Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Spear
Also volgue. Weapon with a long shaft, made for thrusting in the first place.
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- Hache
- Also Bec de Faucon, Pollaxe (misnomer) or Polaxe. Two basic forms – First one has an axe-shaped edged…
- 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…
- Novacula
- Sickle-like tool consisting of a tanged, iron head fitted into a wooden handle.
- Recurve bow
- Unlike the longbow, the ends of an unstrung recurve bow are curved away from the archer. This allows the strung bow to be more powerful and shorter…
