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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 ...
Trench raiding clubs used during World War I were modern variations on the medieval mace. They were homemade mêlée weapons used by both the Allies and the Central Powers . Clubs were used during night time trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers.
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 ...
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 ...
An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.
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.
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.
Ceremonial mace, an ornamented mace used in civic ceremonies; Gada (mace), the blunt mace or club from India Kaumodaki, the gada (mace) of the Hindu god Vishnu; Mace (spray), a brand of tear gas, often used by police; MGM-13 Mace, a U.S. tactical surface-to-surface missile; Multi-mission Affordable Capacity Effector, a U.S. air-launched cruise ...