07-30-2010, 07:23 PM
Quote:Over obstacles - underarm is better.Gaius Julius Caesar:2fu59swa Wrote:I always imagine the overhand throw as being a direct, powerfull shot for short distance, and the underhand as you say, good for longer and higher trajectories.So could that be over arm for line of sight and under arm to give trajectory to get over obstacles for example? Or is the under arm trajectory to achieve distance only?
Line of sight - for short distances, overarm would indeed give more punch (as GJC rightly remarks), but underarm gets you more distance. This is necessary if you are attacked, you want to hit the enemy as far away as possible. Aiming is hardly necessary with a plumbata, you want to deliver mass volleys to get maximum effect.
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)