Talk:Ballistic shield
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Needs citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.125.136.118 (talk) 08:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Patriot3 edit
Some text in this article seems to have been directly copied from marketing materials from the Patriot3 company. That doesn't seem right. Martijn Meijering (talk) 03:04, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- If you know of some direct copying, violation of WP policy including WP:COPYVIO, then recommend you delete that text with appropriate notes here and in the edit comment. Cheers. N2e (talk) 03:59, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- I was more worried about bias. The Minuteman shield is apparently a brand name of a product of the Patriot3 company. Martijn Meijering (talk) 04:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Incorrect information edit
"This non-traditional shield breaks with centuries of historic shield design by allowing both hands to effectively aim and operate a weapon in conjunction with the shield. All ancient and traditional modern shields require one arm/hand to be exclusively utilized for shield support/positioning, and the other hand available to hold a weapon. The Baker Batshield® enables both the users' hands to operate a weapon (long-gun or handgun) with normal center-line firing technique, while the support hand is able to protectively position the shield."
This entire section is basically false, and also sounds like something from a marketing pamphlet, indeed the whole "Modern day ballistic shields" section sounds like marketing, but this section specifically.
Shields which allow two handed use of a weapon (or use of two weapons) have been commonplace throughout history, such as the shields used by "Macedonion" phalagites, Thracian peltarions, jacobite buckler and bollock dagger (etc.)
151.227.176.203 (talk) 16:11, 12 September 2014 (UTC)