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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
Who deploys airborne pike?
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I am obviously not talking about airborne pike. I'm talking about paratroopers armed with simple riffles pitted against tanks, artillery, machine guns, and superior numbers.
for specifically spears vs. Cartridge guns, you're looking at Zulus, Apache, and Maori, along with some interesting cases in china.
Some observations:
In all cases but the Zulus, the spear wielders were pretty much outnumbered but managed to put up a fight anyways.
In all three cases, the spear wielders had guns, but of inferior quality than their foes, and a smaller density as well.
All three cases had a warrior culture.
All three inflicted notable losses on their opponents.
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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth
Paratrooper equipment is inferior in that it compromises performance for transportability. It's not normally inferior in the sense of being outdated!
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Indeed it isn't. But the reason WHY its inferior really doesn't matter. We have very few examples of highly trained TL6 troops facing poorly trained TL8 troops!