tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post1017208146899596041..comments2023-10-30T09:58:01.179-04:00Comments on Tankards & Broadswords: Best Anti-Zombie Weapon?Jack Badelairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-77904517142840576992008-06-23T13:19:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:19:00.000-04:00Yes, modern bayonets are pretty wimpy compared to ...Yes, modern bayonets are pretty wimpy compared to their ancestors. An American Civil War bayonet is one bad customer. 18 in long, and designed so the sides of the blade were slightly different in length- making it near impossible for a wound to close. Put it on a .50 cal rifled musket and you've got a pretty good anti-zombie weapon but for the rate of fire. <BR/><BR/>I'd guess if you did some digging into the renaissance era, you could actually find a pole axe/musket combo of some sort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-57573663804244770072008-06-23T11:19:00.000-04:002008-06-23T11:19:00.000-04:00You'd need a rifle/bayonet combination that could ...You'd need a rifle/bayonet combination that could actually deliver that kind of damage. The problem with most modern rifle/bayonet combinations is that the weapon A) is not designed to be used repeatedly for blunt-trauma impact, and B) the bayonet isn't designed to do anything but poke someone in the gut/chest. <BR/><BR/>Some modern military assault rifles have bayonet attachments, but they certainly aren't meant to be used to slash repeatedly with, or to even be used in close combat for more than a moment or two before you've damaged something to the point where your assault rifle is nothing more than a complicated club. Bayonets worked great when your firearm was five feet long and weighed a good nine pounds, and was pretty much an indestructible chunk of wood and steel. Even better if you had a sword-bayonet like the British Napoleonic-Era Baker rifle had - a 22-inch "short sword".<BR/><BR/>I'd still rather have a dedicated anti-personnel close combat weapon like a 5-foot poll-ax, as well as a backup weapon like a machete and a nice pistol like a Glock 19 or Browning Hi-Power.<BR/><BR/>Or we all just need to develop custom assault rifles with reinforced bodies sporting axe-spear heads, like some sort of renaissance-era combination weapon such as the boarding pistol-swords, etc. etc..<BR/><BR/>Some weapons manufacturer needs to start building long arms designed for prolonged anti-zombie operations!Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-59865965333943067582008-06-23T09:25:00.000-04:002008-06-23T09:25:00.000-04:00A rifle with a bayonet would accomplish much the s...A rifle with a bayonet would accomplish much the same effect while having the big bonus of being a firearm:<BR/><BR/>Slashing/Stabbing: Bayonet<BR/>Bashing Crushing: Buttstock<BR/>Ranged Engagement: Bullets<BR/><BR/>In exteremely tight quarters you could detach the bayonet and use it as a large knife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-85202479088166259112008-06-13T10:58:00.000-04:002008-06-13T10:58:00.000-04:00Re SkullsplitterThe track name is right on for bas...Re Skullsplitter<BR/>The track name is right on for bashing zombie heads, no? Have you heard Aura Noir? Another excellent 'blackened' thrash outfit. I think the Death Militia track is pretty awesome too. I love that raw, rough-edged 80s thrash. There's a solid new band out of SF called Hatchet in a similar vein. <BR/><BR/>Man, get me talking about music and I have a hard time shutting up!<BR/><BR/>re: Muxtape.<BR/>I think they are doing a lot of development behind the scenes at the moment, so I'd try again later. The site's been a bit squonky lately.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615194097431562045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-33694567631795656632008-06-13T10:23:00.000-04:002008-06-13T10:23:00.000-04:00Very fun mixtape, dude. Some cool and eclectic st...Very fun mixtape, dude. Some cool and eclectic stuff in there. "Skullsplitter" is more up my alley, but it's all good stuff.<BR/><BR/>I tried to make an account there, but every time I went through the registration process, it just took me to a blank screen and never set up the account. Any thoughts?Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-5568053079735487772008-06-12T23:03:00.000-04:002008-06-12T23:03:00.000-04:00I don't know from axes and shotguns so instead I w...I don't know from axes and shotguns so instead I went hunting for a suitably kickass themesong. My own metal collection is pretty haphazard, and since it's heavy on death and black metal, it's pro-zombie rather than pro-survivor. <BR/><BR/>Anyhow, it inspired me to put together the soundtrack to an imaginary zombie flick. You can listen <A HREF="http://ttagxamm.muxtape.com/" REL="nofollow">here</A>, if you want (Spirit Caravan's "Sea Legs" would be the end credits theme song. Short on zombie-bashing, long on motorcycle chrome, old leather and ripping guitar from Scott 'Wino' Weinrich).Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615194097431562045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-91534067683566292442008-06-12T09:42:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:42:00.000-04:00Well...A) if you're in your typical apartment / of...Well...<BR/><BR/>A) if you're in your typical apartment / office corridor, you've got plenty of headroom to be swinging that ax-head or hammer-head in nice efficient chopping blows to the top of the skull - the stabbing part, I think, would only be used when in conjunction with other people who need you to hold them impaled in place for a moment while they finish them off.<BR/><BR/>B) Note that I did state this shouldn't be your only weapon. Just like when it was originally used, if you suddenly get flanked up close, drop it and go for the kukri or machete or framing hammer at your belt.<BR/><BR/>C) If you're in one of those "fighting to the front and suddenly the door opens next to you and the zombies pour out" moments, like in the first <I>Resident Evil</I> movie with the guy next to the elevator when it opens, you're completely screwed no matter what weapon you've got on hand.<BR/><BR/>I look at a weapon like this as your "assault rifle" - it's there for the more "open ground" engagements, and it's powerful and versatile. But just like an assault rifle, it's not the perfect choice in every scenario, and you need a backup weapon for those just-in-case moments.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-18944418611830830362008-06-12T09:00:00.000-04:002008-06-12T09:00:00.000-04:00That's why poll-axes have pointed steel butt-caps....That's why poll-axes have pointed steel butt-caps. Just stab backwards.Darkwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335933745375951322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-7629392639886722592008-06-12T03:43:00.000-04:002008-06-12T03:43:00.000-04:00The problem scenario - you're in a corridor with z...The problem scenario - you're in a corridor with zombies coming at you, and you're stabbing away with the spiky-bit; but then you hear a door creaking open behind you, and heavy shuffling footsteps...noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-52506186337240677122008-06-11T08:03:00.000-04:002008-06-11T08:03:00.000-04:00well, in the claustrophobic areas, you can use it ...well, in the claustrophobic areas, you can use it to stab, in the more open areas you can swing it. <BR/><BR/>Although maybe a four foot poll-ax would be better. Best anti-zombie weapon: "The Sawed-off Poll-ax"Darkwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335933745375951322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-40245043500575221012008-06-10T16:07:00.000-04:002008-06-10T16:07:00.000-04:00The only possible drawback is it's size; it'd be t...The only possible drawback is it's size; it'd be tough to hunker down in a ruined building with a five-foot pole strapped to your back. To say nothing of the idea of snaking your way through a claustrophobic dungeon or sewer. But I like where your head's at - get me one too!Patrick W. Rollenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832604648690667589noreply@blogger.com