07-03-2010, 11:16 AM
Quote:"casualty evacuation" is the obvious use - a man unable to walk, or dead, could be placed on his shield and provided it has handles both sides it can be lifted, forming a handy stretcher......
I agree, I suggested the same thing in my post above, but this is probably not the reason we see them on the kalkhan or on various peltae, so I wonder if there is another reason.
Paul M. Bardunias
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