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- War_hammer abstract "For the tabletop games, see Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000.A war hammer is a late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, the design resembles the hammer. Its appearance is similar to that of an ice axe.The war hammer consists of a handle and a head. The handle may be of different lengths, the longest being roughly equivalent to the halberd, and the shortest about the same as a mace.Long war hammers were pole weapons (polearms) meant for use against riders, whereas short ones were used in closer quarters and from horseback.Later war hammers often had a spike on one side of the head, making it a more versatile weapon.War hammers were developed as a consequence of the prevalence of surface-hardened steel surfacing of wrought iron armours of the late medieval battlefields during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The surface of the armour was now as hard as the edge of a blade, so a blade tended to ricochet. Swords, or the blade of a battleaxe, were likely only to give a glancing blow, losing much of the impact, especially on the high curvature of the helmet. The war hammer could deliver the full force to the target. War hammers, especially when mounted on a pole, could damage without penetrating the armour. In particular, they transmitted the impact through even the thickest helmet and caused concussions. A blade or spike tended to be used against other parts of the body where the armour was thinner, and penetration was easier, than through the helmet. The spike end could be used for grappling the target's armour, reins, or shield, or could be turned in the direction of the blow to pierce even heavy armour. Against mounted opponents, the weapon could also be directed at the legs of the horse, toppling the armoured foe to the ground where he could be more easily attacked.".
- War_hammer thumbnail Paolo_Uccello_037.jpg?width=300.
- War_hammer wikiPageExternalLink feature_spot_poleaxe.html.
- War_hammer wikiPageExternalLink image11.gif.
- War_hammer wikiPageID "33986".
- War_hammer wikiPageRevisionID "606479117".
- War_hammer hasPhotoCollection War_hammer.
- War_hammer wordnet_type synset-weapon-noun-1.
- War_hammer subject Category:Hammers.
- War_hammer subject Category:Medieval_weapons.
- War_hammer subject Category:Pole_weapons.
- War_hammer type Artifact100021939.
- War_hammer type Device103183080.
- War_hammer type Hammer103481824.
- War_hammer type Hammers.
- War_hammer type Instrument103574816.
- War_hammer type Instrumentality103575240.
- War_hammer type MechanicalDevice103736970.
- War_hammer type Mechanism103738472.
- War_hammer type MedievalWeapons.
- War_hammer type Object100002684.
- War_hammer type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- War_hammer type PoleWeapons.
- War_hammer type Striker104337740.
- War_hammer type Weapon104565375.
- War_hammer type Whole100003553.
- War_hammer comment "For the tabletop games, see Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000.A war hammer is a late medieval weapon of war intended for close combat action, the design resembles the hammer. Its appearance is similar to that of an ice axe.The war hammer consists of a handle and a head.".
- War_hammer label "Kriegshammer".
- War_hammer label "Krijgshamer".
- War_hammer label "Marteau d'armes".
- War_hammer label "Martello d'armi".
- War_hammer label "Martelo (arma)".
- War_hammer label "Martillo de guerra".
- War_hammer label "Młot bojowy".
- War_hammer label "War hammer".
- War_hammer label "Боевой молот".
- War_hammer label "ウォーハンマー".
- War_hammer label "戰鎚".
- War_hammer sameAs Válečné_kladivo.
- War_hammer sameAs Kriegshammer.
- War_hammer sameAs Martillo_de_guerra.
- War_hammer sameAs Marteau_d'armes.
- War_hammer sameAs Palu_perang.
- War_hammer sameAs Martello_d'armi.
- War_hammer sameAs ウォーハンマー.
- War_hammer sameAs Krijgshamer.
- War_hammer sameAs Młot_bojowy.
- War_hammer sameAs Martelo_(arma).
- War_hammer sameAs m.0868v.
- War_hammer sameAs Q824271.
- War_hammer sameAs Q824271.
- War_hammer sameAs War_hammer.
- War_hammer wasDerivedFrom War_hammer?oldid=606479117.
- War_hammer depiction Paolo_Uccello_037.jpg.
- War_hammer isPrimaryTopicOf War_hammer.