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→7.6.a. Single handed spears
'''[[Authenticity:Maces#Kit Guide|View Single Handed Spears Kit Guide]]''' <br>
==7.6.b. Two handed spears==
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! ||Metric ||Imperial ||Comments
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|Max head weight: ||0.575 Kg ||1¼ lb ||
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|Blade length: ||20 - 40.5cm ||8” - 16" ||
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|Max Blade width (1):||10cm ||4" ||up to 12” blade length
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|Max Blade width (1):||7.5 ||3” ||blade length 12” to 16”
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|Overall length: ||1.83 - 2.74m ||6' - 9' ||including shaft
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|Max overall weight: ||1.8kg ||4 lb ||including shaft
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|Shaft diameter: ||2.5 - 4cm ||1" - 1½" ||
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'''[[Authenticity:Maces#Kit Guide|View Two Handed Spears Kit Guide]]''' <br>
*2-handed spear-head blades must be 8” (20cm) or longer on spears longer than 7’ (213cm)
:For the first time a minimum blade length is being introduced for two-handed spear heads. Twohanded spear heads must now have a minimum blade length of 8” (20cm) if used on a spear over 7’ (213cm) long.
:The intention is to make the use of javelin sized heads unacceptable on spears over 7’ in length. This will result in the use of javelin heads on our single-handed spears and larger standard spear heads on our two-handed spears, in Regia combat
*More use of single-handed spear and shield
:Every warrior should ideally take the field of battle with a shield and a single-handed spear astheir starting weapon.
:All new combatants in Regia are encouraged to start with the single-handed spear as their first weapon.
*Less two-handed spears being used by POOR warriors
:Ideally it would be nice to see only high status warriors using two-handed spears as their large spearheads would have been expensive weapons (see the new rule regarding two-handed spear head minimum length of 8” (20cm)).
:The use of two-handed spear and shield in combat is only depicted 3 times in Regia’s period of interest (see below) and is always shown being used against non-infantry. (See Fig below)
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