Long sword VS Katana

Mike Smith - settle this please.

Matt has some great points

Well I saw a show on the HISTORY channel (humor!) and they say.....

Like I stated, I only have remedial physics, but I distinctly remember not only learning this in school (I was an undergrad for 8 years, 2 full majors, one history, 3 minors and if I told you how many credits I finally graduated with you would pass out from laughter). Taken plenty of classes since too, all now unrelated to the industry I work in, heh. I also watch way too much of these shows and I crack up at how inaccruate most are (but entertaining, its like pizza, even if its bad, its good).

I wouldn't put too much into wiki-fu, but I'm sure I know less here than you guys on this on the physics side, but I'm confident on my comments as far as its impact vs armors. Like I said in my disclaimer, archery is not my thang. So like Clint used to say, "A man has to know his limitations." lol - Bow'd out

Darn it - now I will have to go into the cave and do some research.  Unlike you, mitch, I only had enough credits to get out, but I have around 75 graduate credits.  No grad degree, but I know a b unch of useless stuff.

"Bodkin"  is the word for Armor piercing

Still it all comes down the the size of the heart in the Warrior.  That and some good luck

VG conversation Thanks a bunch

Nuff Said

So we've left longswords & katanas for bow & arrows, along with terminal velocity.  Next step is seeing whether or not a mass driver on the Moon or on an asteroid would be best for squashing armies and how would we have one in KR?