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	Pike (weapon)
		A pike is a pole weapon once used extensively by infantry and foot-soldiers principally as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults.
		Pikes were extremely long weapons, and could exceed six metres in length.
		Large pike formations were in use during the 17th century, but were eventually rendered obsolete by long range firearms such as rifles.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pi/Pikeman.html (102 words)

	Pike (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pikes were extremely long weapons, carried by infantry and resembling a spear between 10 and 14 feet (3 and 4 meters) long.
		In the Middle Ages, the first use of the pike was by urban militia troops such as the Flemings or the peasant array of the lowland Scots, formed in large masses to defeat the cavalry superiority of their royal foes.
		Shortened versions of pikes called naval pikes, similar to spears, were used on board warships as naval weapons as late as the third quarter of the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pike_(weapon) (1525 words)

	Polearm History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The solution was the pike, a staff, usually of ash, that was twice the length of the halberd and had a small piercing head about 10 inches (25 centimeters) long.
		As with the halberd, effectiveness of shock action with the pike was heavily dependent upon the cohesion and solidity of the troops wielding it.
		The pike remained a major factor in European warfare until, late in the 17th century, the bayonet gave missile-armed infantry the ability to repel charging cavalry.
	www.armadilloarmory.com /hxpikes.htm (415 words)

	Armement
		The Pikeman was the heart of the Tercio, especially in the XVI century, he had a long pike as offensive weapon and a full armour or corselet to protect himself.
		Main weapon of the pikeman, the pike used to have a dimension of 5 to 6 meter.
		The infantry sword was a self defense weapon for the pikemen and the gunmen.
	www.geocities.com /ao1617/weapon.html (2136 words)

	Pikemen (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The extreme length of such weapons required a strong wood such as well-seasoned ash for the pole, which was made narrower towards the tip of the weapon to prevent the pike sagging on the ends, although this was always a problem in pike handling.
		Pikes were carried during the abortive Young Ireland rebellion of 1848, and even in the Easter Rising of 1916, although their role was then symbolic.
		Shortened versions of pikes called naval pikes, similar to spears, were used on board warships as naval weapons as late as the third quarter of the 19th century.
	www.e-tv.co.za.cob-web.org:8888 /p/i/k/Pikemen.html (1574 words)

	Pike - LoveToKnow 1911
		PIKE, a word which, with its collateral forms "pick" and "peak," has as its basic meaning that of anything pointed or tapering to a point.
		The current differentiation in meanings attached to pike, pick and peak are more or less clearly marked, though in dialects they may vary.
		It may be noticed that the proverbial expression "plain as a pike-staff" appears originally as "plain as a pack-staff," the flat plain sided staff on which a pedlar carried and rested his pack.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pike (328 words)

	DiGrassi His True Arte of Defence
		AS among all other weapons, which are worn by the side, the single sword is the most honorable, as beeing such a one which is left capable of deceit of any other: So among the weapons of the Staffe, the Pike is the most plaine, most honorable, and most noble weapon of all the rest.
		THis renowmed weapon hath beene of divers diversly handled, in single combat: (for the manner of using it in the warres, maketh not at this present for my purpose.) Therefore it shall not be amisse, if (speaking of the manner of his use in these are daies) I declare also mine opinion concerning the same.
		And among al weapons, this is generally true, that the longer the weapon, the greater passage it maketh with the point, and the greater blow with the edge.
	www.cs.unc.edu /~hudson/digrassi/pike.html (870 words)

	pike - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pike (fish), common name of several species of carnivorous, freshwater game fishes characterized by elongated bodies and bill-like snouts.
		Pike, Zebulon Montgomery (1779-1813), American explorer and soldier.
		- fish resembling pike: a fish that resembles the pike or belongs to the same family, especially the muskellunge or the pickerel
	ca.encarta.msn.com /pike.html (175 words)

	The Pike as a Weapon in History: Twenty feet of steel tipped polearm ruled the battlefield
		The pike is a two-handed pole weapon with its origins in the 14th century.
		Pikes were extremely long weapons, carried by infantry and looked simply like a long spear resembled a spear between 10 and 14 feet (3 and 4 meters) long.
		However, the troops were drilled to be able to point their pike in any direction while stationary, with the men in the front of the formation kneeling to allow the men in the center or back to point their pike over their head.
	militaryhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_pike_as_a_weapon_in_history_ (721 words)

