Snake Keeper: "This is the perfect way to increase our numbers." Parrot Keeper: "You need that more than the Tropical area but I am glad to help regardless."
There's a reason back scabbards weren't really a thing historically.
Yes and no. Having large swords are actually impractical from the start depending on the weapon, much less having a scabbard in the back if not properly placed to draw on. It's a thing that seems most people don't know or draw at.
But it varies anyway. But that type of sword Link uses should just be in his hip instead in the back.
Yes and no. Having large swords are actually impractical from the start depending on the weapon, much less having a scabbard in the back if not properly placed to draw on. It's a thing that seems most people don't know or draw at.
But it varies anyway. But that type of sword Link uses should just be in his hip instead in the back.
Large swords (assuming we're talking about large two-handers of the 15th-16th Centuries, whether you call them zweihanders, spadone, montante, etc.) were usually treated more like polearms than swords. Soldiers who wielded such weapons (such as landsknecht doppelsoldners) would carry them around on their shoulders or otherwise just throw them on a cart when they weren't wielding them, like polearms. Japanese odachi/nodachi seem to be an exception, and would sometimes be worn in a scabbard on a samurai's back or carried by one of their retainers, and would remove both scabbard and sword from their back/retainer before drawing and discarding the scabbard for the remainder of the fight. In Link's case, the longsword-analogous Master Sword would realistically be too long to draw effectively from the back, especially considering how short Link is. He would also realistically have a bit more trouble wielding it one-handed like he does in the games, but he's clearly crazy strong anyway and that's besides the point.
strenght is not a factor in "drawing" a sword off from his back. It's practicallity, with the way how that scabbard is worn on Link's back and depending in the situation if he draw his sword that right during a fight... He would be dead before he could pull it out.
The only time I've ever seen a back-worn scabbard that might be remotely workable is in Rune Explorers where it opened down the side and you could realistically(?) swing the sword out from over your shoulder. Link's case certainly seems like a case of rule of cool.
It should be noted that the Master Sword canonically is magical and has changed its shape before. I am not unwilling to consider that it might adjust itself to fit the hand worthy of wielding it. Also, you frequently acquire it by drawing it vertically from a stone pedestal, and it replaces a previous sword Link is using seamlessly. No one ever questions where a size-appropriate scabbard comes from, and that's another potential hole in the argument of applying realism.
on the weapon request, that is a MG34, also just out of curiosity is the other girl Italian Army? Wehrmacht doesn't have any collar star insignia on quick search, Italian 2nd Lieutenants have a star but then again the caption says Eastern Front. also the machinegunner doesn't have spare barrels on her so good luck with that melting barrel
nvm it just hit me like a train shes eating spaghetti shes italian
also just out of curiosity is the other girl Italian Army? Wehrmacht doesn't have any collar star insignia on quick search, Italian 2nd Lieutenants have a star but then again the caption says Eastern Front.
Italian troops did serve on the Eastern Front, yes, as well as Slovaks and Hungarians. They were mostly under Army Group South (, Ukraine, Stalingrad and the Caucasus). There weren't many of them, and they mostly did second-line duties (well, the Italians were part of the failed attempt to rescue 6th army from Stalingrad), but they were certainly present.
I'm good at tagging but I always feel so useless when military bros add a billion unusual tags We need to rename weapon request to military tags request
For you guys who don't know it, as far as April or march Benito Mussolini could see Hitler Prepqring to attack Soviet union and Benito Mussolini also prepares his troop as well to eastern front and in August 1941 Benito Mussolini Made CSIR (Corpo Spedzione Italiani In Russia) or Italian Expedition Corps in Russia. This Corp was 60,000 strong with many experience Italian troop taken from north Africa and additional green troops. The first combat for CSIR was in August where the Famous thing Italian Do sometimes went unnoticed was "The charge at Izbushensky. Where Italian 3rd cavalry regiment Charge on their Horses Back with Swords, Pistols, Grenades and Lancers against soviet 304th Rifle Division. Italian Basically Routed the whole Soviet Division. And they took of so many left behind equipment and many prisoners even though Soviet had machineguns and artillery. Italian troops were lead by Colonel Alessandro Bettoni di Cazzago. This event Made me fall in love with Italian troops. When in 1942 Mussolini keep seeing good news from eastern front he upgrade his troops in eastern front and officially announced ARMIR (Armata Italiana In Russia) or Italian Army in Russia or about 200,000 troops. He sent more Italian troops to help German. Or they were calles Italian 8th Army. And Basically wiped out in Stalingrad with other Axis Forces.
