- power.
Polearms are
predominantly melee weapons, with a
subclass of spear-like
designs fit for
thrusting and/or throwing.
Because many
polearms were adapted...
-
English approximation: /dʒiː/ jee, Chinese: 戟; pinyin: jǐ) was a
Chinese polearm,
sometimes translated into
English as
spear or halberd,
though they are...
- (矛),
which is
sometimes used to
designate polearms with a wavy snake-like spearhead.
There was
another polearm weapon known as the pi (鈹),
translated into...
- stop
overexcited musketeers from
firing prematurely.
Halberds and
other polearms remained useful during instances of close-in
fighting such as
during stormings...
-
poleaxe (also poleax,
pollaxe and
other similar spellings) is a
European polearm that was used by
medieval infantry. Most
etymological authorities consider...
-
blade to the
wooden shaft. This
construction is also seen in
Scottish polearms, such as the
Lochaber axe and
Jeddart staff, and
bardiches are
known to...
- Ngao (ง้าว,ของ้าว) is a
polearm that was
traditionally used
during the 18th
century in Thailand.
Stick fighting List of
premodern combat weapons List...
- Old High
German getīsarn,
literally "weeding iron". Like many
medieval polearms, the
exact early form of the
weapon is hard to
define from
literary references...
- may fit more than one
category (e.g. the
spear may be used
either as a
polearm or as a projectile), and the
earliest gunpowder weapons that fill within...
-
firearms and
bayonet led to the
obsolescence of the
partisan and of
other polearms.
Despite this,
partisans continued in use for many
years as a ceremonial...
