More detail than what you would want to know about pila (acoup.blog)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by BlueTemplar@sh.itjust.works to c/rimworld@lemmy.world

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is a heavy javelin : throw (twice), pick up later if able, high(ish?) chance to get damaged on impact
great at piercing & disabling shields
likely useless at melee, sword & shield would have been used for that after having thrown both of them
uses a lot of expensive iron (steel?)

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[-] theRealBassist@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Just on that last point:

No not a lot of expensive steel. Only the head was made from high-ish hardness steel. The rest of the metal shaft was made from low-hardness carbon steels (very cheap, the same low-tier steel was used to mass-manufacture gladiuses) to allow the shafts to bend with relative ease to make them harder to remove from shields, rendering them useless.

[-] BlueTemplar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I mean, between the 2 pila used by the first two front lines of their heavy infantry compared to the 7 javelins of their light infantry, maybe ? The author does insist on the expense.

Also, this was to compare with RimWorld, where pila are made with wood, and wood only. (While IRL your typical spear would have less metal and more wood than a pilum ?)

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