Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Polearm
Also military fork. Consists of two parts - a long haft and a head. Head comes in many forms - most often two parallel or slightly "V" shaped spikes, sometimes even with an axe.
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- Sabre
- A sword with a curved, single-edged blade (probably originally derived from Eastern scimitars).
- 'Spanish' morion
- See cabasset and morion.
- Surcoat
- Also overcoat. Long, tunic-like piece of cloth worn over armor to keep the dirt, rain and sun heat out and present the…
- 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…
