List of medieval weapons

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).

Melee weapons

Trauma and cleaving weapons

Swords and hilt weapons

Swords can be single or double-bladed edges, or even edgeless. The blade can be straight or curved.

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

Ranged weapons

Bow
Flamethrowers
- Pen Huo Qi flamethrower
- Byzantine flamethrower
Gunpowder weapons
- Arquebus
- Culverin
- Hand cannon
- Musket
Rocket powered weapons
- Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
Sling
Throwing weapons
- Chakram
- Francisca
- Kunai
- Nzappa zap
- Shuriken
- Throwing knife
- Throwing spear

Siege weapons

Ballista
Battering ram
Bombard
Cannon
Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
Mortar
Petrary
- Catapult
- Mangonel
- Onager
- Trebuchet
Siege tower
Staff sling

Warships

Caravel
Carrack
Cog
Fire ship
Galleon
Galley
Hellburners
Junk
Longship
Lou chuan (baby ship)
Qiao chuan (banana ship)
Turtle Ship

Defensive

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.

Animals in war

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References

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