PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10
arrow-up180arrow-down1imageImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThe lance is actually interesting too - it’s not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It’s all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.
The lance is actually interesting too - it’s not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It’s all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.
It’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.