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ariel · 4th June 2006, 07:19 PM

i was not trying to provoke any "political' controversy. Just that I think that the use of particular weapons is a part and parcel of societal circumstances. This is just as applicable to armoured knights vs. bowmen in medieval Europe, or the firearms vs. sword later on.
Changes in societal structure bring about changes in military doctrine and, subsequently, weapons and equally powerful forces operate in the opposite direction.
The use of Yataghan as an "unregulated' weapon was not favourable for the development of rigid system for it's use. Would be interesting to find a real "yataghan manual" to show me the error of my ways.

4th June 2006, 07:19 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	i was not trying to provoke any "political' controversy. Just that I think that the use of particular weapons is a part and parcel of societal circumstances. This is just as applicable to armoured knights vs. bowmen in medieval Europe, or the firearms vs. sword later on. Changes in societal structure bring about changes in military doctrine and, subsequently, weapons and equally powerful forces operate in the opposite direction. The use of Yataghan as an "unregulated' weapon was not favourable for the development of rigid system for it's use. Would be interesting to find a real "yataghan manual" to show me the error of my ways.