Re: [HIST] Japanese Culture shock

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From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
>
> Polish Szlachta Hussars would lunch on Samurai.  The
> can play the mounted archer game just as well or
> better (they adopted composite bows from the Turks),
> they can make massed charges with shock weapons (as
> they demonstrated in the process of saving
> Civilization in 1623), and they carry a semi-random
> assortment of firearms.  They wear about 3/4 armor.

Samurai, especially late period ones, also made massed charges with
lance-like Yari spears. The film 'Ran' gives a vivid example, based on
historical events. BTW they were shot to pieces in their last and most
famous charge.

But discussing whether Huszars or Samurai were better fighters sounds
suspiciosly like those well-known Ancients games everybody jokes about
(Even
if I brought up this off-topic topic).

Greetings
Karl Heinz