Lol wtf does this happen?
Lol wtf does this happen?
I don't think it would, if anything the cold would make the metal shrink and it would be less likely to stick. I guess if it was moist it could freeze in the scabbard and stick that way but why would the sword be moist.
No not at all. The sheath would have to be made of metal in order to stick. Normal leather ones dont have metal and the ones that do have it on the outside so it specifically doesn't stick.
the cold would make the metal shrink
Nigger shut up. You are such a dumb ass nigger.
I'm sorry
Is that a Miller's Crossing reference?
Even in modern times soldiers have be be careful of condensation and frost if they go in and out of a warm tent into subzero temperatures. Canadian forces do winter training, and a part of that is so pic related doesn't happen to their rifle the next morning. You have to take precautions for all metal objects and weapons most of all.
Even in modern times re-enactors, larpers and collectors sometimes get their swords stuck in wet scabbards and they need hair dryers to help release the blade, or they dry it overnight. Wood and leather can both become saturated and swell. That's just dampness not even frost. It comes from inexperience in wet or cold climates.
The praetorian guard in gladiator were city boys who never really left the walls of their warm Mediterranean city. They were not experienced with frontier warfare in the north. That was the plot armor maximus needed.
Just an added point, Roman scabbards were wood, wrapped in leather. Hollywood always plays "metal on metal" sound effects when a sword is drawn or sheathed but really its sliding into wood. Wood can and does warp with changes in humidity.
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in the cucknadian military we just left our gun outside the tent at night in the winter because if you bring it inside it will be an orange cheeto by morning. That was in a dry -20.
it can.
Informative and well written post.
Germany in WW2 ran into similar problems when they invaded Russia and winter hit.
Their precision machined firearms needed careful lubrication to function normally, and in cold environments they were jamming a lot. Germany scrambled to come up with new cold weather lubricants for their weapons to function reliably.
Pic related is the winter blanket kit issued for the MG-42 and that was just one of many stopgap measures they came up with the unfuck themselves for winter warfare. Germans fireteams also relied heavily on bipods which they quickly discovered were useless in snow (they sank).
Soviet automatic weapons had more sloppy machining tolerances and could run "dry" with just a bit of grease and not slathered in gun oil. Weapons developed in the cold and soldiers trained in cold climate gave them an early advantage.
Neat. Thanks for sharing, anon.
They actually reference that scene in gladiator in this video when they do a cold weather stress test on a bunch of modern rifles:
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well written
have be be
shouldn't the soldier already know that?
let's have this virgin rookie kill maximus
They were not experienced soldiers they were bodyguards/ military police from the prince's house guard.
shouldn't the soldier already know that?
Not Praetorians, they got paid less than a regular legionary Centurion for a reason. Praetorians got their pay via graft.
I like that gun. It almost look futuristic.
I don't think it would
imagine your sword gets wet, idk after rain, and next morning there's frost, that shit would get stuck for sure
but ice is slippery, not sticky
get colder ice you dumb baby
yes
condensation
the sword gets warmer than the scabbard because metal then it cools off faster too
I’m wrapped in a cozy blanket right now imagining how horrible it would have been to fight in that cold
lick a flagpole in the middle of winter, then say this again
buh ithe ith thlipe'ee, noh thticky
Dry your swords people
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It would have involved getting a lot of grease and gun oil on your hands and all over your buddies and on your ass cheeks.
Well my Optio taught me some things too, like how to make it not stick by using someone else's scabbard.
Literally everything you just typed was false. What the hell are you talking about? Did you get your information from like a combo of fuddlore and Call of Duty?
*oil your swords
Winds howling...
but why would the sword be moist.
Because they're in Germania, where it rains a lot...
remember when this guy was known as cool gun dude and not sex pervert who fucks any woman he can get his hand on(while pretending to be faithful to the last woman he fucked)
insecure dudes on roids lmao
a soldier should be strong enough to overcome frost
Sounds reasonable so I will believe him over you, who hasn't posted a blanket gun or anything
Fuck off until you do
chops downward with a flimsy gladius at your reinforced iron helmet designed specifically to counter overhead blows from massive two-handed shearing weapons
goes straight through it because your helmet is just part of a garish plastic costume in a Riddled Scott production
die instantly
A proper soldier would ensure his blade is cleaned at all times, nevermind going to bed with a wet blade.
It was a Monty Python reference
How does one clean off humidity and dew?
Canucks should have bought AK.