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  1. More in the late 16th / early 17th century. At the end of the sengoku period. The progressive restrictions to the production and use or firearms came in the subsequent Edo period, when the same samurais were worried than an army of well armed peasants could have overthrown them.
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  2. Little is known that the poet Dante Alighieri was also a knight (In the Italian comuni you could be a knight without being a noble), and fought at least three battles, first Campaldino in 1289, where he probably gave good proof of himself, infact he was among the 400 selected Florentine knights that were then sent to participate to the siege of Caprona (his last one had been in 1303 at Castel Puliciano). At Caprona, he knew another, full fledged, knight, Vanni Fucci, the cadet son of a noble (Fuccio de' Lazzeri), that chose the profession of arms. They were on the same side, but Fucci's acts of senseless cruelty shocked his allies too. Later Dante, in the Comedy, put him in hell, among the thieves (for a robbery he made, in a church), a punishment more humiliating than that reserved to the violents. Fucci is one of the most powerful characters in hell. The only one in the entire poem to nominate God (none in hell does), to curse him.
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  3. The most expensive part of a knight's gear was the horse. A warhorse was completely different from the horses used to pull the carts. It was like a modern supercar compared to a city car, for purchase and maintenance. Compared to that, swords were cheap. And infact many not-knights had swords as well. Using a sword or a mace was a question of choice, and often knights had both, or two of them. One kept on themself, one on the horse (infact there was the sidesword and the saddle sword, and both could be replaced by a mace, a warhammer or a waraxe). IE we have the list of the gear used by the Italian knights at the challenge of Barletta, a chivalric challenge between 13 Italians and 13 French knights happened during the siege of Barletta in 1503. Being a group challenge, the gear had been estabilished by the parts, but it was similar to the one they would have used in battle. Every knight had a lance, two estocks (one on themselves, one on the saddle) and one axe (the chronicler Giovio tells specifically that, instead of waraxes, the Italians chose to use "peasants' axes" way heavier).
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  4. The building man/hours required were perfectly comparable to those of contemporary US aircrafts.
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  5. Mind also that the institute lasted for a LONG time. Between Charlemagne's paladins and Bayard 8 centuries had passed. The charateristics of a knight had changed MUCH in the meantime. Also, as said, there were different knights. The behaviour expected from the cadet son of a noble was different to that of a member of a military monastic order IE.
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  6.  @MiG-31893  Spit V - Macchi C.202 - Reggiane Re.2001 - Bf109F Spit IX - Macchi C.205 - G.55 - Re.2005 - Bf109G. The G.55 was used for the first time in action over Sardinia in May 1943. It was the third prototype (MM493), the first armed with 3 20mm cannons. It claimed a B-26 in collaboration on June 5, then a P-40 on June 26. In July the 353 squadron was transferred to Rome, The G.55 claimed several other aircrafts (two P-38 and one B17) before the armistice.
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  7. @MiG-31893  everything can be demonstrated with the result of single clashes.
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  8. They had very similar performances. The G.55 was the easiest to manufacture, and the better armed (one 20mm gun more than the C.205 and same number than the Re.2005, but with more ammos).
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  9. IE Barcelona 1992 and Turin 2006 are examples of successful Olympic events. Both cities needed visibility and a change in people's perception of the places. Both took advantage of the Olympics to build infrstructural projects that the cities needed anyway, and both saw the turism skyrocketing after the event.
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