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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1406195" data-attributes="member: 2205">Rather than argue, let's just say that there are numerous sources that suggest otherwise as well.&nbsp; Not being an expert on early firearms and their actual firing power, I can only refer to the sources of experts.&nbsp; You may very well be one, but quite frankly, I doubt it.No, they don't.&nbsp; The only reason I brought them up is because you stated that such mixing (katanas and firearms, swords and tanks) make no sense in a fantasy campaign and could never happen.&nbsp; Clearly the historical record shows otherwise.&nbsp; Not at all, it is completely relevent to the topic at hand.&nbsp; And, if you knew all along about the Polish charge on the Panzer division and still said that it made no sense to actually happen, then I have to conclude that your understanding of history is flawed.&nbsp; Your reasoning is very modern -- that people always act in practical, effective ways.&nbsp; That simply isn't true; there's no reason to assume that swords, bullets and tanks can't co-exist, because history quite clearly shows that they do.&nbsp; Granted, swords are particularly futile against tanks, but that's not really the point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1406195, member: 2205"] Rather than argue, let's just say that there are numerous sources that suggest otherwise as well. Not being an expert on early firearms and their actual firing power, I can only refer to the sources of experts. You may very well be one, but quite frankly, I doubt it. No, they don't. The only reason I brought them up is because you stated that such mixing (katanas and firearms, swords and tanks) make no sense in a fantasy campaign and could never happen. Clearly the historical record shows otherwise. Not at all, it is completely relevent to the topic at hand. And, if you knew all along about the Polish charge on the Panzer division and [i]still[/i] said that it made no sense to actually happen, then I have to conclude that your understanding of history [i]is[/i] flawed. Your reasoning is very modern -- that people always act in practical, effective ways. That simply isn't true; there's no reason to assume that swords, bullets and tanks can't co-exist, because history quite clearly shows that they do. Granted, swords are particularly futile against tanks, but that's not really the point. [/QUOTE]

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