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    Looks like a winner.
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    I'm on my phone but I can suggest some tales to read. These are pretty old, some going back to Kievan times. There is a compendium of a bunch of Slavic folk tales, including these, but I forgot that is is called. Dobrynya Nikitich and the Dragon Vasilisa the Beautiful The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa Finist the Falcon Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life
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    Yes, you'll need the other six pin connector.
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    This gave me a double Goody's Powder headache.
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    Belgrade
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    That's why the steppe tribes and folks from the "wild fields" typically made life miserable for the more settled people in eastern Europe.
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    HIMARS
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    Colorized version of a previous image.
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    Abrams drivers cannot exit their station when the gun tube is facing front.
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    LetoJoker reminds me of a Mexican Juggalo.
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    That's beautiful *tear
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    Catastrophic failure.
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    Some M551s
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    I'm not very familiar with the smelting process, I know many smiths but never really paid much attention to how they got their materials. I know most of them use bog iron, since that was what most of northern and northeastern Europe used. Last time I was in at a Vikings and Slavs market in Europe, we spent a day gathering the nodules but I didn't stick around to see what they did with it.
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    I wonder why they didn't use a crucible.
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    Remove animea
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    He does a really good job with his research. Pretty knowledgeable guy.
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    I can't imagine using that thing. I mean, I'm 6'1 190lb and in pretty decent shape and it looks like it would kick my ass royally.
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    Ax info. http://sagy.vikingove.cz/two-handed-axes/
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    Ah, the M577. Like to see what it looked like on the inside.
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    The early "gambeson" are pretty simple. Anything from a simple linen or wool tunic with straw stuffed into it all the way up to quilted leather or linen jackets. They really didn't show up in Europe as widespread until the 13th century. There is some great level of debate on their use during the migration period and Viking age Scandinavia due to lack of archaeological evidence. We do know the Byzantines and steppe tribes wore them and the Kievan Rus had contact with both, so it is likely the eastern armies used them. This is also where the parts of the lamellar armor found at Birka Sweden are theorized as originating from.
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    It became less effective later on and so it would be more rare on the field. Maybe as a secondary weapon at that point. Looking at 6-11th century finds, the ax is all over the place. Less so for swords and even less for armor. A one handed ax is good when fighting in units or when fighting people with swords common from that period. The average bland length 70-90cm of a "Viking" age sword doesn't give as much advantage over the ax .
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    I'm not sure I agree with that two handed parry using the ax, especially against a spear, but the rest seems pretty accurate. With proper ax training, you can hook shields, swords, body parts, and pretty easily disarm someone completely.
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