The Superior Weapon in a Zombie Apocalypse

I will focus on criticising Pro's choice of weapons this round, but will first address his points regarding my own.DefenseForearm Machete:Pro's critique hinges solely on situations he fabricated that I never presented nor endorsed. Nobody would wield the machete while driving, just as they would not wield a bill hook. The same answer counters almost everything else he critiques; notice how the effectiveness in defending and killing zombies is not in question. Lastly, pro presents a situation where a zombie takes the user by surprise and he isn't wearing the machete. Given one cannot wield two of the melee weapons provided by Pro or myself, why can't the user simply hold the machete by the steel bar with both hands? It's not as if a blade doesn't function simply because it isn't strapped on. Held as a short-spear with both or one arm, the forearm machete still has more range and killing power over the bill hook and exposes the user to less danger as I will demonstrate below.Pro's refutations have been negated. Aluminum baseball bat:Baseball bats will dent and wooden poleaxes will snap by the angular momentum of the mass eventually. Pro provides no sources to back up his assertion that "baseball bat[s] will be needed to be replaced frequently" nor that "hitting a zombie with the thin end of a baseball bat will only make it mad". In fact, the thin end is made of the same aluminum and the surface area is smaller, meaning the force is less distributed and the pressure would be increased. The problem with medieval poleaxes is that they're quite hard to find in the 21st century... aluminum baseball bats however, can be found by the thousands in every city. Pro then argues wielding a baseball bat with one hand can lead to injury, but fails to realize his critiques hurt his own choices in greater magnitude. Italian poleaxes have an average mass of 5 pounds and 2 ounces[1] attached to the end of a 2 meter staff which far outweighs a baseball bat averaging 33 ounces. The moment created by swinging that mass at 2 meters would be much greater than that of a baseball bat and would require ridiculous, superhuman amounts of strength to wield one handed. As I have pointed out, it does not require much force to fracture a human skull, showing that the excessive mass and force required to operate a poleaxe is unnecessary and inefficient.Pro's refutations have been negated and returned.Beretta M9:Pro cites material deficits and fails to notice longbows are made of yew[2], incomparable weaker than the lightest aluminum. A zombie would have a much easier time snapping a longbow than smashing a pistol. Pro then cites the ranges of the M9 versus that of an English Longbow, unfortunately he fails to realize range (not even effective range, which he failed to use for the longbow) is not the only factor to consider. I will now compare the effectiveness of both weapons within their effective accurate ranges.The M9 has an effective range of 50m (approximately 55 yards)[3].The LB has a maximum range of 180-270 yards with an effective accurate range of maximum 75-80 yards[2]. I will use the higher numbers out of generosity.A semi-automatic firing rate is 45-60 rounds per minute[4] (I will use the lower: 45), or 0.75 rounds per second.An archer was expected to release 10 aimed arrows per minute[2], or 0.166 arrows per second.Assuming the users of both weapons are 100% accurate and will kill with one hit and the average sprinting speed of a human is 12 miles per hour, or around 6 yards per second:It would take a zombie around 9 seconds to run 55 yards, meaning an M9 wielder could take out 6.75 zombies running at him with accuracy.It would take a zombie around 13.3 seconds to run 80 yards, meaning a LB user could take out 2.2 zombies running at him with accuracy.Despite having a longer effective range than the M9, a semi-automatic firing rate compared to the medieval hand-drawn arrow firing rate is not even a contest. The M9 triples the longbow in killing efficiency. This is not even taking into account the fact that the M9 has a muzzle velocity of 1250 ft/s[3] while the longbow has an arrow speed of maximum 200 ft/s[5]. The possibility of dodging a bullet based on reaction is literally impossible for humans (and consequently zombies), while an arrow that can take almost 2 seconds to reach you at 80 yards is arguably dodgeable given enough attempts.To put the nail in the coffin, pro argues that longbows and arrows are easily made while bullets and firearms are not. Cities are have numerous police stations that store hundreds of firearms and ammunition supplies. Anyone know of a local longbow shop? I didn't think so. Why should I bother making an inferior killing weapon, as definitively proven above, when I can simply grab a couple superior weapons from my local police station? Arrows are largely affected by the environment in terms of humidity and especially wind. 9mm rounds will not be sent much off course in 55 yards due to their small surface area to weight ratio. Creating a perfectly balanced arrow is incredibly difficult and time-consuming, despite Pro's assertions otherwise. Working yew longbows into shape can take up to a couple of years, also despite pro's assertions, they cannot simply be fashioned out of any nearby tree in a bow-shape. Thus, not only is creating longbows and arrows inefficient compared to simply finding a police station or even a local gun store, they are also the inferior weapon in killing zombies.CriticismsBill Hook:The bill hook is flawed in premise due to its ridiculously short range. Given the fact that zombies can bite any part of the body and infect a human, using the bill hook around the neck of a zombie easily puts the user into biting range. The bill hook can also slice to decapitate, but the forearm machete as I suggested, performs this same action 18 inches from the fingers. The bill hook by nature runs the risk of being lodged in its victim if not enough force is applied or the direction is slightly off and the blade hits the collarbone, jaw, or other bone. The forearm machete can cleanly impale the eye socket or even through the jaw and into the brain for an instant kill while still out of biting range.The bill hook is simply inferior at performing its task of decapitation, cannot impale effectively into the head, and puts its user into danger with its close range. There is no reason to choose the bill hook over the forearm machete.Venetian Poleaxe:The poleaxe, being 4-6 feet in length[1], outranges the baseball bat by 1-3 feet. Unfortunately, the force required to operate a poleaxe more than balances this fact out. At a possible 6 feet from the arms, the angular momentum of by a 5 pound mass (not to mention the rest of the shaft, which can be made of iron as pro states) would be enormous and very difficult to stop. The user would be incredibly hard pressed to fight more than a single zombie with this weapon. Also with such velocity and mass, it is not that large of a stretch to see the axe-head getting stuck in the torso of its victim, rendering it useless. Luckily, the baseball bat does not have this problem and will never be lodged in a skull.The poleaxe's weight and design is inefficient compared to the bat's more lightweight and maneuverable design. The iron head mass is overkill and unnecessary when, as I have shown in the Round 2, that it takes 1/20th to 1/40th of a baseball player's swing to fracture a skull.ConclusionThe bill hook is an inferior version of the forearm machete in every possible way.The Venetian poleaxe requires unnecessary force to wield, is excessively heavy, and hard to transport. Poleaxe stores are also quite rare these days.The English Longbow is at least three times less effective in killing zombies and is much harder to acquire than a 9mm pistol.References1. http://bit.ly...2. http://bit.ly...3. http://bit.ly...4. http://bit.ly...5. http://bit.ly...