Why Bladed Weapons Continued Being Developed By Modern World Armies & Navies

1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, Bayonets, Cold War, Early modern period, Firearms, HEMA, Hydepark, Interwar period, Knives, Late modern period, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Timeline, WWI, WWII

Why did late-19th and 20th century military and navy organisations continue developing bladed and close combat weapons, as well as issuing and training their troops with them? It’s not all about killing statistics, but being prepared, tactics and the few exceptions that made it worth it. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria

19th Century Weekly

1789-1914, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Northern America, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, TimelineLeave a comment

What’s up in Reenactment of 1789-1914 Event reports: Reenactment of Battle of Austerlitz 30 Nov 2019 The battle of Arcole reenactment – November 2019 This week’s craftsman: C&D Jarnagin This week’s videos: Building Log Cabin Walls Spies, Espionage, And Secret Writing In 1770’s Rifle vs Musket Maybe spadroons were perfect swords in their time Sword…

Slave Rebellion Reenactment

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Slave Rebellion Reenactment is a community-engaged artist performance and film production that, on November 8-9, 2019, reimagined the German Coast Uprising of 1811, which took place in the river parishes just outside of New Orleans. Envisioned and organized by artist Dread Scott and documented by filmmaker John Akomfrah, Slave Rebellion Reenactment (SRR) animated a suppressed history of…