Talk:War/@comment-60.48.255.13-20160130154810/@comment-92.206.17.239-20160209184611

I mostly agree with your points, but you seem not so knowing of the times of these weapons in history. Maybe the word knight was choosen wrong and helped bring up the wrong position in time. Aprt from my portraied knight being naked, it is by far no exaggeration about splitting people with a sword, even less with these big swords. Placed in the early 13th century (+/- 50 years) the armour worn was already reduced breastplate and gambeson and even that only for rich soldiers. Feared for breaking open military formations the so called Doppelsoeldner mowed down enemys with fearsome brutality. These swords in the hands of trained warhardened soldiers cut of hands with a turn of the wrist (everyone in traditional fencing will/can approve). The greatsword got its power from speed not brute force (impossible with a weight between 2-3kg) and now one has to trust physic scientists who know that speed provides more cutting power to an edge than weight. As mentioned it was a fencing weapon and all hollywood claims should stay where they belong to, into medival movies with no focus on accurate details. Alltogether it was a combination of greatsword, Landsknecht-wrestling and the fencers experience which gave it the famous name "Gassenhauer" or in english Pathchopper, which terrified Germanys enemys in the late medival to the soon renaisance time.