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Parthian/Sassanid heavy cavalry use bamboo lances?
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09-05-2012, 06:19 PM
Bamboo grows long, and would be considerably faster to grow thousands. In a single season you could get shafts 3 meters long given the right climate. An ash pole that long would take several years.
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Parthian/Sassanid heavy cavalry use bamboo lances? - by M. Demetrius - 09-05-2012, 06:19 PM

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