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Stick and staff weapons (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Blunt weapons" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Chain and rope throwing weapons (2 C, 10 P) T. Throwing axes (9 P) Throwing clubs (10 P) Throwing spears (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Throwing weapons"
The weapons and armour of Middle-earth are all those mentioned J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Tolkien modelled his fictional warfare on the Ancient and Early Medieval periods of history.
The curved hook was used to keep the weapon in the victim, and if pulled out, caused further damage. It would have been about 56 cm (22 in) in length. [citation needed] These African iron weapons are thrown with a rotatory motion, and can inflict deep wounds with their projecting blades. The mambele is also known as: Hunga Munga [1]
Having a heavy object attached to a flexible chain or rope. Wielded by swinging, throwing, or projecting the end, as well as wrapping, striking, and blocking with the chain or rope, sometimes attached to another type of weapon. Chigiriki (Japanese) Cumberjung, double ended flail, flail with quoits [1] (Indian) Flail, fleau d'armes, kriegsflegel ...
Ballista; Battering ram; Bombards. Bombard; Byzantine bombard (Greek) Dardanelles bombard (Turkish); Dulle Griet; Faule Grete; Faule Mette; Grose Bochse; Mons Meg ...
A makeshift weapon is an everyday object that has been physically altered to enhance its potential as a weapon. [62] It can also be used to refer to common classes of weapons such as guns, knives, and bombs made from commonly available items. [1] Examples of makeshift weapons include: Millwall brick; Molotov cocktail; Shiv; Improvised firearms
A modern recreation of a mid-17th century company of pikemen. By that period, pikemen would primarily defend their unit's musketeers from enemy cavalry.. A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages [1] and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet ...