This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle.
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Transcription
Offensive weapons
Melee weapons
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Caravel
- Carrack
- Cog
- Fire ship
- Galley
- Junk
- Djong (ship)
- Longship
- Lou chuan (tower ship)
- Qiao chuan
- Turtle ship
Animals in war
See also
- Lists of weapons
- List of medieval military technologies
- List of premodern combat weapons
- Military technology and equipment
References
- ^ 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.
This page was last edited on 18 August 2023, at 10:17