How did manlet armies win in ancient warfare?

[Halifax]

You look at the Romans, and they're 5'6" men fighting against German savages that are 6'+ and 180-200 lbs. You look at Japan, and they're like 5'3", so it's just like how did they have these amazing armies? How did the Romans beat down guys with a 50+ lb weight advantage and 8+ inches of reach on them?

The same way we beat lions when we go hunt. Weapons, training and tactics.

 

[ssBaldy]

Germans were not 6'+ back then, dude.

 

[Rozko]

That and siege technology. Defensive and offensive. Romans were pretty gangster at that.

The Battle of Alesia was insane lol

 

[Jesus X]

manlets have better cardio,endurance and resilience that wins wars more than size especially when weapons are involved.

 

[djacobox372]

I'd pick a manlet with a sword over a giant with a sword.

Does anybody really think that if Mcgregor and Stipe both trained sword fighting identically that Stipe would win?

 

[Kendodsworth]

Neanderthals are manlets who would whoop regular sized humans today:

I'm basically a fucking cave man, thanks for ruining my life

 

[Hog-train]

You look at the Romans, and they're 5'6" men fighting against German savages that are 6'+ and 180-200 lbs. You look at Japan, and they're like 5'3", so it's just like how did they have these amazing armies? How did the Romans beat down guys with a 50+ lb weight advantage and 8+ inches of reach on them?

The Romans were like 5'2" and the "giant" Vikings were like 5'7"-5'8."

And height doesn't really mean squat when we're talking coordinated armies, cavalry on horses and arrows, etc.

The greatest army of all times (pre-firearms) were the Mongols because they were very mobile on their horses and really skilled at riding and shooting arrows en masse. They weren't great because they were tall.

Also, if any of us went back in time with our "height advantage" it would mean jack squat. We'd be killed instantly because these people have been training most of their lives to fight with swords and weapons. We'd be complete noobs killed immediately.

 

[terrapin]

Training
Working as a unit

im watching the princess bride right now with my 10 year old daughter.

 

[dildos]

Magic.

and Bigfoot helped them. Now before you say ‘Dildos, fren, Bigfoot is in north America how could it go help people in other countries?’ The reason is Each country has its own Bigfoot.

 

[Orgasmo]

Discipline, organization, tactics and equipment

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Neanderthals are manlets who would whoop regular sized humans today:

Jesus Christ. That Neanderthal is like a spitting image of me.

 

[Jesus X]

manlets also eat less and consume less resources than larger dudes in war water and food become important

 

[Jesus X]

I guess medieval manlets could spend more time training and plotting since they're not getting pussy. Same as today.

conniving manlets

 

[StrikerKing]

manlets also eat less and consume less resources than larger dudes in war water and food become important

Yea, this is huge. From an evolution standpoint, size starts to become a detrimment as resources become scarse. Its why almost all of the largest predators like the cave bear are now extinct.

 

[Jesus X]

Jesus Christ. That Neanderthal is like a spitting image of me.

he has quads like daniel cormier

 

[dildos]

Germans were not 6'+ back then, dude.

Fine. 7 foot.

human height has indeed shrunk due to shitter genetics developing over time whilst width is always increasing.

 

[FyrFytr998]

Superior training and tactics > unadulterated brute strength.

 

[jeff corwin3000]

Idk but just imagine if they were staring down an army of 6’8” jacked super cool sherdoggers covered in battle armor. They’d be shitting their little manlet panties and running for the hills. Yeah, that’s how it’d go.

 

[Hog-train]

Idk but just imagine if they were staring down an army of 6’8” jacked super cool sherdoggers covered in battle armor. They’d be shitting their little manlet panties and running for the hills. Yeah, that’s how it’d go.

No they won't. They would kill us immediately with their arrows and swords and run us down with cavalry because none of us would know WTF we're doing while we're shitting our pants.

 

[SuperHoss]

Incredible preparation and extremely disciplined troops along with ever shifting tactics. For the army, rewards were great and the punishments were terrible.

We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus