Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Flammards
Also flambards. Two-handed swords with a certain wave or with a flamed blade.
From Encyclopedia
- Lucerne hammer
- A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
- Quarterstaff
- Long (6-10 ft), massive pole for personal defense yet very dangerous in skilled hands.
- Arnis
- Italian for "harness", the historical term for being "in armour".
- Bayonet
- At the end of the seventeenth century the French introduced the socket bayonet. This contained a sleeve fitting round the barrel and was locked…
