Soldiers with shields why did they hit the shield with the sword repeatadly
2007-03-08 15:47:38 · 5 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
To increase the noise they were making going into battle. (more noise = sounds like more soldiers) The Roman Legions were the first Ive heard of using this tactic but Im probably wrong.
2007-03-08 19:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by Merovingian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason they like to hit each other's swords (rather than just stab or slash each other): cool, action-y, clanging sounds!
2007-03-08 16:36:36 · answer #2 · answered by Lost Panda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they can break the shield then it would be easy to go for the kill.
2007-03-08 15:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The noise was intended to scare the enemy
2007-03-08 19:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by Dreamweaver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called fencing really & film crews trying to make it look so dramatic when really its not
2007-03-08 16:01:08 · answer #5 · answered by crackertyjack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