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.
Spears and polearms
Ranged weapons
- Bow
- Flamethrowers
- Gunpowder weapons
- Rocket powered weapons
- Sling
- Throwing weapons
Siege weapons
- Ballista
- Battering ram
- Bombard
- Cannon
- Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
- Mortar
- Petrary
- Siege tower
- Staff sling
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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See also
- Military technology and equipment
- List of medieval military technologies
- List of premodern combat weapons
References
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