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Paintings of Ancient Macedonian soldiers, arms, and armaments, from the tomb of Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki in Greece, 4th century BC. The primary weapon that was used by Greek troops was a two-to-three meter spear with a leaf-shaped blade at one end and a short spike at the other known as the doru. The spearhead was usually made of bronze ...
Ancient Greek marble relief (c. 330 BC) depicting a soldier in combat, holding his weapon in his hand as he prepares to strike a fallen enemy; the relief may have been part of an official Athenian state memorial; from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anti-tank weapons. EVO M1984 Aris IV AT rocket launcher [28] (Greek made) Anti-aircraft weapons. EPTAE M1990 Aris AA missile launcher [29] (Greek made) EVO 30mm M1982 Artemis AA gun [30] (Greek made) Drones. EADS 3 Sigma Nearchos [31] (Greek made) EAV (HAI) Ε1-79 Pegasos I [32] (Greek made) Other vehicles. AEC Matador (British made gun carrier)
The Spartan's main weapon was the dory spear. For long-range attacks, they carried a javelin. The Spartiates were also always armed with a xiphos as a secondary weapon. Among most Greek warriors, this weapon had an iron blade of about 60 centimeters; however, the Spartan version was typically only 30–45 centimetres in length.
The gastraphetes (Ancient Greek: γαστραφέτης, lit. 'belly-releaser'), also called belly bow or belly shooter , was a hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks . [ 1 ] It was described in the 1st century AD by the Greek author Heron of Alexandria in his work Belopoeica , which draws on an earlier account of the famous Greek ...
Ancient Greek military equipment (6 C, 30 P) ... Pages in category "Ancient weapons" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
In the manner of neighboring city-states, the backbone of the Athenian military on land was the Hoplite. [1] Accompanying every Hoplite was a lightly armed attendant, either a poor citizen who could not afford a regular suit of armor (panoplia), or possibly a trusted slave.
The Greeks and Romans both made extensive use of artillery for shooting large arrows, bolts or spherical stones or metal balls. Occasionally they also used ranged early thermal weapons. There was heavy siege artillery, but more mobile and lighter field artillery was already known and used in pitched battles, especially in Roman imperial period.