	Military Treatise
		Pikes made HC even more vulnerable, so in 1500-1600 they were phased out and LC used.
		They would retreat and form up behind the pikes, or they would form up and the pikes would surround them and they fire over the pike men’s heads.
		The Spanish tried a unit having a rank of light infantry, a rank of pike men, a rank of light infantry, etc. The Swedish tried the "battalion" method: a company of pike men 6x36 men and two companies of 6x16 musketeers.
	www.geocities.com /lordsauron2004/military_treatise.htm (924 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Pikes
		Pikes Peak PIKES PEAK [Pikes Peak] 14,110 ft (4,301 m) high, central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; discovered by U.S. explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806.
		Pike, Albert PIKE, ALBERT [Pike, Albert] 1809-91, American lawyer, Confederate general in the Civil War, b.
		Pike descendant traces connection to 1500's England: Pueblo festivities on July 15 will mark the 200th anniversary of the expedition through the state.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Pikes&StartAt=1 (583 words)

	Northern Pike
		The northern pike, commonly known as the "alligator of the north", is a freshwater game fish of circumpolar distribution; in the United States the pike is most common from New York through the Great Lakes regions to Nebraska.
		The Northern Pike caught by anglers are often large (up to 20 pounds in many areas), and once hooked, northerns typically thrash the water surface, then make a series of powerful runs.
		But pike existed in medieval literature simply to attack swans, men and even mules, and to provide medicines (the heart and gall to cure agues and abate fevers, powdered jawbone to cure pleurisy, and the ashes of burned pike to dress wounds).
	www.goldenpike.com /northern_pike.htm (553 words)

	English Pike (weapon)
		The extreme length of this weapon requires a strong wood such as ash for the pole, which is often reinforced with two strips of steel running down the sides.
		Pikes as a main battlefield weapon were replaced by bayonets as firearms became more reliable around the mid 17th century.
		Pikes were even used by men of the Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers in the 1916 Rising.
	articles.gourt.com /?article=pike%20(weapon) (490 words)

	Medieval Polearms,Medieval Polearms Manufacturers,Medieval Polearms Exporters
		A pole arm is a weapon on the end of a stick and is specifically an infantry weapon.
		Weapons from the late medieval period were either far more specialized than the models from which they sprang, or else were combination weapons trying to combine the strengths of the more specialized arms.
		Pike is a very long weapon with a small iron head; the ranseur, spetum, and partisan are shorter weapons with side blades.
	www.ancient-weapons.com /medieval-polearms.html (762 words)

	Cool Things - John Brown Pike - Kansas State Historical Socity
		Pike: a weapon formed of a long wooden shaft with a pointed steel head and used by the foot soldier.
		The pikes and other firearms were purchased for an insurrection Brown planned to lead on the federal arsenal.
		Armed with their pikes and guns, Brown's men were overwhelmed when troops, under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee, descended upon them.
	www.kshs.org /cool3/pike.htm (382 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The early type was a flat triangular piece of metal with barbed edges and a socket for attaching a wooden handle, to the end of which a long rope was fastened.
		Probably used first as a weapon, it gradually took on the symbolism of strength and power and eventually authority and social prestige.
		These warriors fight, all in fun: Medieval re-enactors travel the country to pit their weapons and skills against one another.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Weapon&StartAt=11 (624 words)

	Walleye Pike -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Albert Pike (* December 29, 1809 in Boston; † April 2, 1891 in Washington, D.C.) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason.
		Albert Pike is the only Confederate military officer or figure to honored with a statue in Washington D.C. The statue sits in Judiciary Square.
		Pike was born in Boston, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Andrews) Pike, and spent his childhood in Byfield and Newburyport, Massachusetts.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/164/walleye-pike.html (1060 words)

	Pike County Chamber of Commerce - Economic Development
		Pike County and its communities have a lot to offer to employers and employees, but those natural advantages are magnified by two important plusses: Ohio and Appalachia.
		Pike County's location, access to transportation, available work force, and educational resources are strong economic plusses for companies planning relocation or expansions.
		Pike County offers access to markets; competitively priced development property with mult-model access; a skilled, available work force; training resources to meet your current and future needs; and a relaxed lifestyle near the action.
	www.pikechamber.org /development.html (1266 words)

	Armor and Weapons in the Adarian Campaign
		Its principal use in massed formation; the pikes are extended in front of the formation to impale the enemy.
		Normally the pike is used with two hands, but when a pike formation is braced for a charge, the Pikemen stand on the blunt end of the pike, crouching over and holding the pike shaft with one arm extended with the pikeman's other hand usually on their sword hilts.
		Anyone carring a Pike is at -3 to DX and may be penalizedd even more for carrying the pike into buildings, forrests or other tight quartes.
	members.tripod.com /~Patyrsun/GURPS-5-0004.html (847 words)

