Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons 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.
An ornamented, 7th-century Merovingian battle axe head on display in the British Museum. [2] [3] Battle axes were very common in Europe in the Migration Period and the subsequent Viking Age, and they famously figure on the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts Norman mounted knights pitted against Anglo-Saxon infantrymen. They continued ...
The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.
Bardiche, a type of two-handed battle axe known in the 16th and 17th centuries in Eastern Europe; Bill, similar to a halberd but with a hooked blade form; Ge or dagger-axe, a Chinese weapon in use from the Shang dynasty (est. 1500 BC) that had a dagger-shaped blade mounted perpendicular to a spearhead
Battle axe: In its most common form, an arm-length weapon borne in one or both hands. Compared to a sword swing, it delivers more cleaving power against a smaller target area, making it more effective against armour , due to concentrating more of its weight in the axehead.
Delta Air Lines stock popped 10% in early trading Friday after a record air travel year propelled the airline to its best-ever annual revenue total.And Delta CEO Ed Bastian sees that momentum ...
The best personalized Valentine's Day gifts are a great way to show the special people in your life how much you love and appreciate them.
This weapon combined a flintlock pistol with a battleaxe. Later, a pistol-sword combination formed in the mid 18th century, which was apparently used mainly by marines and naval officers in boarding engagements at sea. Additionally, Dumonthier & Sons produced several knife pistol combinations.