If the zulu had metalworking, why didn't their soldiers use metal armor or shields?

[K.Dot]

They had iron tipped spears but still had animal hide shields and shyt.Why is that?

 

[the class]

impedes mobility. You ever try moving fast in armor?

 

[Um. Ghouls]

1.Different forms of warfare requires different tactics for different carry loads.

2.Most euro warriors did not wear plate armour

 

[Blackrogue]

I thought it was shakas preference to have speed and mobility hence the short spear..
besides who wants to wear metal armour in the hot african sun and walk everywhere with it?

 

[skokiaan]

Yet they still defeated the mighty British army when the rest of the world were cowardly

 

[MegaManX]

I thought it was shakas preference to have speed and mobility hence the short spear..
besides who wants to wear metal armour in the hot african sun and walk everywhere with it?

this is fact. The Crusades was a massive failure because they underestimated the effects of sun + armor

Ever watch kingdom of heaven? The crusading army got annihilated because they marched through the desert in full armor. People were literally dying just trying to reach the enemy. Knights trained for 30 years were falling unconscious off their horses.

 

[Box Cutta]

^ I love this movie but these cacs wouldn't have lasted 2 hours in the African heat with this type of get-up.

 

[godkiller]

impedes mobility. You ever try moving fast in armor?

Exactly. If the cacs didn't have guns, the Zulu would have beaten them.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Not having guns maybe?

You can't "block" your way out of modern warfare

 

[Dr. Sebi Jr.]

The Zulu Nation used their metal to make the wheels of steel and then molested boys.

 

[Taharqa]

The Zulu Nation used their metal to make the wheels of steel and then molested boys.

negged

 

[Dr. Sebi Jr.]

negged

Just talkin bout Afrika Bambaattyman

 

[RatherUnique]

Yet they still defeated the mighty British army when the rest of the world were cowardly

I thought the the Zulu's lost the Anglo-Zulu war and the British dissolved all their territory and destroyed the Zulu Kingdom. Then broke it into a bunch of smaller lands and picked what Zulu leaders could rule what piece. How is that defeating the British. British were moving the last Zulu king around where they wanted him like a pawn piece after they lost.

 

[skokiaan]

Is that what ur historybooks tell you?