List of medieval weapons

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This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle.

## Contents

* 1 Offensive weapons
* 1.1 Melee weapons
* 1.1.1 Sword and hilt weapons
* 1.1.2 Spears and polearms
* 1.2 Ranged weapons
* 1.3 Siege weapons
* 1.4 Warships
* 1.5 Animals in war
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Offensive weapons

### Melee weapons

* Battle axe
* Bec de corbin
* Bludgeon
* Club
* Flail
* Flanged mace
* Horseman's pick
* Mace
* Morning star
* Quarterstaff
* Shestopyor, Pernach
* War hammer

#### Sword 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
* Messer
* 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
* Spear
* 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
* Flamethrowers
* Byzantine flamethrower[1]
* Pen Huo Qi flamethrower
* Gunpowder firearms
* Arquebuses
* Arquebus
* Istinggar arquebus
* Java arquebus
* Jiaozhi arquebus
* Tanegashima arquebus
* Torador arquebus
* 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
* Slings
* Kestros
* Sling
* Stave sling
* Throwing weapons
* Chakram
* Francisca
* Kunai
* Nzappa zap
* Shuriken
* Throwing knife
* Throwing spear
* Wurfkreuz (German throwing cross)

### Siege weapons

* Ballista
* Battering ram
* Bombards
* Bombard
* Byzantine bombard (Greek)
* Dardanelles bombard (Turkish)
* Dulle Griet
* Faule Grete
* Faule Mette
* Grose Bochse
* Mons Meg
* Orban bombard
* Pumhart von Steyr
* Cannons
* Abus
* Basilisk
* Byzantine fire tube[1]
* 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 Bronze cannon
* Mortar
* Organ gun
* Petrary weapons
* Catapult
* Hu Dun Pao trebuchet
* Mangonel
* Onager
* Trebuchet
* Rocket powered weapons
* Byzantine rocket launcher[2]
* Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
* Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
* Siege tower

### Warships

* Caravel
* Carrack
* Cog
* Fire ship
* Galley
* Junk
* Djong (ship)
* Longship
* Lou chuan (tower ship)
* Qiao chuan
* Turtle ship

### Animals in war

* Camels in warfare
* Dogs in warfare
* Elephants in warfare
* Horses in warfare
* Courser
* Destrier
* Rouncey

## See also

* Lists of weapons
* List of medieval military technologies
* List of premodern combat weapons
* Military technology and equipment

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
2. ↑ 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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