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Which culture produced the best melee weapon?

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Scottish Claymore

Whatever country made the chainsaw

*unsheathes katana*

Dacians in the ancient times used the falx as a weapon. Dunno if it was THE best weapon at that time, but it was certainly good at countering shields.

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth their designs directly led to the Sabre beastly weapon

*unzips katana*

The Dacians of Trajans time fucked up the legions so hard that they had to adapt a new crest in the Roman helmet to counter the falx coming down over their shields and on thier heads

Whoever was responsible for bringing the morning star and other maces into use.

this

Crutches are out:
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Here you go.

>"heritage" obsessed burger (ie, Scottish last name, thinks he's a Scot) jerking off over William Wallace
>chainsaw
>melee weapon
You know chainsaws are for cutting down trees right? That seems a bit self-defeating for a leaf.
*unsheathes fedora*
>Romanian masturbating about his imaginary past

Obviously the best melee weapon, memes aside, is the pike. That is why pikemen dominated warfare until the introduction of formations of musket men. And the musket men even got bayonets to attach to the ends of the muskets in order to, functionally, imitate pikemen.

Also Macedon for their long spears

European falchions

I'm pretty sure the niggers invented the spear so they unironically win this round. The spear (and its variants) is one of the most versatile and widely used melee weapons in history.

>not one polearm posted so far
you disgust me

But the Greeks refined the use of the spear with the phalanx
Niggers BTFO

Best melee weapons are always produced by arabs.

>heritage obsessed
bitch it's beautifully balanced for a giant hulking rod of steel, it's elegance embodied within the definition of brute force

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>ously the best melee weapon, memes aside, is the pike. That is why pikemen dominated warfare until the introduction of formations of musket men. And the musket men ev


pikes are only good if you have a shitload of them

Longsword is best sword.

I don't really think a sharp bit at the end of a stick can really be attributed to any one culture.

Probably pikes and the halberds/poleaxes developed from them.

All weapons get better the more people you have on your side. That is not an argument.

Why specifically does it win out over the 1.33 single-hand, in your opinion?

>the best melee weapon ever is this one because it was effective in large scale unit based warefare hundreds of years ago.
Not sure why you assumed those were the parameters but OK....

this?

>chainsaw
the thing would probably break itself when it gets cloth and skin on the inside of it and gets stuck.

>niggers invented the sharp stick

It sounds like something a nigger invented.

Feels good
Well at least I have certainly a future to look up to.
56%

Longsword and sword/buckler are the most even weapon pairing I've ever seen.

this

They don't "get better" to scale with each other. A Phillips pikes from ancient Macedon were ~20 feet, not the same all alone as a longsword.

This.

Reach >>>> pretty

gun

>best melee weapon thread
>bringing a shitty dagger

They were rapidly outclassed by armor development.
If you don't have a shitload of them, you're doing it wrong.

no one gives a shit about the poles

That doesn't look like the M1903. The peak of military sabre design. Perfect in form and function.

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>tfw sword designs didn't continue to modernize
>tfw stuck with pirate shit forever

M1904*

The falx was a polearm.

I'm going to go with the halberd for Europe, katana for Asia and the kukri for Americas.

the american atomic bomb

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Don't forget the boomerang for Australia

Kukri is Nepalese.

>Melee weapon
>Atom bomb

Only the finest burger logic here on /lol/

why were so many poleaxe axe blades straight instead of curved?

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It was good enough to slash through the padded armor of saracens and it was a decent civilian weapon.
Also inspired the messers

>boomerang
>melee weapon

What the hell are you on about Achmed?

well i mean all you need for atomic bomb is atom splitter, uranium fuel, and graphite containment
you have to carry it but it works

Just a copy of the British army pattern 1912

What ever genius made his stick pointy

so whatever culture existed at the dawn of mankind

This

>Nobody mentioned the Uruk-Hai Scimitar sword

>best melee weapon
these 2 knifes right here...

>a curved stick can't be used to hit people

You spelled "improvement" wrong.

>kukri
>Americas

Pic related want a word, mate

spelt

You hold it in your hand so it is a melee weapon.

Kukri is Nepalese, the best thing from the Americas is a contiguous Macuahuitl.

Fuck the poleaxe. Too slow. Easy to parry with a sword. 1vs1 no chance against sword.

greek fire
that boat flip arm too

obligatory

am i looking at some ancient bong or what

Badass Falcata

Underrated post.

I tip my toppest of keks to you good sir.

>Spelt (Triticum spelta; Triticum dicoccum), also known as dinkel wheat, or hulled wheat, is a species of wheat cultivated since approximately 5000 BC.

>take one swing
>get stuck in whatever

They may look cool, but aren't functional unless you actually have superhuman strength to use the point for rending.

Touché bong.

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don't tell my mum

>Take Halberd with a relatively small head
>Cut about a foot off the shaft
>Add a spike and pommel to the butt end
>use it at a quarterstaff with a bite
Give me ONE REASON this isn't the ideal melee weapon

nigger-tier tbqh

>a bazooka is now a melee weapon

10/10

Whoever invented this.

A peasant's weapon, but it's killed more Knights than every other melee weapon combined.

A simple hook turns the defensive staff into a fucking human vegematic capable of dismounting mounted attackers in multiple different directions at high velocity.

The hook can also slip deftly around arms or between legs to pull down or off-balance attackers on foot.

This thing fucking slays and the bets part is, every cunt with a sword rolls their eyes at you and laughs at your little shepherd's staff right up until you pull their sword arm around and send them spinning right into the dirt with their sword flung in the other direction.

Gurkhas are crazy motherfuckers.
Would not to be opposing them

This.
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Sabres ftw.
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there was some murder investigation show where someone was trying to chop up a chicks body with a chainsaw and it got caught in her hair and jammed

so jamming would be a problem

Scotland: The forehead.
Glasgow kiss the fucker before they get their weapon out!

The greek/iberian Falcata.

nah, just remove the clutch and install a more powerfull engine

will rip your flesh apart

Best melee weapon for what?

I guess a simple bar mace is handy all-round. A handaxe is also grand.

Africa

>with meme written in the blade
can't make this shit up

Gladius.

>Easily mass produced in steel
>Double bladed for cutting in a variety of situations and swings
>Not too long so as to be unwieldy up close
>Not too short as to be useless in combat
>Long tapered point for effective stabs anywhere within its general range of use
>Finger grip grooves for excellent stability
>Weighted hilt often shaped for effective desperation hammer attack if the need arose
>Simple design easy to repair and maintain on the field

A war changing weapon down to its excellent design.

Fuck off diaspora autist.

Kilij

It's a horrible melee weapon.

>via 9gag.com

stop now

How many wars did your country have with Poland back in the day? This is just sad.

>all these bladed weapons fags
Have fun dealing with armor losers

thank you for the wisdom friend.

here's a thought for you, Krishna and Jesus Christ were the same person.