User blog:Pygmy Hippo 2/Apache Warriors vs. New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers

Last season I pit a Bronze Age soldier against a Native American warrior and now I'm going to do a squad fight follow-up to that match. Except this time, the Bronze Age soldier debuted on this site and the Native American warrior debuted on the original show. It's a battle where arrows and spears will fill the skies and axes and swords will clash on the ground.

Apache Warriors, the guerrilla fighters who took on technologically advanced invaders!

New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers, the Dynasty's defense against the Sea Peoples assaults!

Who is Deadliest?

Apache Warriors
"It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand."-Apache Proverb

Short Range:Tomahawk and Knife

The Apache's single-handed axe is 24 inches long, weighs 1.5 pounds, is made out of iron, and can be thrown. The Warrior's back-up weapon is 8 inches long, weighs 1 pound, is made out of stone, and multiple were brought into battle for throwing and stabbing.

Mid Range:Native American Spear

The Apache's spear is 8 feet long, fairly heavy, is made out of wood with a copper blade, and could be thrown or used for melee combat.

Long Range:Apache Bow

The Warrior's bow has a range of 182 meters, lightweight, fires 36 inch obsidian, rusted iron, or rattlesnake poison coated arrows, and was used to bombard enemy positions.

Special Weapon:War Club

The Apache's blunt object is 24 inches long, weighs 2 pounds, is made out of wood and stone covered in rawhide for crushing skulls.

New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers
"Each truth you learn will be for you, as new as if it had never been written."-Egyptian Proverb

Short Range:Khopesh and Dagger

The Egyptian's sickle-sword is 24 inches long, weighs 1.5 pounds, is made out of iron, and has a blunt end for bludgeoning foes. The Soldier's back-up weapon is 12 inches long, lightweight, is made out of bronze, and used mostly for thrusting attacks.

Mid Range:Egyptian Spear

The Egyptian's spear is 6 feet long, fairly heavy, is made out of wood with a bronze blade, and could be thrown or stab foes.

Long Range:Hyksos Composite Bow

The Soldier's bow has a range of 228 meters, weighs 3 pounds, fires 33 inch flint, bronze, and barbed iron arrows, and was imported from the Middle East.

Special Weapon:Mace

The Egyptian's blunt object is 26 inches long, weighs 4.5 pounds, is made out of wood and a flat disc stone head for crushing skulls.

X-Factors
Armor:The Apache Warriors didn't wear any body armor but they used rawhide shields that were 17 inches wide to protect against weaker projectiles. The New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers used small leather covered shields with wooden frames and some wore leather bands as body armor.

Experience:The Apache Warriors fought the Comanche, United States military, other Apache tribes, and Mexican farmers. The New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers fought the Asiatic Hittites and the varous Sea Peoples who were their greatest foes.

Tactics:The Apache Warriors used raiding and ambush tactics to kill their foes with stealth along with making sure that they were in peak physical condition for combat. The New Kingdom Egyptian Soldiers fought in formations where the archers would soften up foes so the melee infantry could finish them off but the chariots often did more damage than them.