List of medieval weapons
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The following is a list of Wikipedia articles of the types of weapons that were in use during the post-classical historical period (roughly between the mid 1st to mid 2nd millennia AD).
Offensive weapons[]
Melee weapons[]
Trauma and cleaving weapons[]
- Battle axe
- Bec de corbin
- Bludgeon
- Club
- Flail
- Flanged mace
- Horseman's pick
- Mace
- Morning star
- Quarterstaff
- Shestopyor, Pernach
- War hammer
Swords and hilt weapons[]
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight.
- Arming sword
- Dagger
- Estoc
- Falchion
- Katana
- Knife
- Longsword
- Rapier
- Sabre or Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
- Shortsword
- Ulfberht (Frankish)
Spears and polearms[]
- Ahlspiess
- Bardiche
- Bec de Corbin
- Bill
- Glaive
- Goedendag
- Guisarme
- Halberd
- Lance
- Lochaber axe
- Lucerne hammer
- Man catcher
- Military fork
- Partisan
- Pike
- Plançon a picot
- Ranseur
- Sovnya
- Spetum
- Swordstaff
- Voulge
- War scythe
- War hammer
Ranged weapons[]
- Bows
- Longbows
- Daikyu
- English longbow
- Welsh longbow
- Recurved bows
- Hungarian bow
- Perso-Parthian bow
- Short bows and reflex bows
- Gungdo
- Hankyu
- Mongol bow
- Turkish bow
- Crossbows
- Arbalest
- Crossbow
- Repeating crossbow
- Skane lockbow
- Stone bow
- Longbows
- Flamethrowers
- Byzantine flamethrower[1]
- Pen Huo Qi flamethrower
- Gunpowder firearms
- Arquebuses
- Blunderbuss
- Hand cannons
- Baton a feu
- Bedil tumbak
- Hand cannon
- Huo Qiang lance hand cannon
- Heilongjiang hand cannon
- Huo Chong
- Meriam kecil
- Petronel
- San Yan Chong three barrel hand cannon
- Shou Chong
- Tu Huo Qiang
- Muskets
- Che Dian Chong
- Musket
- Xun Lei Chong spear five barrel revolver musket
- Musketoon
- Pistol
- Bajozutsu
- Wall gun
- Jingal
- Slings
- Throwing weapons
- Chakram
- Francisca
- Kunai
- Nzappa zap
- Shuriken
- Throwing knife
- Throwing spear
Siege weapons[]
- Ballista
- Battering ram
- Bombards
- Bombard
- Byzantine bombard
- Dardanelles bombard
- Dulle Griet
- Faule Grete
- Faule Mette
- Grose Bochse
- Mons Meg
- Orban bombard
- Pumhart von Steyr
- Cannons
- Abus
- Basilisk
- Byzantine fire tube[2]
- Cannon
- Cetbang
- Chongtong
- Culverin
- Ekor lotong
- Falconet
- Fauconneau
- Hu Dun Pao cannon
- Korean cannon
- Lantaka
- Lela
- Pierrier a boite
- Pot de fer
- Prangi
- Saker
- Tarasnice
- Veuglaire
- Wankou Chong
- Xanadu cannon
- Xi Xia
- Mortar
- Organ gun
- Petrary weapons
- Catapult
- Hu Dun Pao trebuchet
- Mangonel
- Onager
- Trebuchet
- Rocket powered weapons
- Byzantine rocket launcher[3]
- Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
- Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
- Siege tower
Warships[]
- Caravel
- Carrack
- Cog
- Fire ship
- Galleon
- Galley
- Hellburners
- Junk
- Longship
- Lou chuan (Baby ship)
- (Banana ship)
- Turtle ship
Animals in war[]
- Camels in warfare
- Dogs in warfare
- Elephants in warfare
- Horses in warfare
Defensive weapons[]
Armor[]
While armor is not technically a weapon, its use was driven by weapon technology and was a driving force in weapon development.
Fortifications[]
Medieval fortifications also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.
- Bailey
- Barbican
- Battlement
- Castle
- Citadel
- City wall
- Curtain wall
- Drawbridge
- Fortified tower
- Gate
- Keep
- Moat
- Motte-and-bailey
- Murder-hole
- Palisade
- Portcullis
See also[]
- List of medieval military technologies
- List of premodern combat weapons
- Military technology and equipment
References[]
- ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 12-13, Greece, 2002.
- ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 12-13, Greece, 2002.
- ^ Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 13, Greece, 2002.
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