The weapons in BF2142 all have cool sounding names and whatnot but I assumed that the people at DICE just made them up and that the weapons didn’t have any connection with the real world and definitely not with history.
As you know the Pilum is one of the weapon unlocks for the engineer class.
What you probably didn’t know was that the early spears the Roman legions would carry into battle proved disadvantageous against gaulic tribes who carried long swords and used cavalry and shear numbers to overwhelm their enemy.
Tactical and technical advances were made and the Hastati (spearmen) would instead carry two throwing javelins also known as Pila. (Singular. Pilum)
Let's think about the word "Javelin" for a while... Rings a bell doesn't it?
That's right, the Javelin is also a modern portable Anti-tank weapon.
So this would mean that:
Pilum = Javelin = AT weapon = Pilum
As you know the Pilum is one of the weapon unlocks for the engineer class.
What you probably didn’t know was that the early spears the Roman legions would carry into battle proved disadvantageous against gaulic tribes who carried long swords and used cavalry and shear numbers to overwhelm their enemy.
Tactical and technical advances were made and the Hastati (spearmen) would instead carry two throwing javelins also known as Pila. (Singular. Pilum)
Let's think about the word "Javelin" for a while... Rings a bell doesn't it?
That's right, the Javelin is also a modern portable Anti-tank weapon.
So this would mean that:
Pilum = Javelin = AT weapon = Pilum
Last edited by Sambuccashake (2007-02-15 00:08:43)
