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Tactics: Employment of the Pilum
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I thought pila were constructed such that the tips would bend or separate from the shaft after a good hit or so? Using something like that as a spear seems like a poor idea.

Considering that a pilum and a spear are both basically just pointy sticks with metal ends, isn't it possible that someone got mixed up somewhere?
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Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by jkaler48 - 09-02-2011, 06:30 AM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-02-2011, 01:27 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-02-2011, 02:00 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-02-2011, 06:21 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-02-2011, 09:43 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-03-2011, 01:39 AM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by Ventus Draconis - 09-03-2011, 07:05 AM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-03-2011, 03:04 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-05-2011, 01:20 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-05-2011, 02:22 PM
Re: Tactics: Employment of the Pilum - by garrelt - 09-05-2011, 03:45 PM

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