Tug vauv tsim yog kev sib ntaus sib tua uas muaj nyob hauv cov tub rog Loos. Nws tau npaj los tiv thaiv cov xub, hmuv thiab projectiles thaum sib ntaus sib tua. Txog kev tsim kho ntawm "tus vaub kib", cov yam ntxwv ntawm cov txheej txheem tiv thaiv no thiab nws ntau yam yuav tau piav qhia hauv tsab xov xwm.
Kev piav qhia dav dav
Kev tsim kho ntawm "tus vaub kib" tau ua los ntawm cov tub rog Roman thaum sib ntaus sib tua ntawm kev tiv thaiv. Ntawm kev hais kom ua, cov tub rog tau teeb tsa hauv cov duab plaub, thaum muaj qhov tsawg kawg nkaus ntawm txhua tus tub rog. Cov tub rog nyob rau pem hauv ntej, tuav daim thaiv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv, kaw lawv, thiab cov kab ntawm cov tub rog tom qab thawj zaug tsa lawv saum lawv taub hau thiab lub taub hau ntawm cov tub rog nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej. Cov npoo ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog tau muab tso rau hauv ib txoj kev uas lawv sib tshooj (overlap).
Raws li qhov tsim nyog, cov tub rog uas nyob rau sab ntawm "ua vaub kib" tsim tau siv lawv cov ntaub thaiv npog thaum cov yeeb ncuab sim tua lawv ntawm cov flanks. Ib yam li ntawd, cov tub rog nyob hauvcov qib kawg, tiv thaiv tawm tsam cov neeg tawm tsam tom qab.
Yog li ntawd, ib lub phab ntsa ruaj khov tau txais los ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog. Tus kws sau keeb kwm Roman thaum ub thiab tus neeg saib xyuas Dion Cassius tau sau rau hauv ib qho ntawm nws cov haujlwm hais tias Roman kev tsim kho "tus vaub kib" yog qhov muaj zog thiab muaj zog heev uas nws muaj peev xwm caij cov ntaub thaiv npog ntawm nees nrog lub laub.
Siv hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv thaj chaw qhib
"Vajtswv" tau siv los tiv thaiv yuav luag txhua hom kev cuam tshuam. Tsuas yog qhov kev zam tsuas yog qhov projectiles pib los ntawm cov tshuab hnyav hnyav.
Tus kws sau keeb kwm Greek thaum ub thiab tus kws sau ntawv Plutarch piav qhia txog kev siv "ua vaub kib" tsim los ntawm cov neeg Loos hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Parthian phiaj los nqis tes ntawm Emperor Mark Anthony hauv 36 raws li hauv qab no: cov neeg Loos, nqis los ntawm qhov siab siab, yog tau tawm tsam los ntawm Parthians, uas tau pib xa ntau txhiab tus xub mus rau hauv lawv txoj kev, thiab lub sijhawm no cov neeg Loos cov ntaub thaiv npog tau nce mus rau pem hauv ntej flank thiab pib tsim lawv.
Lawv tau nqis rau ntawm ib lub hauv caug thiab muab lawv daim thaiv rau pem hauv ntej. Cov tub rog tom ntej tau tsa lawv cov ntaub thaiv npog, npog thawj qib, thiab ua rau cov tub rog tom ntej. Cov qauv no, zoo ib yam li lub ru tsev pobzeb, tau txais kev tiv thaiv zoo heev tiv thaiv cov xub thiab hmuv uas plam tawm ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog yam tsis ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov neeg tiv thaiv.
Cov Parthians, pom tias cov tub rog Loos txhos caug, coj nws ua lub cim ntawm kev qaug zog thiab qaug zog thiab pib nce mus. Los ze ze, cov Parthians tsuas muaj sijhawm los hnov cov lus Roman sib ntaus sib tua, raws li cov kab thaiv tau qhib, thiabcov tub rog tawm tsam cov Parthians. Siv hmuv thiab ntaj, lawv rhuav tshem cov yeeb ncuab nyob rau hauv lub vanguard, thaum lwm tus khiav.
Flaws
Tus "ua vaub kib" hom tsim ntawm legion, ntxiv rau nws qhov zoo, muaj nws qhov tsis zoo. Ib qho ntawm nws qhov tsis yooj yim yog tias qhov kev sib tw siab ntawm kev tsim ua rau kev sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj heev, txwv tsis pub txav ntawm cov tub rog Roman. Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov tsis zoo suav nrog qhov poob ntawm qhov nrawm ntawm kev txav mus los, vim tias nws yuav tsum tau saib xyuas qhov ntom ntawm qhov tsim thiab qhov ze ntawm cov ntaub thaiv npog.
Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov chaw tsis muaj zog tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej uas yuav tsum tau tiv thaiv cov tub rog hnyav lossis cov neeg tua archers. Cov tub rog caij nkoj tawm tsam "tus vauv" tsim sai sai rau cov tub rog Roman, ua rau lawv muaj kev phom sij rau cov neeg tua phom thiab spearmen. Tom qab cov tub rog tau tsoo cov Roman qib, archers, spearmen thiab lwm yam infantry light infantry rhuav tshem ib tug ntawm cov tub rog, uas yog txaus rau tsim kom tsis txhob rov qab los.
Tom qab "vaj vaub kib" tau tawg tag lawm, cov tub rog Loos tau yooj yim rau cov yeeb ncuab. Lawv yuav tsum khiav los yog tuag ntawm qhov chaw.
Ntau yam "turtle"
Cov tub rog ntawm Byzantine Empire muaj tib yam kev tsim tub rog rau kev tiv thaiv. Qhov txawv yog tias nws tau hu ua "Fulcon". Cov Byzantines kuj siv nws hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog ntau qib ntawm kev ua tiav.
Nyob rau hauv Hnub Nyoog Nrab Hnub Nyoog nyob sab Europe, hauv cov pab pawg neeg German, muaj kev tiv thaiv tub rog zoo sib xwstsim ntawm warriors. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb, uas muaj nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb tias cov tub rog, uas tau npog lawv tus kheej nrog cov ntaub thaiv npog, kuj muab lawv cov hmuv rau ntawm cov yeeb ncuab.
Yog li ntawd, cov tub rog tau tiv thaiv los ntawm daim thaiv, thiab tsis pub cov yeeb ncuab cov tub rog tawm tsam lawv tus kheej, vim cov nees tau nres ntawm hmuv protruding, lossis tuag nrog cov neeg caij tsheb. Txawm li cas los xij, hom kev tsim no kuj muaj qhov tsis muaj zog - qhov kev ncua deb ntawm cov tub rog. Vim cov hmuv nthuav tawm, nws nce ntxiv, uas ua rau lawv muaj kev phom sij rau archers.
Qhov tseeb yog qhov tseeb tias tus vaub kib tau muaj sia nyob mus txog hnub no. Nws yog siv los ntawm tub ceev xwm thaum sim cuam tshuam ntau tus neeg tawm tsam lossis cov kiv cua ncaws pob npau taws. Rectangular shields kuj tau siv los tiv thaiv tub ceev xwm ntawm pob zeb.