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		The nagaeyari or pike is a short thrusting spike attached to a very long pole.
		In Shogun, a nagaeyari is a thrusting weapon of 6 to 10 feet in length.
		Slide the cylander over the end of the pike, leaving about half of the foam sticking out beyond the end of the weapon.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/shogun/equip/pike.html (876 words)

	Pike
		Pike - This weapon consisted of a sharp spike blade mounted on a wooden shaft, or pole - referred to as a pikestaff
		The Pike was predominantly used by a Foot Soldier, or Pikeman.
		Blacksmiths are usually associated with making weapons in a village smithy but flsmiths were an important part of a fighting army, making new weapons and repairing and the maintenance of old weapons.
	www.middle-ages.org.uk /pike.htm (733 words)

	Search Results for "Weapon"
		...radiation weapon, or radiological weapon, a bomb or warhead that uses conventional chemical explosives to disperse radioactive material, sometimes called a "dirty...
		...With silver weapons you may conquer the world, is what the Delphic oracle said to Philip of Macedon, when he went to consult it.
		...sword, weapon of offense and defense in personal combat, consisting of a blade with a sharp point and one or two cutting edges, set in a hilt with a handle protected...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Weapon (265 words)

	Controller FP Force Pike
		The long pole of this weapon is perfect for thrusting attacks, giving it a considerably longer reach compared to standard vibroblades while allowing the wielder to apply their full physical strength to an attack.
		First introduced during the Begali Uprising, force pikes or as they are also known as "electro-jabbers" are primarily used by planetary police and local military units to stun opponents or disperse crowds, and to round up demonstrators for detention and questioning.
		Force pikes are useful in boarding actions as they allow the boarders to slice through bulkheads and air locks in a few seconds without having to resort to dangerously unpredictable explosive charges.
	www.iaw.on.ca /~btaylor1/ControllerForcePike.html (386 words)

	Pike
		The Confederacy also used lances and pikes, not by choice, but because they were weapons that could easily be made to arm the troops.
		Another type was known as a “bridle-cutter pike,” which was similar to the aforementioned pole-arm but with an extension of a crescent-shaped blade at a right angle to the main blade that was used to cut the bridles of enemy soldiers.
		As the governor stated, "the short range pike and terrible knife, when brought within their proper range, (as they can be almost in a moment) and wielded by a stalwart patriot’s arm, never fail to fire and never waste a single load.”
	www.civilwar.si.edu /weapons_pike.html (347 words)

	B5TECH.COM - The Babylon 5 Tech-Manual. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Minbari "Fighting Pike" is one of the most ancient of weapons, which has been in use, one way or another for the past 12,000 years.
		The Minbari Pike, while an effective weapon, was not very portable given its length of nearly two meters and diameter of some 2.5 centimeters.
		Original proble with using the Pike in combat was size, at two meters in length the Pike was a rather conspicuous weapon.
	www.b5tech.com /misctech/weapons/handheldweapons/pike.html (445 words)

	Black Pike
		Their calling cards are their pikes of fl steel and the mutilated bodies they leave in their wake.
		He forswears the use of all wands, staffs, and weapons but for the pike, as well as the use of armor and shields.
		A pike thus wielded is treated as an adamantine weapon for the purposes of hardness, ignoring hardness, bypassing damage reduction, and determining hit points.
	www.angelfire.com /in4/nomine/blackpike.htm (909 words)

	Spear, Pike et al........ - Age of Conan Forums
		Their weapons were a long thrusting spear and a rather large shield.
		Again when in the push of pike, if the foe get too close, then the pike is discarded, and the warrior move to a close in weapon.
		Perhaps the use of pikes could be a formation in itself (with all players equipping the pike), as alas the pike doesn't work very well in a 'mixed' formation.
	forums.ageofconan.com /showthread.php?t=3226&page=1 (2204 words)

	Pike - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Frank Pike, fictional Home Guard member in Dad's Army and It Sticks Out Half a Mile; subject of the famous dialogue exchange: "What is your name?" - "Don't tell him, Pike!"
		Pike, New York is the name of a town and village.
		You can find it there under the keyword Pike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pikeandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pike (205 words)

	MASSASSI STAR WARS, WEAPONS, FORCE PIKE
		The two meter long pike is used to keep any person away from important figures.
		But most of all it is a status weapon that in practice is hardly used.
		Force pikes are often employed during boarding actions because they allow attackers to slice through bulkheads and airlocks and can be operated in small hallway's.
	massassi.yavin4.com /sw/g_pike.htm (134 words)

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