Comments on: Platoon http://trilema.com/2019/platoon/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 23:24:54 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2019/platoon/#comment-128101 Mircea Popescu Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:52:27 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=82809#comment-128101 This is precisely right. Specialist weapon, of relatively little use outside of its context. This is precisely right.

Specialist weapon, of relatively little use outside of its context.

]]> By: Stanislav Datskovskiy http://trilema.com/2019/platoon/#comment-128099 Stanislav Datskovskiy Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:24:15 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=82809#comment-128099 IIRC the original appeal of the "wunderwaffen" chain flail was as a specialized pill against the thin, over-carboniferous sword used in old Japan. But naturally since then took up a new life as cargo cult "karateka" item, and the practical application largely forgotten. IIRC the original appeal of the "wunderwaffen" chain flail was as a specialized pill against the thin, over-carboniferous sword used in old Japan. But naturally since then took up a new life as cargo cult "karateka" item, and the practical application largely forgotten.

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