I was going to guess SEA

i fukkin love filipino weapons ngl

that or africa

Yeah they have some really unique ones

this is now pre-firearms chat

Theres quite the variety in melee weapons in SEA for some reason

Some areas just seemed to experiment more. Like india for example

well there''s a pretty big variety just about everywhere really

except the japs, who could only ever figure out 2 melee weapon designs

I mean its them making the most out of their meagre iron deposits

Hey, they had katanas, big katanas, small katanas, katanas on sticks... the list could go on!

Like, bladed, and spears?

That was it.

i really dislike japanese melee weapons, to the surprise of everyone i've ever met

They definitely have a certain elegance to them, but aside from gimmick weapons like kusarigama they really don't have much variety

I think they are overrated. But in their context, it was the best they could do

And I think they did a good job at that

They Ainu people had some interesting sword designs

yeah i'll give them that the design of the katana was effective for the materials they had

I think its reflective of their entire culture. Low metal deposits and quality meant having to make the most out of little.

Isolated nation, meant that they could count on almost everyone using the same designs.

Yeah, they didn't have much as far as resources go, but I think it's mainly their isolationism and traditionalism that led to their stagnant designs

So it became a skill competition, not a tech one

and a 'why fix what isn't broke' situation

It's very weird that shields weren't ever really used by the lesser armored troops though

Unless you go back to pre-nippon 'japan'

shields were weirdly unpopular in asia

Thats what their armor was for. The only thing they needed shields were against archers.

compared to europe at least

Also the tsuba fucking sucks for hand protection. A simple crossguard adds so much more hand protection than you'd expect

But since, when it came to melee, you want the greater advantage when it comes to weapon handling.

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Shields kinda interfered with taht

katanas being 2 handed weapons kinda makes using a shield difficult tho

Yeah, but most would be using Yari

You need 2 hands to cut with it properly

Not everyone was a Samurai with heavy armor

yeah but JDM you have to consider the possibility that you may get a plastic toy instead

Its a damn expensive plastic toy

not when the seller feed back is 40K +

5 star

plus paypal buyer protection

oh true

Ebays pretty reputable right?

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@GingaBomber yes buy from stores with good rep you'll be fine

Damn it, and Im living in backwards SEA drooling over the stuff Americans can do.

even then, paypal buyer protection is pretty insane

can't hear you

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Anyone here watch Firepower United? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4W5cXaFL2M

Silly malasian guns

What the fuck are those

people who live in Malaysia

ok

all done

time to clean up for a pic

Guns, what guns? What are these melei guns you speak of?

Guns are the great equalizer, which basically means communism. Swords are where it's at :^)

But for real guns did a lot for bringing equality to the world. Before guns power was controlled by the wealthy, because armor was so damn expensive+effective. Only the rich could afford it, and afford to arm troops with it. After guns became a viable option even a peasant could be a threat to the knightly class.

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I need a bunch of 10/30's

I don't have any

loading the 10's is not easy

Oh shit we got a Gun Talk

Cool shit

Approved

Anyone ever check out those .22 PPS50s?

nope

I'm not really a .22lr fan

I think it's good for three things

1) Training people who have no idea wtf a gun is or how it works

2) Handgun practice, reproduction models in 22lr are EXCELLENT for this purpose

3) 100-250 yard target shooting, especially in variable wind conditions

ideally with a bolt action but it honestly doesn't matter

I only have a savage FVSR

the rest are gone

it's pretty cheap to shoot I just don't get why anyone would

Maybe chase after a 9mm carbine

Don't get me wrong, I just think it'd be a blast to inexpensively shoot with a fifty round plinker

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Apart from the G36 handle/scope thing, I find this thing a match made in heaven

AR15 in-line bolt feeding froma P90 magazine. Uhmph

hickhock 45 does some great videos too

We have a firearms chat?

Woo

wew that thing is pretty sexy lookin

Anyone got news on the Railgun that i think MIT or DARPA is working on?

Shelved last I heard, but they aren't scrapping it.

I mean, last I heard its still too heavy for infantry use. Still probably a cheaper replacement for dealing with missiles or mortar fire.

it won't be too heavy in microgravity, which means the SPACE FORCE WILL HAVE RAILGUNS