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Combat shillelagh5/21/2023 Because all of these targets can also easily be broken or put out of service with a powerful enough blow. This is why we wear such masks, even with lighter training sticks, and other pieces of equipment like padded gloves, knees and elbow protectors. Let alone damage eyes and teeth, which could be irremediably lost even from an accidental hit. Such a forward weighted weapon is a powerful force multiplier, and can, with surprising ease, fracture the cranium and even more easily the bones of the face. The consequences of getting hit on the head, even once, with a shillelagh may have grave consequences. This is completely different with a solid melee weapon. Deaths or even broken bones in such encounters are fairly rare. A good blow could of course knock out someone, but most fighters can endure many hits to the head before being taken out of a fight. For someone who has fought in boxing or MMA matches, the idea of getting hit on the head – at least by someone of relatively similar weight – may not be that frightening. To put some context, we wear fencing masks (HEMA types) when sparring or when drilling with contact. The comment was directed at our criticism of needlessly heavy sticks for practice, but also sought to ridicule our use of protective masks. I wouldn’t necessarily waste much time on those usually, except this one made a curious assumption. A while ago, I noticed someone had posted a negative comment under one of our videos. Let’s first talk about something that may seem quite obvious to most, but judging by past discussion might not really be all that clear, even to people who are quite familiar with combat. So I decided to write this article here to explain what those differences are, and how one should look at weapon martial arts when coming from an unarmed context. I believe that the problem stems mainly from some fundamental differences in the strategies of armed vs unarmed fighting, and the assumption that what is true in one of those things will necessarily apply to the other. The more I have delved in the study of weapon martial arts, meaning those that involve weapons which significantly increase the reach of a combattant, the more I realized that there exists a disconnect in circles where the subject was inexistant or mostly adjacent to an empty hand art. The idea for the present article came up following a couple of recent discussions and comments on Antrim Bata, as well as general observations I have made during the years. The Shillelagh's only other weapons are a pair of Sperry Browning Light Machine Guns, which are mounted in the tank's front.By Maxime Chouinard – chief instructor for Antrim Bata These launchers draw from four ammo bins (1 ton each) found in the center of the vehicle. Its main offensive battery comprises three Shigunga 5-Tube Multi-Missile Launchers, which are mounted in the turret. The 40 ton vehicle is protected by 8 tons of StarSlab/2 standard armor, which is concentrated in its turret and front. The heart of the Shillelagh is a 200-rated Nissan fuel cell engine, giving it an inexpensive but reasonable power source and top flank speed. Despite it being redesigned, the vehicle still is haunted by lingering design flaws. Redesigned with inexpensive thirty-second century technology, the tank entered production as part of the Combine's efforts to rebuild its frontline forces by swapping more effective combat vehicle designs taken from the militias and replacing them with vehicles like the Shillelagh. For this reason, engineers at Buda Imperial Vehicles revived the Shillelagh. Shortly after the Second Combine-Dominion War, the DCMS was in need of an inexpensive replacement vehicle for its militia forces. Originally designed and prototyped during the Second Succession War, the vehicle suffered from instability and other technical problems that proved to be insurmountable at the time. The Shillelagh Missile Tank is an early thirty-second century Combat Vehicle which was first produced for the Draconis Combine.
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