Infantry

This essay will be discussing the armor and weaponry used in medieval England. Also it will consist of how did real-life warriors usually prepare for battles. In the legend, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” they used weapons that will be talked about in this essay. According to medievalwarfare.info, in the medieval England some of the weapons that were used were, bladed hand weapons, blunt hand weapons, polearms, ranged weapons, and other siege weapons. A bladed hand weapon that was common…

- In 11th and 12th century squire were servants of lower social class but in the later years sons of noble families would become squires. -Boys of noble birth would were eligible to become a knight -If their parents want them to become a knight they would be sent to a nobleman’s household to be a page. -Here they learn how to behave and learn how to ride a horse -When they turn 14 they become an apprentice to a knight who they serve as a squire. -Here they are taught how to handle weapons and…

Swords The swords varied widely in terms of weight and size, but the pattern of the classical medieval sword remained partly unchanged. The average weight was around three pounds, with there being two general classes of swords - War sword and two hand sword. Warriors were trained from a young age. There are three main elements of a typical medieval sword; the blade, the crossguard, and the pommel. The pommel was simply a knob of metal at the end of the hilt but there was some shaping to these…

People think of Knights as men who rode on horseback in shiny armor, but really there is a whole bunch more to them then just the glorified details we all know. They had to train, follow a code, and fight for things that they didn’t necessarily believe in. Sometimes, the knights fought just so the Lord or King would give them land or gold so they will be of nobility class. If you were a higher standard in the social class, sometimes the kids would be able to become a knight in training, there…

Dear Dad, It was another night, just like the last. I've been here for about 120 hours, and I have already witnessed things beyond imaginable. I guess I was one of the few with good training. After another long day I still couldn't sleep and I was exhausted. About five men decided to go on a night raid so I figured I'd join. I thought it would be a quick trip. It was dark and muddy and it was quiet. Too quiet. Out of nowhere bullets were whizzing past me. We jumped to the ground not expecting…

As I stared across the bullet-torn battlefield I wondered how I ended up here; hiding behind a crumbling wall, clutching my gun as though it were a lifeline. How the young kid I'd once been now bore a dirty, camouflage patterned uniform. There I was, contemplating my life in the middle of a battle. I shouldn't have been surprised when a hand suddenly shot out in front of my face and smacked me upside the head. It was so unexpected that I nearly stumbled out from behind the rubble and right into…

The warrior class attacks at close range, and they deal insane levels of damage to their enemies with a two-handed sword. It wreaks chaos and destruction upon your enemies, and the warrior class comes from the same roots that you find with the force shielders. The biggest different between the two is that a force shielder focuses on the defense aspect of fighting while the warrior class is more like a loose cannon. On the battlefield, their very presence will increase ally morale and strike fear…

The chain mail also incorporated mittens, which had chain mail on the back of them and leather gloves on the inside to better hold reins and weapons, and a hood with an attached ventail to protect the throat (Hanley). The surcoat was placed on top of all the armor and was a useful way to display the knight’s coat of arms, which was helpful since it was hard to distinguish knights when they put their helmets on (Hanley). The sword belt, which allowed the knight to carry his sword without actually…

With shots whizzing past my head there wasn’t much moving room without being doomed. When the shots finally start to die down I make a run for the trench behind the front lines. As I do, bursts of fire start to shine as artillery is being struck like lightning striking the ground. It shakes me like an earthquake. I turn just in time to see the giant monstrous cannons that are raining upon us like hell on earth. All of a sudden I get pulled backwards into the trench just in time to avoid the…

that made our unit(s) great? The unit, as well as its true colors, are lost. There are multiple units in the Army that have been lost and the history of their origins have faded throughout the years in their respective transitions. The 34th Infantry Regiment was organized in El Paso, Texas in 1916. The original Cadre was drawn from the 7th, 20th and 23rd regiments.…