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What are a list of medieval weapons?

probably thousands because there were alot of people. ... As per the previous answer, there certainly were a lot of medieval weapons, bearing in mind that they all required years of official training to0 use effectively. A few specifics are: - Arming Sword, a single handed double edged sword often used in combination with a shield. - Falchion, a single edged single handed sword most commonly used in Italy, but with most of the standard features seen in a sword. - Stiletto, a very thin bladed dagger mainly used for stabbing, often associated with assassins. - Rondel, a type of very pointed but edgeless spike used by knights as opposed to a dagger. - Longsword, a sword used in two hands, not as wide or heavy as a greatsword, it also has a better thrusting point. (Note: Video games and movies often make the mistake of referring to Arming Swords as "long swords") - Greataxe, a devastating axe similar to a felling axe, but designed specifically for warfare, these required especially strong wielders to be used effectively. - Poleaxe, a polearm with an axe-like head, they had "flukes" at the bottom to counterbalance and sometimes provide an additional spike. - Bill, invented as a simple Billhook (hedge cutting blade with an incurve) on a long shaft, sometimes with a double edge and/or a fluke for counterbalance. - Pike, a very long spear specifically usually twice the size of the wielder or longer and used in formation attacks. - Warhammer, a hammerhead of standard size on a long shaft in its simplest form, and featuring an armour piercing spike on the back of the head as well as counterbalancing pommels/flukes in better versions. - Mace, a heavier round headed club-like weapon for causing severe blunt force trauma. - Longbow, usually made of yew and always at least six feet tall in their war versions. These were ideal for foot troops, but were often too large to use effectively when mounted. - Composite bow, recurved and made of different laminated materials like wood, horn and sinew. The animal fat glues used to bind these together was very flimsy in wet weather. - Crossbow, these were made with wood or steel limbs for extreme handheld power, they could pierce armour very well indeed and took a lot less training to use, but were much slower to shoot than bows. - Javelins, used a lot less by the medieval period, but still a favourite of certain armies who used skirmishing tactics, as these could be thrown shortly before a quick retreat or charging in. - Arquebuses, these were very early firearms and were very intimidating as few people had seen or heard these thunderous weapons before, but they were terribly slow to reload, equally awful at accuracy, and would misfire easily in wet weather. - Hand cannons, an even earlier design of firearm, these had to be shot from the hip and were even slower and more inaccurate than even the Arquebus. - Battering rams, these were used to directly attack gates in order to allow attacking troops in. - Catapult, featuring a throwing arm with a cup/cradle to hold the ammunition, their intention was not to directly shoot at walls, but to shoot over the defences and massacre inside them. - Trebuchet, featuring a counterweight and a sling to hold the ammunition, they had a greater range and capability than simple catapults. - Cannon, these were artillery sized gunpowder weapons used to shoot directly at defences such as walls or gates, but at a safe distance.

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