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Bill Polearm: History, Design and Use

The bill polearm was originally an agricultural tool, which, after a number of changes, became widely used in the military field. The main popularity fell on the 14th-17th centuries. It was most co..

Lucerne Hammer: History, Design and Use

In the 14th – 15th centuries, the Swiss cantons, in the struggle against the reduction of their own autonomy within the Holy Roman Empire, begin an open confrontation. The cantons were able to organiz..

Halberd: History, Design and Development

Ever since the time when prehistoric people learned to make tools, polearm have become hunting tools. It will count at least 100 thousand years. With the advent of organized societies, and then stat..

Polearms: Their Role in Warfare Before the 18th Century

Homo sapiens, which appeared 100 – 300 thousand years ago, like other earlier representatives of our species, were in a difficult situation in the wild. The man did not have claws, great speed and ..

Broadaxe: History and Design of Battle Axes

Battle axes have a fairly long history of use. Combat copies were used in the era of the first civilizations of the East. In ancient Egypt, warriors often used axes with an average blade length not ..

Poleaxe: History, Design and Use

The history of polearms has a long period of use in combat of battle axes. The Sumerians also used copper axes for battles. In the ancient era, axes were actively used by the Germans, Celts, Scythi..

Goedendag: History, Construction and Use

Thanks to modern cinema and video games, some of the inhabitants got the impression that bladed weapons were the most effective on medieval battlefields. Although, in fact, long sword-type blades w..

Glaive: History and Design of a Medieval Polearm

The feudal era, which began after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, gave rise to many new or improved types of weapons in Europe. The appearance or modification of edged weapons was caused pri..

Voulge: History and Design of a Medieval Polearm

Voulge is a polearm, which was a transitional instance of an axe for subsequent transformation into a more famous halberd. Voulge was made from the end of the 13th century and was used until the mi..

Dusack: History, Design and Use

During the period of constant wars in Europe, a fairly cheap and effective weapon was needed. One of these examples was dusack (from Czech “tesák” – literally translated as “hunting sword").Dusack&..

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