medieval combat? That is, it is realistic for a army to built, train and use this design in an actual battle? If not, how close can we get? …

Often in science fiction, we see that there are swords that deflects bullets, almost every single renditions has the sword wielder having hyper reflexes. The undeniably most famous example of this tro …

In a world I am building, the sapient species (the Lokk) have discovered another species (the Lotl) and they have decided to go to war. The problem is that their bone design is physically weak against …

Lightsabers are cool, regardless of your opinion of the movies, lightsabers are really cool. From the fact that it can retract the blade to the lack of effort needed to cut through anything only makes …

How many human soldiers could I expect to find for every humanoid combat droid, assuming that a droid costs fifty thousand dollars to make and five thousand a year to repair? …

In a combat environment, the idea of having your combat mech honestly seems laughable, current designs suggest drones are superior in almost every imaginable way. … Is there any logical reason as to why the military would make humanoid combat droids? If there is a reason, what would be the most realistic reason? …

Most authors and artists claim that practically nude armor on women has two advantages: It makes her faster and less encumbered. It distracts male soldiers. But this is a stupid argument, in reali …

A common trope weapon in science fantasy (such as RWBY or the appropriately named Gun Sword) is the gunsword. As the name implies, a gunsword is a sword that's also a gun, or vice versa. This has alwa …

One of the great misconceptions of history is the horned helmets of vikings. This is in fact untrue, they didn't have horned helmets. But horned helmets were a thing thousands of years before the viki …

Let's be honest, swords are cool, we can all agree on this, but the invention of the bullet (which removed the musket's reloading time) has practically removed swords from any form of combat where guns …

The Kasurigama The Kasurigama was a ninja weaponn consisting of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at t …

Which makes me wonder, what historical events would best support (in a realistic way) modern day man vs man combat? …

In many sci fi games we see vehicles (or in halo 4 and 5 guns) that use hover technology. But how using technology that is scientifically realistic could we explain military grade hover technology? By …