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| Tango01 | 16 Dec 2025 1:13 p.m. PST |
"In warfare, throwing weapons at your enemies has a very long history indeed. In its simplest form, rocks could be hand-thrown by early man either to wound or kill their intended prey, whether animal or a rival human. The fire-hardened stick, or spear, also developed quite early on evolving first into a weapon tipped with knapped flint [1] and later, as metallurgy was discovered and harnessed, fitted with bronze and iron blades. Spears can be broadly divided into two categories: those designed for thrusting as a melee weapon, such as lances or pikes, and those designed for throwing as a ranged weapon, usually referred to as darts or javelins. Examples such as the Clacton Spear found in England and the set of ten Schöningen spears from Germany reveal that wooden spears have been used for hunting since at least 400,000 years ago. However, unlike the ranges of between 70 m and 90 m achieved by modern javelin throwers [2], spears used for hunting or in combat are more likely to have been thrown at much shorter distances…" link Armand |
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