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.

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 hilt 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)

Spears and polearms

 * Ahlspiess
 * Bardiche
 * Bec de Corbin
 * Bill
 * Glaive
 * Goedendag
 * Guisarme
 * Halberd
 * Lance
 * Lochaber axe
 * Lucerne hammer
 * Man catcher
 * Military fork
 * Partisan
 * Pike
 * Plançon a picot
 * Ranseur
 * Sovnya
 * Spear
 * Spetum
 * Swordstaff
 * Voulge
 * War scythe
 * War hammer

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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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