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

Swords and blades

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

• Arming sword
• Dagger
• Falchion
• Katana
• Knife
• Longsword
• Sabre or *Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
• Shortsword
• Ulfberht ("Viking sword")
• Estoc
• Rapier

Trauma or cleaving weapons

• Battle axe
• Club
• Flail
• Mace
• Flanged mace
• Pernach
• Shestophor
• Maul
• Morning star
• Quarterstaff
• War hammer
• Bec de Corbin
• Horseman's pick
• Bludgeon

Spears and polearms

• Ahlspiess
• Bardiche
• Bill
• Glaive
• Guisarme
• Halberd
• Lance
• Lochaber Axe
• Lucerne hammer
• Man catcher
• Military fork
• Partisan
• Pike
• Plançon a picot
• Ranseur
• Sovnya
• Spetum
• Swordstaff
• Voulge
• War-scythe
• War hammer

Ranged

• Bow
  • Longbow
    • English longbow
  • Recurve bow
    • Mongol bow
  • Crossbow
    • Arbalest
    • Ballista
    • Repeating crossbow
• Sling
• Throwing weapons
  • Chakram
  • Francisca
  • Kunai
  • Nzappa zap
  • Throwing Spear
  • Shuriken
• Culverin
• Hand cannon
• Arquebus
• Musket

Animals in war

• Camels in warfare
• Dogs in warfare
• Horses in warfare
  • Courser
  • Destrier
  • Rouncey
• War elephant

Siege weapons

• Battering ram
• Ballista
• Bombard
• Petrary
  • Catapult
  • Mangonel
  • Onager
  • Trebuchet
• Cannon
• Hwacha
• Siege tower
• Mortar
• Staff Sling

Warships

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

Defensive

Armour

While armour is not technically a weapon, its use was driven by weapon technology and was a driving force in weapon development.

• Mail
• Lamellar armour
• Gauntlet
• Shield

Fortifications

Medieval fortifications also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.

• Bailey
• Battlement
• Barbican
• Castle
• Citadel
• City wall
• Curtain wall
• Drawbridge
• Fortified tower
• Gate
• Keep
• Moat
• Motte-and-bailey
• Murder-hole
• Palisade
• Portcullis

See also

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

External links

• Medieval Weapons Glorious Lifestyle