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Recent work, such as that by Connolly, Hanson and Sekunda, has paid much attention to army organisation, strategy and tactics, with some work on the psychology of war and the equipment used. It is with the equipment, the arms and armour, that this article is concerned. The basis of all warfare is arms and armour. What weapons were actually used…

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