From Encyclopedia
- Brigandine
- Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.
- German Reitschwert
- See Backsword.
- Ahlespiess
- A polearm common to German-speaking areas, particularly used by the Swiss and Habsburgs: the wooden shaft is relatively short, and the weapon is…
- Ox mace
- Mace made of metal; head was shaped like that of an ox's and often had holes in the nostrils so that it whistled when swung.
