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This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period.

Handheld weapons

Swords and bladed 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)
Scimitar

Polearms

Polearms are weapons in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.

Projectile weapons

Bows
Gunpowder firearms
- Arquebuses
- 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
Throwing weapons
- Chakram
- Francisca
- Kunai
- Nzappa zap
- Shuriken
- Throwing knife
- Throwing spear
- Wurfkreuz (German throwing cross)

Flamethrowers

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
Rocket powered weapons
- Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
- Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
Siege tower
Mantlet

Warships

Animals in war

See also

References

1 2 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.

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