War Never Changes Research Paper

If the phrase “War never changes” sounds familiar, which it probably would not, it should not be regarded as true. War has changed in respect to the weapons used in war. Before the time of guns, vehicles, and nuclear warfare, there were blades and arrows. A simple time where one had to get up close to even be able to attack, but one blade was different from the rest. The dagger, a simple weapon, used throughout history. These weapons were next to useless on any battlefield because of their light weight, short range, and one hand use only.
First problem is weight. With a dagger’s size, it is not able to have much weight on it as say a great sword or a battle axe would. With one clean swipe, a sword could launch it into the air with little effort …show more content…
It would be pointless to use a dagger with heavy armor, they could not use it to its full speed potential. Also using light armor with heavy weapons would slow down the person, negating the use of light armor.
Mainly the weight problem is due to the size. If someone would attempt to fix this problem, it would make it into a plain short sword. Meaning that it will have to stay that way, just to keep its name. Of course not all daggers are made from the same metal, but anything a daggers is made of, there’s a sword made from the same thing. If the dagger gained weight from that metal, the same would happen to the sword.
A dagger’s next flaw is range. The blade has short blade meaning that an up close encounter with the enemy is required for an attack. “The dagger has the reputation for being a weapon of the unscrupulous and the assassin” (Will Kalif,”Daggers” ). As it says used for the assassin, which is fine for the short range, but in battle the enemy is not sleeping and defenceless. They would not be oblivious to one's presence. They will be up and on the attack, not giving someone any chance to