Why the WWII Dadao Is So Heavy
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- Опубликовано: 24 окт 2024
- The WWII Dadao was used historically by Chinese soldiers, fighting against the Bayonet Rifle of the Japanese Imperial Army.
Why was it made to be so thick and heavy? This video answers that question.
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The WWII period Dadao weren't built for sword fighting, the idea was to simply to look intimidating and the psychological warfare of decapitating captured enemies.
Outside of the skirmish between the Kwang-Tung Army and the Japanese Imperial Army in 1937, swords had become secondary weapons (in truth, swords/sabers have always been secondary weapons, even to spears and halberds).
The sad thing is the resisting Chinese needed more ammunition, but the brass just kept sending more dadao. I'm not sure if it was a lack of resources, munitions workers, or what the reason was they kept sending swords instead of bullets.
Another point to add about the weight is that in a bind it would be harder for the bayonett to overpower the dadao.
I think this is actually a very important point ^^
unless you have a very long bayonet on a very long rifle and stad on steady ground you are ground meat😂
It's so heavy because it was made out of a crappy steel (the better one, as mentioned by some of the comments, was used for guns), and was mass produced, so the quality was usually poor and it had to be massive to not break on impact. Dadao has its roots in farm tools. Historical swords, like jian or katana, were usually state-of-the-art weapons made by skilled craftsmen out of the finest materials. They didn't need to be big and heavy to stay durable.
When I was in the Marines in 1975! Always wanted one of these WW2 Da Dao 😳if we did go into the Middle East, which we did 😵💫but, was already out of the Corps 😬was into Choy Lee Fut/ Hung Gar at that point 🇺🇸
Where did you buy this? If you use your right hand on the back of the sword, palm against the back, you can parry with it and slice using both hands to have better control. Alternating between blocks and two handed swings.
And a heavy and stiff weapon doesen't need that precise hitting angle. So good for untrained persons.
@@i_love_crpgLongswords dont have a curve snd not mutch weight, dadao has both but cant thrust
Your video answer a lot of questions, I had an antique ww2 dadao
Very combersum
Now it makes sense
Have you seen swords that were made pre-World War II of that kind , do you think they would have been a lighter, I have handled a couple antique cocktail style broadswords, they were light At least compared to the world war two big knife
what materials are WWII dadao usually made of? from sources it seems it was not always a high quality weapon and was made en masse.
I imagine the better quality steels available at the time were reserved for the manufacture of firearms and the sword makers had to make do with what they could get. Probably this would cause them to make the swords more robust than they might have otherwise. Scholagladiatoria refers to material affecting design re. European swords in his video Sword Blade Technology Informing Design which you may find interesting.
I have read that they were made scrap steel from rail road tracks
Sometimes the NRA would make them from railway tracks.
In any given place and time you're going to have varying quality weapons. Now being the dadao has a shorter and thicker blade it could get away with lower quality metal. This doesn't mean that there weren't high quality steel dadao nor does it mean that they only used rubbish metal for it. It just means the smith/factory had a lot more leeway in producing them.
They're heavy, because many weren't made from scratch to be swords anyway. The NRA would destroy railways to hinder the advancing IJA and would then use the metal to make swords.
I see....so it works just like a kukri but with different shape and bigger. Kukri is smaller but the blade place most of the weight at the chopping point and angled it forward similar design to spring and autumn period halberd. So it stab, cut and slice in one motion.
The kukri from what I've read and seen wasn't always used to parry bayonets. The Gurkas would usually take their emptied gun and use it in their off hand as a parrying stick. Once they create and opening with the gun they would then use the kukri to attack the opponent. Not like any fighting this isn't gospel and I'm sure that if a Gurka was attacked and he didn't have his gun or it was more advantageous to parry with the kukri he would. Its just not ideal.
I’ve always wanted to ask this : is the kukri comparable to the seax?
What about reach ? Why was it that short ?
they were carrying it on their backs as a side arm with rifles for when bullets ran out which was common. It was most often not a primary weapon. Also commonly used in ambushes in which case mobility is much more important than reach. Reach is important for 1 on 1 duels and fighting in lines, less so for just jumping on your opponents from a bush. Also they were often carried by cavalry in cavalry charges that were still commonly used by the chinese in ww2 because of the lack of mechanized units. longer swords were typically not used on horseback. They were also used by peasants with little to no training, a longer, thinner blade would be harder to handle effectively by less skilled individuals.
Still, how does this beat polearms?
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@@moosemuffins2191 Why used it against rifles with beyonets?
@@Finnv893 Cause... Cause its cool
@@Finnv893 it was one of the weapons they had for cqc since the Chinese armies at the time didn't manage to train people with bayonets combined with a surprising lack of bayonets in China before WW2.
Been practicing real dadao for over 10 years. This is a real weapon which is quite versatile. Although it is heavier and a bit slower than a katana, you have to design your swings to block and counter immediately with better footwork and angles.
Dadao vs Katana
it depends on the contest. if ur slamming both swords together the dadao is gonna win. but if ur talking about precision cutting then katana.