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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1437830" data-attributes="member: 9410">The period you're looking for, in real world history, is probably somewhere in the 1300-1400s.  Warriors would probably recognize guns, but the peasants might not... but they'd remember them, once they heard them go off!The sword has never actually gone out of use, just become far less common.  The Army, Navy, Airforce, and Marines all still issue sabers, although, as noted by several, it is usually with dress uniforms (yet they ARE functional).  Machetes saw a great deal of use as weapons by US soldiers in Nam, as well.The US officially issued shortswords to artillerymen in the Civil War (in case they were overrun), but they were considered archaic, even at the time.</blockquote>