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| | Pole weapon - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | With the advent of armored fighters, especially cavalry, pole weapons frequently combined the spearpoint (for thrusting) with an axe- or hammer-head (for a swinging strike which could pierce or break armor). |
 | | Pole weapons include the spear, the lance, the halberd, the pike, the ahlspiess, the naginata, the scythe, the poleaxe, the bill, the long war hammer and many, many more. |
 | | Pole weapons have largely been superseded by firearms. |
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