Moro weapons...

Rick · 9th April 2005, 05:13 PM

Comparing them to the weapons alongside I would estimate them to be 20+" long .
Two and a half inches penetration is all that is needed to deal a fatal wound ; they would also slow down approaching troops while they stopped to pull them out of their bodies .

A handfull of these thrown with force would have a shotgun like effect .
Easy to dodge one spear , not so easy to dodge several at once .
Most accounts of cotta battles refer to 'showers of spears' being thrown .
I do find it unusual not to have seen them in the flesh (N.P.I.

) before .

9th April 2005, 05:13 PM	#7
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Comparing them to the weapons alongside I would estimate them to be 20+" long . Two and a half inches penetration is all that is needed to deal a fatal wound ; they would also slow down approaching troops while they stopped to pull them out of their bodies . A handfull of these thrown with force would have a shotgun like effect . Easy to dodge one spear , not so easy to dodge several at once . Most accounts of cotta battles refer to 'showers of spears' being thrown . I do find it unusual not to have seen them in the flesh (N.P.I. ) before .