- power.
Polearms are
predominantly melee weapons, with a
subclass of spear-like
designs fit for
thrusting and/or throwing.
Because many
polearms were adapted...
- (矛),
which is
sometimes used to
designate polearms with a wavy snake-like spearhead.
There was
another polearm weapon known as the pi (鈹),
translated into...
-
English approximation: /dʒiː/ jee, Chinese: 戟; pinyin: jǐ) was a
Chinese polearm,
sometimes translated into
English as
spear or halberd,
though they are...
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poleaxe (also poleax,
pollaxe and
other similar spellings) is a
European polearm that was used by
medieval infantry. Most
etymological authorities consider...
- (Halberdiers)
Company of the
Spanish Royal Guard. The
halberd was one of the
polearms sometimes carried by lower-ranking
officers in
European infantry units...
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blade to the
wooden shaft. This
construction is also seen in
Scottish polearms, such as the
Lochaber axe and
Jeddart staff, and
bardiches are
known to...
- Ngao (ง้าว,ของ้าว) is a
polearm that was
traditionally used
during the 18th
century in Thailand.
Stick fighting List of
premodern combat weapons List...
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hammer proved effective at
puncturing or
smashing armour. Like many
other polearms, the
Lucerne hammer was also used for
dismounting the enemy. The long pole...
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defense against cavalry and as a pike
against infantry. Like most
other polearms of the time, it
consisted of two parts:
shaft and blade. The
shaft was...
- Old High
German getīsarn,
literally "weeding iron". Like many
medieval polearms, the
exact early form of the
weapon is hard to
define from
literary references...
