Are ancient weapons really that heavy?

Are ancient weapons really that heavy?

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the weapons used by military commanders are mostly broadswords and spears.

Guan Yu's weapon Qinglong crescent moon blade, also known as "cold-eyed saw", weighs 82 Jin. Military commanders such as Xinmeile Joint-stock Company, Han Dang, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Hua Xiong, Guan Ping, Yan Yan, Ling Tong, Cao Hong and Le Jin all used broadswords, among which Wang Shuangyong's broadsword weighed 60 Jin.

Zhang Fei's weapon, Zhang Ba Snake Spear, weighs 60 Jin. Ma Chao, Wen Chou, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Xia Houdun, Sun Ce and Coss all used guns.

Lu Bu's weapon Tian Fang drew a halberd, weighing 40 Jin. The weapon of Yue Ji, Marshal of Xiqiang State, weighs 100 Jin. Wu Anguo also used a long-handled hammer weighing 50 Jin. Dian Wei, the captain of Cao Caowei, used a double halberd, weighing 80 kg. There is a saying in the army: a strong man has a standard king, and a pair of halberds weighs 80 Jin. Wei shouted, holding more than ten halberds in his hand, and all he could do was not to fall.

Lu's water mill mord weighs 62 kilograms and is about five feet long. It is made of iron and has blades at both ends. Lu's weapon is the heaviest in the water margin. It seems that Liangshan's weapons are lighter than those of the Three Kingdoms.

Wang Zhengyi, who used double hooks, double knives and single knives in the late Qing Dynasty, also used a broadsword similar to the Dragon Crescent Moon Knife, weighing 100 kg, so people called him "broadsword Wang Wu".

The hero's weapon in "Telling the Tang Dynasty" is even more powerful: he is born with divine power, with 800 kilograms of drum jar and hammer, 400 kilograms of Yuwen Chengdou Phoenix-winged gilding boring machine, and two dragon bars on Wang Bei, each weighing 150 kilograms, and * * * weighing 300 kilograms.

Are these weapons reliable in weight? Li Yuanba is known as the first warrior in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and his weapons are far heavier than others. However, Li Yuanba's 800kg sledgehammer and his own weight should be1000kg, and no horse can support such a weight.

Up to now, some countries use mules and horses to transport weapons to meet the needs of mountain operations, and the maximum load of a mule and horse does not exceed 50 kilograms. The armor of cavalry reached 40-50 kg in the Song Dynasty, and the armor of heavy cavalry in medieval Europe weighed about 60 kg. In addition, the weight of the cavalry itself is about 140 kg, and there are heavy cavalry horses and armor, so the load has reached more than 200 kg. So don't be too heavy. European pike weighs about 10 Jin, while China's weapon is not too heavy.

Guan Yu's broadsword weighs 82 Jin. According to the weights and measures at the end of the Han Dynasty, 1 kg at that time was about 220 grams now, and the broadsword was about 18 kg now, which is 36 kg now. Lu's staff weighs 60 Jin, and the song dynasty's 1 Jin is almost 600 grams now, almost 72 Jin now, which is heavier than the current gas tank1Jin.

This iron bar is very laborious to dance, and it is also the commander of the infantry. It is really unthinkable to walk with an overweight gas tank when marching.

Li Yuanba has an 800-kg sledgehammer in his hand, not to mention that the horse can't move 1000 kg (based on human weight), but it is unrealistic to fight on foot with more than 10 liquefied gas tanks in his hand.

In ancient times, there was no hammer as big as watermelon in the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, and all the actual hammers had only one bone bud. It is almost impossible for actual combat weapons to exceed 20 kilograms, otherwise there is no way to wield them freely with great strength. It is not a weapon that cannot be recovered after release, but a suicide device.

Ink knife, a famous weapon in Tang Dynasty, weighs about 50 kg, which is equivalent to about 22 kg now (Sui and Tang Dynasties 1 kg is only equivalent to 220 g in modern times). This weapon is already a special weapon, where all troops are chopped into pieces. Strange knives are generally used by infantry, and a strange knife team is formed to deal with cavalry.

In reality, there are people who jump 80 pounds, but that's just grasping the center of gravity and dancing with a knife. If he tries to throw it out, everyone can take it out.

The limit of actual combat weapons is generally modern 10 kg, which can only be achieved by those long-rod weapons that are super long and super thick. In ancient times, there were weapons such as Daguan Road and sledgehammer, but they were all used for general training, similar to dumbbells and other strength equipment now. It is only a writer's imagination that military commanders are overweight in actual combat.

The weapons used by cavalry are usually lighter than those used by infantry. At one time, a huge cavalry unit of China People's Liberation Army was established, and the last type of sabre 65 cavalry knife only weighed 1.85 kg.