龟甲形连环盾

龟甲形连环盾,簡稱龜甲陣羅馬人廣泛採用的一種獨有自創戰術士兵將他們的盾牌連接起來容儼如龜殼,士兵龜縮在殼內,藉此抵禦敵人的襲擊。此戰術的缺點是行軍速度較慢,而且無法一方面攻擊一方面防禦。[1]

龜甲形連環盾的現代歷史重演
2005年貝里斯騷亂中警方使用的龜甲陣

參考

编辑
  1. ^ Simkin, John. Military Tactics of the Roman Army. Spartacus Educational. Spartacus Educational Publishers Ltd. September 1997 [June 4, 2021]. A modern reconstruction of Roman soldiers in the testudo (tortoise) formation. 

伸延閱讀

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  • Bachrach, David S. Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-84383-762-6. 
  • Bradbury, Jim. The Medieval Siege. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0851153575. 
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  • Plutarch, Roman Lives, ed. Robin Waterfield ISBN 978-0-19-282502-5
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