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  2. Trench raiding club - Wikipedia

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    A trench raiding club Selection of clubs and a flail used on the Dolomites front. Trench raiding clubs, or trench maces were improvised melee weapons used by both the Allies and the Central Powers during World War I. [citation needed] Clubs were used during nighttime trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding ...

  3. Mace (bludgeon) - Wikipedia

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    A mural of Bhima with his mace. A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.

  4. Category:Maces (bludgeons) - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to maces, blunt weapons, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes.A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.

  5. List of infantry weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Garland trench mortar; Livens Projector; Newton 6-inch mortar; Stokes mortar; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Projectile weapons. Leach Trench Catapult; Sauterelle; West Spring Gun; Anti-aircraft weapons. Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom; QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns) QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun; QF 13-pounder Mk IV AA gun (Six guns) QF 13 ...

  6. Trench raiding - Wikipedia

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    Trench raiding was a feature of trench warfare which developed during World War I. It was the practice of making small scale night-time surprise attacks on enemy positions. It was the practice of making small scale night-time surprise attacks on enemy positions.

  7. Trench warfare - Wikipedia

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    Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms ...

  8. Sharur (mythological weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Sharur (Sumerian:𒊹𒃡 šarâ‚‚-ur₃), which means "smasher of thousands" is the weapon and symbol of the god Ninurta.Sumerian mythic sources describe it as an enchanted talking mace.

  9. Mazzatello - Wikipedia

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    He was struck on the head with a mace (mazzolatura). Etching , ca. 1850. The Mazzatello (abbreviated mazza ), more properly mazzolatura ( to strike or bludgeon with a mace ), is an Italian term that refers to a method of capital punishment involving the use of a mace, mallet , or club-like weapon to inflict head trauma. [ 1 ]