Most common Viking weapon? #shorts

[deiansalazar]

Ah the spear. The pointy stick. Truly timeless.

[Amethyst_rose]

the spear is the perfect description of how humans became the apex predator, we figured out that if you get a stick, put a pointy object at the end of it, you could kill things from far away.

[boneman]

Humanity has historically had a soft spot for pointy sticks, throwing rocks, and combustion.

[abriannaaguilera]

Ah, spears. The crabs of historic warfare.

[thelonelybritV]

Spear supremacy. Easy to make, easy to use, easier to master than a sword or axe, can use in a shield wall.

[Hiraeth-zqze]

The spear, the world’s deadliest weapon until we figured out how to turn a gun into a spear.

[Graphene_]

Long pokey thing has always won until a longer pokier thing comes along

[mathiasjoshp]

The answer to “most common weapon” for basically any civilization until the standardization of firearms is always “spear”…or some variation of “long pointy stick”.

[tyguy]

it literally took GUNS to finally phase out the spear... and then we almost immediately figured out ways to make guns also function as spears.

[davidmauriciogutierrezespi]

Axe breaks, no edge ❌️
Spear breaks, still pointy and pokey ✅️

[Blutwind]

Can't remember where i heard it but i liked it.
"A good swordsmen can beat a good spearmen but a bad swordsmen can never beat a bad spearmen."

[xombi]

Fun fact: the oldest translations of Wu(martial) shu(art); wushu; is 'the art of resisting the spear'. Spear is the OG.

[xmkdawgx]

"Hey get the kids back in the house, that neighbor is talking to himself while waving an axe around in his yard again."

[BladeLigerV]

Blacksmith 1: "It took me a week, but here you are, a perfectly crafted sword."

Blacksmith 2 across the road: "Alright, here are your 20 spears."

[mattsharpe]

Humans with sharp sticks conquered every corner of the map and defeated every beast, truly one of the greatest things man has ever invented

[riverraven]

Spears are really good but DON'T FORGET your shield. Also a helmet and a backup seax or axe will really help.

[jcool]

from chipped flint to the medieval pikemen, spears were the backbone of almost every military until the widespread adoption of firearms. And even then, with a single-shot rifle, you still had a bayonet to attach and make that rifle into a spear.

[scottiethewang]

Saying ‘superior’ really fast even sounds like ‘spear’ 🤔🤯

[LoganBai-gvys]

Ah, the spear. Humanity's fondest weapon. We have a good throwing arm just because we started using them. We use them to hunt, as tools etc. Truly a timeless classic.

[ShadowDaPk]

The Spear is truly the weapon everyone agrees on having some version of and agreeing "yeah, this is pretty good".