@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 months agoImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918imagemessage-square9arrow-up187arrow-down10
arrow-up187arrow-down1imageImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square9
minus-squarePugJesusMlinkfedilink10•11 months agoThe lance is actually interesting too - it’s not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It’s all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.
minus-square@SalamendaciouslinkEnglish6•11 months agoIt’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.
The lance is actually interesting too - it’s not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It’s all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.
It’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.