Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

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Also a heavy weapon kills more effectively than a good one. After all why make a bigger, wider, stronger sword if a smaler, thinner, lighter one does the same job. It's not because the guy would be any less dead, it's because the heavier the weapon (militaristically speaking and not refering to actual weight) typically it leaves a smaller chance of failure. A death blow from a light weapon is just as leathal as from a heavy one, it's just the heavy one smashes more of the important stuff on the way to killing the target.