Polearm

6 weapons

Combined an axe, spike, and hook on a 2-meter pole. The Swiss used it to devastating effect against ...

Could reach 5-7 meters. The Macedonian phalanx under Alexander used the sarissa pike. Swiss pike squ...

A polearm with a central spike flanked by two backward-curving blades. Designed to catch and control...

A spear with a broad blade flanked by two smaller lugs. Used by bodyguards and infantry officers. Th...

A curved blade on a long shaft, wielded with sweeping arcs. Japanese warrior monks favored them befo...

The oldest weapon designed specifically for combat. The Schoningen spears from Germany are 400,000 y...