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A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". [2] Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian, which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades. The ...
The entries are grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
The tepoztopilli [tepostoːˈpiːlːi] was a common front-line weapon of the Aztec military. The tepoztopilli was a pole-arm, and to judge from depictions in various Aztec codices it was roughly the height of a man, although historian John Pohl indicates that the weapon used between the 12th and 14th century was made in sizes from 3 to 7 ft (0. ...
A glacial terminus Satellite view of changing glacier termini in the Bhutan-Himalaya, showing glacial lakes formed by the retreating termini on the surface of the debris-covered glaciers over the last several decades. A glacier terminus, toe, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time.
Similar weapons mounted on elephants were used by the Khmer Empire. [3] Onager: 353 BC Rome: The Onager was a Roman torsion powered siege engine. It is commonly depicted as a catapult with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its throwing arm. Trebuchet: 4th Century BC China: Similar to the catapult, but uses a swinging arm to launch ...
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)
Oftentimes the sword was simply the more practical weapon in the average small-scale Edo period conflicts; nevertheless, there were gunsmiths in Japan producing guns through the Edo period. Isolation did not decrease the production of guns in Japan—on the contrary, there is evidence of around 200 gunsmiths in Japan by the end of the Edo period.
Early 19th-century Hawai'ian leiomano. The leiomano is a shark-toothed club used by various Polynesian cultures, primarily by the Native Hawaiians. [1]The word "leiomano" is derived from the Hawaiian language and may originate from lei o manō, meaning "a shark's lei."