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A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear used two-handed and used extensively by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. Unlike many similar weapons, the pike is not intended to be thrown. Pikes were used by European troops from...
weapon: see spear.
A 'pike' is a two-handed pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear, used extensively by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults.
Britannica online encyclopedia article on pike (weapon):medieval infantry weapon, a long spear with a heavy wooden shaft 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 metres) long, tipped by a small leaf-shaped steel point. ...
Pike, weapon - weapon: see spear.
A pike is a pole weapon once used extensively by infantry principally as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. ... Awl pike (Ahlspiess) is not a pike in itself, but a completely different weapon.
AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on pike, weapon, Military Affairs (nonnaval). Includes related research links. ... pike, weapon: see spear.
A pike is a pole weapon once used extensively by infantry and foot-soldiers principally as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. ... Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Pike_(weapon)" http://en ...
pike (WEAPON) Show phonetics noun [C] plural pikes a long sharp stick used in the past as a weapon by soldiers on foot: A soldier with a pike could bring down a charging horse.
They did not have enough firearms to arm every soldier, and the pike was an easy and cheap weapon to manufacture.
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