List of medieval weapons

This is a list of weapons that were used during the medieval period. Each weapon is organized according to their purpose in battle.

Offensive weapons

Melee weapons

• Battle axe
• Bec de corbin
• Bludgeon
• Club
• Flail
• Flanged mace
• Horseman's pick
• Mace
• Morning star
• Quarterstaff
• Shestopyor, Pernach
• War hammer

Sword 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)
• Scythe
• War scythe
• Poleaxe
• Spear

Ranged weapons

• Bows
  • Longbows
    • Daikyu
    • English longbow
    • Welsh longbow
  • Recurved bows
    • Hungarian bow
    • Perso-Parthian bow
  • Short bows and reflex bows
    • Gungdo
    • Hankyu
    • Mongol bow
    • Turkish bow
  • Crossbows
    • Arbalest
    • Crossbow
    • Repeating crossbow
    • Skane lockbow
    • Stone bow
• Flamethrowers
  • Byzantine flamethrower^[1]
  • Pen Huo Qi flamethrower
• Gunpowder firearms
  • Arquebuses
    • Arquebus
    • Istinggar arquebus
    • Java arquebus
    • Jiaozhi arquebus
    • Tanegashima arquebus
    • Torador arquebus
  • Blunderbuss
  • 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
  • Kestros
  • Sling
  • Stave sling
• Throwing weapons
  • Chakram
  • Francisca
  • Kunai
  • Nzappa zap
  • Shuriken
  • Throwing knife
  • Throwing spear
  • Wurfkreuz (German throwing cross)

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
  • Catapult
  • Hu Dun Pao trebuchet
  • Mangonel
  • Onager
  • Trebuchet
• Rocket powered weapons
  • Byzantine rocket launcher^[2]
  • Huo Che rocket arrow launcher
  • Hwacha rocket arrow launcher
• Siege tower

Warships

• Caravel
• Carrack
• Cog
• Fire ship
• Galley
• Junk
• Djong (ship)
• Longship
• Lou chuan (tower ship)
• Qiao chuan
• Turtle ship

Animals in war

• Camels in warfare
• Dogs in warfare
• Elephants in warfare
• Horses in warfare
  • Courser
  • Destrier
  • Rouncey

See also

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

References

1. 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.
2. Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, page 13, Greece, 2002.