Risottia wrote:Ravea wrote:Aelosia wrote:What I am sure is that in a pitched battle, at least the first, the knights would massacre a group of samurais. Shock cavalry tactics.
Perhaps. If the Samurai were smart enough to keep their distance on horseback and exploit their mastery of the bow, then it could turn out very differently. After all, Mongol tactics proved to be extraordinarily effective against pretty much everybody back in the day.
Did you know that many knights carried crossbows, and were quite apt at firing them from horseback?
Crossbow quarrel vs bamboo armour... ouch.
Both the level of expertise and the range would give the advantage to the samurais in that kind of engagement. for the europeans, would be better to handle the lance and charge than try to fight in ranged combat.