Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Lucerne hammer
A staff weapon with a hammer-head balanced by a fluke, popular with Swiss infantry in both the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
From Encyclopedia
- Hackbut
- See Arquebus.
- Ball & chain
- Type of flail; consists of a metal ball attached to a short wooden handle by a chain.
- Nagan
- Sword with a serrated edge; hilt is padded and fitted with a spiked pommel.
- Verdun
- Long thrusting sword with a diamond or square-sectioned blade used in the 16th century.
