List of medieval weapons
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This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle.
Offensive weapons[edit]
Melee weapons[edit]
- Battle axe
- Bec de corbin
- Bludgeon
- Club
- Flail
- Flanged mace
- Horseman's pick
- Mace
- Morning star
- Quarterstaff
- Shestopyor, Pernach
- War hammer
Sword and hilt weapons[edit]
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight.
- Arming sword
- Dagger
- Estoc
- Falchion
- Katana
- Knife
- Longsword
- Messer
- Rapier
- Sabre or Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
- Shortsword
- Ulfberht (Frankish)
Spears and polearms[edit]
- Ahlspiess
- Bardiche
- Bec de Corbin
- Bill
- Glaive
- Goedendag
- Guisarme
- Halberd
- Lance
- Lochaber axe
- Lucerne hammer
- Man catcher
- Military fork
- Partisan
- Pike
- Plançon a picot
- Ranseur
- Sovnya
- Spear
- Spetum
- Swordstaff
- Voulge
- War scythe
- War hammer
Ranged weapons[edit]
- Bows
- Flamethrowers
- Gunpowder firearms
- Arquebuses
- Blunderbuss
- Hand cannons
- Baton a feu
- Bedil tumbak
- Hand cannon
- Huo Qiang lance hand cannon
- Heilongjiang hand cannon
- Huo Chong
- Meriam kecil
- Petronel
- San Yan Chong three barrel hand cannon
- Shou Chong
- Tu Huo Qiang
- Slings
- Throwing weapons
- Chakram
- Francisca
- Kunai
- Nzappa zap
- Shuriken
- Throwing knife
- Throwing spear
- Wurfkreuz (German throwing cross)
Siege weapons[edit]
- Ballista
- Battering ram
- Bombards
- Bombard
- Byzantine bombard (Greek)
- Dardanelles bombard (Turkish)
- Dulle Griet
- Faule Grete
- Faule Mette
- Grose Bochse
- Mons Meg
- Orban bombard
- Pumhart von Steyr
- Cannons
- Abus
- Basilisk
- Byzantine fire tube[1]
- Cannon
- Cetbang
- Chongtong
- Culverin
- Ekor lotong
- Falconet
- Fauconneau
- Hu Dun Pao cannon
- Korean cannon
- Lantaka
- Lela
- Pierrier a boite
- Pot de fer
- Prangi
- Saker
- Tarasnice
- Veuglaire
- Wankou Chong
- Xanadu cannon
- Xi Xia Bronze cannon
- Mortar
- Organ gun
- Petrary weapons
- Rocket powered weapons
- Byzantine rocket launcher[2]
- Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
- Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
- Siege tower
Warships[edit]
- Caravel
- Carrack
- Cog
- Fire ship
- Galley
- Junk
- Djong (ship)
- Longship
- Lou chuan (tower ship)
- Qiao chuan
- Turtle ship
Animals in war[edit]
See also[edit]
- Lists of weapons
- List of medieval military technologies
- List of premodern combat weapons
- Military technology and equipment
References[edit]
- ^ a b Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 12-13, Greece, 2002.
- ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 13, Greece, 2002.
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