User blog:JuanPerez33/Maharlika vs Zande warrior

Maharlika: The Warriors of Manila and parts of Luzon (currently Philippines), fighting raiders and tribal warriors across the island. Sucessfully defending themselves from Visayan warriors, tribal groups and moro pirates. Vassals of their Datu who were exempt from taxes and tribute but were required to provide military service. In times of war, the maharlika were obligated to provide and prepare weapons at their own expense and answer the summons of the Datu, wherever and whenever that might be. They accompanied their ruler in battles as comrades-at-arms and were given a share of the spoils.

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The Zulu warriors at the time of Rorke's Drift were not a professional soldiers, but was a formidable foes nonetheless. The Zulus were a citizen army called up in times of war although all Zulu men were required to do military service when they reached the age of 19 until the age of 40 when they were allowed to marry and went on the Zulu reserve list.

short range:
Kampilan: Ranging from 3 feet or more, a long sword thats highly prized from those that could afford it with a spiklet at the top for fighting and for stabbing opponents. Made from steel and could be used with two hands or with one hand and a shield like other swords.



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Makraka Knife: The Makraka had a sickle-shaped blade that widens near the tip, with the cutting edge on the concave side of the blade. The handle is wooden covered in hide to increase the grip. Normally, it was often used in executions but it could also serve as a secondary weapon in combat. Mostly used for swining as oppposed to stabbing like an a sword and was around 1-2 feet long.

Medium range:
'''Sibat : Made from iron wood with a steel spear head and has a double head edge. Sibats mainly for close range start from 6, 7 or 8 feet depending on who made it. Laced with either poison from plants or venom from the king Cobra and could also be thrown at a far distance. '''



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Makrigga: The Makrigga was a multi-barbed 7 foot spear. It had an iron spearhead with a rounded tip and a narrow blade. The spearhead has numerous barbs on the iron head and shank. The wooden shaft was typically carved from a tree branch. A cylindrical sheath made from a section of an animal's tail fit over the joint between the shaft and head.



Long range
Long bow with poison arrows: Made from flexible wood, the long bow in the philippines was so strong it could pierce spanish armor and arrows for warfare was usually made from steel in order to pierce the quilted or steel armor. Poisons from plants were often times more used for arrow.



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Botto and Pima: The Botto and Pima is the Zande equivalent of a bow and arrow and used iron rather than steel. The Botto bow is made from polished wood with a length of twisted sinex for a bowstring.



special:
Blowpipes with bayonette: A blow pipe that used poison darts made from a special type of fiberous wood. It was poisoned from a varieties of plant poisons and venoms from snakes including the king cobra. Blowpipes ranged from short stealthy ones to long musket like blow pipes with spearheads attatched to it fighting got too close.



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Kpinga: The Kpinga was a multi-bladed throwing knife of Central Africa. It had three projecting blades projecting at different angles in order maximise damage to the enemy and a small, plant fiber handle. Commonly, the Kpinga was 22 inches in length and 3.5 pounds. Like its distant cousin, the shuriken, it could be thrown overhead at an opponent, or sideways to take out an opponent's legs. Even the handle could do a lot of damage if it hit.

Armor:
military armor: The armor used by the maharlika was used for warfare and was described as being able to deflect piercing blows by cutlasses or spear points. Chainmail and cuirasses were called barote: quilted or corded body armor. Spaniards called these "escaupiles", after the cotton-padded exemplars they found in the New World. The barote was woven of thick braided abaca or bark cords, tight enough to be waterproof and knotted intricately so that cuts did not spread. Burlap was worn against the body under the barote; the body armor itself extended to the elbow and knee with an ankle-length variety with sleeves for manning defenses.

Kalasag sheild:  kalasag, were made of light, fibrous wood designed to enmesh any spear or dagger that penetrated its surface and to prevent their retrieval by the enemy. Shields were strengthened and decorated with an elaborate rattan binding on the front, which was also coated with a resin that turned rock-hard upon drying. These shields were generally 0.5 meters by 1.5 meters in size and, along with missile deflecting helmets, provided full body protection that was difficult to penetrate.

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Wicker sheild: The kube is a large, oblong wicker shield. The back of the kube had a central iron disk on which three or four kpinga were hung. The Kube is large enough to cover most of the warrior's body, but was too light to offer substantial protection. As it is flexible, the kube could absorb some of the energy of light projectiles - it has been said that "the shield [was] made of so light a substance will not repel a lance but when struck by one, the combatant giving a slight movement either to the right or left counteracts the penetration of the lance." The shield is measured at 1116 mm long, 563 mm wide and 17.6 mm thick at its edge.



WHO WILL WIN?!

