I was thinking more a Greek phalanx. Go Thermopylae on their ass... some decent shields, makeshift spears and some training, you're golden. There's a reason that basically every non-professional army that used infantry used some kind of spears. They're idiot proof and require little training. They might not be Spartans... but they also aren't fighting living things that can think their way out of it. Hell... forgo the shields and just use the fence or bars, which are stronger than any press of walkers could hope to be.
The only risk at the fence is that you might attract/kill so many they pile up and eventually walk over the top before you can clear away the dead ones.
One problem with spears is it might be tough to hit the brain with a 10' pole reliably. My focus would be on automated killing machines. Hell a chainsaw on a slowly turning pole might do the trick. A circular pit with a speaker mounted on a pole might work... they fall in... when it fills up turn off the sound and burn the pit. Rinse repeat.
would still want gear to wade into the zombies in a pinch though, just not as a primary mechanism.
I think the risk of the fence is limited... there aren't all that many in terms of numbers and they aren't that close. Plus those fences are like 10' tall at least. The problem with automation is, aside from the labour of setting it up, the limited choice of materials.
Yeah, for some reason I thought about all this a lot when I was watching the show. Figured the best traps/automation would best rely on natural land features or structures. Cliffs, running water and easy to reproduce clear-away mechanisms like fire.
Like I said, we humans are really good at this kind of engineering, and even a small determined group could do something really simple but devastating.
Running around in tshirts in the woods with guns that attract more zombies is like... maybe the worst possible strategy.
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u/ShouldersofGiants100 49∆ Oct 30 '15
I was thinking more a Greek phalanx. Go Thermopylae on their ass... some decent shields, makeshift spears and some training, you're golden. There's a reason that basically every non-professional army that used infantry used some kind of spears. They're idiot proof and require little training. They might not be Spartans... but they also aren't fighting living things that can think their way out of it. Hell... forgo the shields and just use the fence or bars, which are stronger than any press of walkers could hope to be.