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Topic	could a samurai with a katana beat a european knight?
FreshSushi 07/01/18 10:05:35 PM #79:	Atralis posted... josifrees posted... HorrorJudasGoat posted... The japanese didn't invent guns, it wouldn't be their's to use in a duel against someone from the West. If you account for time period, in the situation of a samurai vs 16th century European infantry tc is betting a shitty katana that breaks easily and so has to be held loosely is going to... slice through the european armor like carving a cake. Riiiiiiiight. Also, it would be the knight that has guns. Sayonara, samurai. Did knights ever use guns though? Who cares about invention. This isnt some greater culture war dick measuring contest Knights and Samurai were basically just rich guys with enough money to afford armor and weapons that worked for even richer nobility so yeah they both used guns once they came into existence. that's not true, knights served primarily as heavy cavalry and they went into military decline once europe began adopting the pike and gunpowder weapons and started ironing out the pike and shot. socially the increasing organizational capabilities of central european governments made the maintenance of professional armies possible again which in turn made a feudal military caste like knights obsolete samurai on the other hand fought primarily on foot and did use guns. the only reason the samurai were able to out live the medieval knights by a few centuries is because of japanese geography, the fact that they were an island with no real enemies meant the shogunate could afford to entrench the samurai caste by making it a hereditary position and the only ones allowed to bare arms. europe didn't have this luxury, and their constant warring required them to actually move along with the times. --- LoL: (Swain, Malz), SF5: (Ryu) Top 5: RE4, Dark Souls, MMBN3, HK, Pokemon Yellow <cite>FreshSushi posted [p:904329057] in could a sa... [t:76767915]...</cite> <quote><cite>Atralis posted...</cite> <quote><cite>josifrees posted...</cite> <quote><cite>HorrorJudasGoat posted...</cite> <quote>The japanese didn't invent guns, it wouldn't be their's to use in a duel against someone from the West. If you account for time period, in the situation of a samurai vs 16th century European infantry tc is betting a shitty katana that breaks easily and so has to be held loosely is going to... <quote>slice through the european armor like carving a cake.</quote> Riiiiiiiight. Also, it would be the knight that has guns. Sayonara, samurai.</quote> Did knights ever use guns though? Who cares about invention. This isnt some greater culture war dick measuring contest</quote> Knights and Samurai were basically just rich guys with enough money to afford armor and weapons that worked for even richer nobility so yeah they both used guns once they came into existence.</quote> that's not true, knights served primarily as heavy cavalry and they went into military decline once europe began adopting the pike and gunpowder weapons and started ironing out the pike and shot. socially the increasing organizational capabilities of central european governments made the maintenance of professional armies possible again which in turn made a feudal military caste like knights obsolete samurai on the other hand fought primarily on foot and did use guns. the only reason the samurai were able to out live the medieval knights by a few centuries is because of japanese geography, the fact that they were an island with no real enemies meant the shogunate could afford to entrench the samurai caste by making it a hereditary position and the only ones allowed to bare arms. europe didn't have this luxury, and their constant warring required them to actually move along with the times. --- LoL: (Swain, Malz), SF5: (Ryu) Top 5: RE4, Dark Souls, MMBN3, HK, Pokemon Yellow</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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