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* part of [[Weapons Training at the Academy]] | * part of [[Weapons Training at the Academy]] | ||
* seen in [[1.09 Amazon Grace]]. | * seen in [[1.09 Amazon Grace]]. | ||
* ''A javelin is a light spear designed primarily for casting as a ranged weapon. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin Wikipedia]'' | |||
* ''The Peltasts, usually serving as skirmishers, were armed with several javelins, often with throwing straps to increase standoff power. The Peltasts hurled their javelins at the enemy's heavier troops, the Hoplite phalanx, in order to break their lines so that their own army's hoplites could destroy the weakened enemy formation. - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin#Ancient_Greece Wikipedia]'' | |||
* ''The Greeks did not only use javelins on the field of war. The spear-like missiles were often used as an effective hunting weapon, the strap adding enough power to take down large game. Javelins were also used in the Olympics, then known as The Crown Games. They were hurled in a certain direction and whoever hurled it the farthest, as long as it hit tip-first, won that game. - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin#Ancient_Greece Wikipedia]'' | |||
[[Image:Javelin_throwing.png|320px]] [[Image:Javelin_target.png|320px]] | [[Image:Javelin_throwing.png|320px|thumb|left|Javelin Throwing from ''[[1.09 Amazon Grace]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:Javelin_target.png|320px|thumb|right|Javelin Target from ''[[1.09 Amazon Grace]]''.]] | |||
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Revision as of 05:34, 24 June 2012
- part of Weapons Training at the Academy
- seen in 1.09 Amazon Grace.
- A javelin is a light spear designed primarily for casting as a ranged weapon. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand - Wikipedia
- The Peltasts, usually serving as skirmishers, were armed with several javelins, often with throwing straps to increase standoff power. The Peltasts hurled their javelins at the enemy's heavier troops, the Hoplite phalanx, in order to break their lines so that their own army's hoplites could destroy the weakened enemy formation. - Wikipedia
- The Greeks did not only use javelins on the field of war. The spear-like missiles were often used as an effective hunting weapon, the strap adding enough power to take down large game. Javelins were also used in the Olympics, then known as The Crown Games. They were hurled in a certain direction and whoever hurled it the farthest, as long as it hit tip-first, won that game. - Wikipedia
Javelin Throwing from 1.09 Amazon Grace.
Javelin Target from 1.09 Amazon Grace.
