Home›Medieval›All MedievalBrowse ByAll MedievalReference and ClassificationDevelopingWeapons fielded roughly 500 to 1500 CE: the Mongol Empire's composite recurve bow, the Kingdom of England's longbow, and the counterweight siege engines of the Crusader and Ayyubid armies. Belongs here: a weapon or weapon class fielded in the feudal, Crusader or early caliphate world. Does not belong here: an early gunpowder weapon fielded by a centralized state, which belongs to Early Modern.FactsAll MedievalSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attested500 to 1499 CE 1All MedievalFilter Results94 entriesWeapon Type or ClassAllAsymmetrical composite bow (1)Asymmetrical dagger (1)Battle axe (1)Blunt weapon (club) (1)Bombard (large medieval siege cannon) (1)bow (1)Caltrop (1)Ceremonial Knife (1)Chain Weapon (1)Chain-Sickle (1)Club (1)Club-like weapon (1)crossbow (1)Curved knife (1)curved sabre (1)Curved single-edged sword (2)Curved, sickle-shaped sword with a rhinoceros-horn hilt (1)Curved, single-edged sword worn edge-down by mounted samurai (1)Dagger (4)Early gunpowder bomb, soft-shell grenade (1)Early gunpowder firearm (2)Execution sword (1)Flexible whip-blade sword (1)Hand-to-hand percussion weapon (war hammer) (1)Incendiary weapon (1)Incendiary weapon (naphtha-based) (1)Infantry thrusting spear (polearm, pike) (1)Japanese sword (1)Knife or dagger (1)Ligature strangulation weapon (1)Mace (1)Martial arts weapon (1)Multiple rocket launcher / volley gun platform (1)Multipurpose tool and stabbing weapon (1)One-handed military flail (chain-and-haft striking weapon) (1)Polearm (7)Polearm (bladed pole weapon) (1)Polearm (club-and-spear) (1)Polearm (curved single-edged blade) (1)Push dagger (katar) (1)Recurve composite bow (horse archery) (1)Repeating crossbow (1)Siege cannon (bombard) (1)Siege engine (2)Siege Weapon (1)Single-edged infantry weapon (1)Single-edged sword (2)Spear (2)Spear-tipped polearm with a crescent cross-hilt (ranseur) (1)Spiked two-handed war club (1)Staff Weapon (1)Steel-prod crossbow (1)Straight, single-edged sword (1)Sword (11)Throwing axe (1)Throwing Spear (1)thrusting sword (1)Traction trebuchet (siege engine) (1)Two-handed anti-cavalry saber (zhanmadao) (1)Two-handed polearm (2)Two-handed polearm with a cleaver-shaped axe blade (1)Two-handed sword (2)War Pick (1)Whistling Arrow (1)CaliberAll510mm (1)918mm (1)Introduced EraAll-1500 (1)-475 (1)-350 (1)-300 (2)0 (1)650 (1)672 (1)800 (1)900 (2)950 (1)960 (1)1044 (2)1146 (1)1185 (2)1187 (1)1288 (1)1300 (3)1302 (1)1314 (1)1315 (1)1334 (1)1336 (1)1346 (1)1350 (2)1361 (1)1400 (4)1409 (1)1449 (1)1450 (1)1453 (1)1975 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (2)Retired (47)OperatorAllBritish Army (1)Byzantine Army (2)Ottoman Army (1)Samurai (5)Wars Used InAllAnglo-Afghan Wars (1)Falklands War (1)Great Northern War (1)Hundred Years' War (1)Imjin War (2)Java War (1)Kargil War (1)Mongol Invasion of Java (1)Nine Years' War (1)The Deluge (1)Wars of Scottish Independence (1)World War I (1)World War II (2)ManufacturerAllKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 94ArbalestMedievalAtgeirMedievalBardicheMedievalBear spearMedievalBian (weapon)MedievalChain whipMedievalChangdaoMedievalChokutoMedievalChuí (Chinese weapon)MedievalChu-ko-nuMedievalClaymore SwordMedievalCrossbow (Crusader States)MedievalDane axeMedievalDha (sword)MedievalDjerid (weapon)MedievalEstocMedievalFalchionMedievalFauchardMedievalFire LanceMedievalFlambergeMedievalFranciscaMedievalGarroteMedievalGlaiveMedievalGoedendagMedievalGreat Turkish BombardMedievalGreek FireMedievalGuandaoMedievalGuisarmeMedievalHalberdMedievalHand CannonMedievalHorseman's pickMedievalHwachaMedievalJambiyaMedievalJapanese swordMedievalJian (sword breaker)MedievalKabura-yaMedievalKaiken (dagger)MedievalKanaboMedievalKarambitMedievalKatanaMedievalKatarMedievalKilijMedievalKodachiMedievalKris (Dagger)MedievalKukriMedievalKunaiMedievalKusarigamaMedievalLongbowMedievalLongswordMedievalMaceMedievalMakibishiMedievalMangonelMedievalMesser (sword)MedievalMilitary FlailMedievalMisericorde (weapon)MedievalMongol BowMedievalMons MegMedievalMorning StarMedievalNaft (Naphtha Incendiary Weapons)MedievalNagamakiMedievalNaginataMedievalNguluMedievalNodachiMedievalNunchakuMedievalŌdachiMedievalPanjaganMedievalPikeMedievalPodao (Chinese Polearm)MedievalPoleaxeMedievalRanseurMedievalScimitarMedievalSeaxMedievalShotelMedievalSiege TowerMedievalSovnyaMedievalSpringaldMedievalStilettoMedievalTachiMedievalTaiahaMedievalTakobaMedievalTakoubaMedievalTantōMedievalThunderclap BombMedievalTrebuchetMedievalTumiMedievalUchigatanaMedievalUrumiMedievalVoulgeMedievalWallace SwordMedievalWar HammerMedievalWar ScytheMedievalYariMedievalYumi (Japanese Longbow)MedievalZhanmadaoMedievalSources1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)tier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clauseBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.