I know that only samurai were allowed to have a katana and a wakizashi.

Only samurai could have a katana

Peasants could have a wakizashi because it's short. There was a regulation length

If a commoner did not show respect to a samurai by kneeling etc, the samurai was legally allowed to behead him for it

But, the commoner was also allowed to defend himself as long as he didn't strike first

But also a halfway decent sword was not cheap

There's an interesting article on a lot of sites about medieval prices, taken from historical documents, sales records etc

I saw one time that a full suit of European knight armor would be like owning a private jet today.

A custom-fit private jet

Duke of Gloucester's armor was worth 103 pounds

Equal to 5,150 days labor for a skilled trade

Or US$82,000 today

anyone wanna talk about the vietnamese dong?

Hahaha

Mail was about 500 days labor or $4,700

Like 4x what a modern soldier wears

Damn

alright

so its justifiable to have an exoskeleton now?

i mean

its like knight armor but better

Mercenary knight wage was about $60 a day

Nobody should get anything new in the army until they allow beards

Nunchaku for harvesting rice? Wat?

You mean a kunai or kama right?

Also cant have a beard it messes up facial recognition in Gundams

Nunchaku are for beating the shit out of the rice stalks I think

Some pilots in G Gundam had beards

And Galan Mossa

Idk

Wiki says its Okinawa martial arts weapon

I'm gonna tell 1st sgt, you think beards are unprofessional? Are you saying Robert E Lee was unprofessional???

Yes

All officers are

Thats why that cant be trusted with the american flag ever

Always enlisted

Same with guidon and other flags except for change of commands

http://civilwarsaga.com/famous-civil-war-soldiers/

Confederate units elected their company grade officers. Field grade were appointed by the state in some regiments, elected by the company grade officers in others

Union was similar until halfway through the war

And the government generally picked people with experience. Not like today's shitshow