Lances and Polearms

Long-shafted blades and lances carried by cavalry and infantry, including the lance of the lancer regiments and the Korean woldo. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a lance or polearm. It excludes swords and daggers. Lancers charged in close formation with the lance couched under the arm, a tactic that lasted from the Middle Ages into the First World War, while polearms such as the woldo armed Korean foot soldiers and guards.