Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bill
Also Brown Bill or Black Bill. Polearm with a wide cutting blade and sometimes also spikes and hooks. Effective vs. armored enemies and horses, therefore suited for fighting cavalry. Comes in many forms.
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- Dirk
- Long, usually single-edged dagger.
- Guige
- Strap which holds a shield up the shoulders or neck.
- Targe
- Small, more flat wooden shield covered with leather or metal-trimmed, later all- steel.
- Hasta
- The hasta was the Roman trusting spear. It was carried by the units called triarii in Republic times. Marius military reforms made the pilum the…
