Names of all ancient weapons

Ancient weapons utilizing iron and steel casting, a type of cold weapon. Beginning in the late Spring and Autumn period, prevalent in the Warring States to the invention of firearms in the long period. Mainly includes iron sword, iron staff, iron cone, iron whip, iron mace, iron gun and so on. With the continuous progress of steelmaking, the quality and shape of iron weapons and types of continuous development, perfect, and its shape gradually tends to unify and stereotypes, but the performance is still not out of the scope of direct killing mainly in close combat. Iron weapons until the emergence of firearms and the development of the gradual demise.

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"Eighteen kinds of weapons" term in the ancient books can not be found, the Ming metabolism Zhao "five chopping block", the Qing dynasty Chu Renwu "firm collection" of two books are only "eighteen kinds of martial arts" said. Obviously, the term "eighteen kinds of weapons" is created by later generations. "Eighteen kinds of weapons" exactly refers to which weapons, because of the age, region and school of different, "eighteen kinds of weapons" explanation is also different. Summarize. There are more than ten different ancient and modern sayings.

According to the "five miscellaneous chopping block" and "firm set" two books, "ten into the general weapon" for the bow, crossbow, gun, knife, sword, spear, shield, axe, battle-axe, halberd, yellow, mace, Laos, Shu (stick), fork, rake the head, brocade rope lasso, white hit (boxing). Later people called it "small eighteen".

Today, the martial arts world Pupin on the "eighteen kinds of weapons is explained knife, gun, sword, halberd, axe, battle-axe, hooks, forks, whips, mace, hammer, grasp, boring, stick, long lance, stick, abduction, shooting star.

The earliest is Han Wu in Yuanfeng four years (107 BC), after rigorous selection and organization, screened out 18 types of weapons: spears, boring, knives, go, long spears, whips, mace, swords, hammers, grasping, halberds, bows, battle-axes, axes, cards. Stick, gun, fork.

To the Three Kingdoms era, the famous weapons connoisseur Lv Qi, according to the characteristics of the weapons, the Han emperor decided to "eighteen kinds of weapons" rearranged for nine long and nine short. Nine long: knife, spear, halberd, lance, boring, battle-axe, stick, gun, fork; nine short: axe, go, card, arrow, whip, sword, mace, hammer, grasp.

From the above, the eighteen martial arts listed weapons are similar, but the form and content is very rich. There are long instruments, short instruments. Soft instruments, double instruments; with hooks, with thorns, with pointed, with knives, bright, dark; offensive, defensive; hit, kill the hit, shooting, blocking.

It can be seen that the weapons listed in the eighteen martial arts are the most commonly used part of the weapons of the ancient masters (there are about four hundred kinds of weapons) in actual combat.

[Long Weapons]

A collective term for the longer, hand-held fighting weapons of antiquity. The designation of long weapons is in comparison to shorter handheld fighting weapons. In ancient times, there was no strict size standard for the division of long weapons and short weapons, generally equal to the length of the body or more than the length of the body, and more cold weapons with two hands are classified as long weapons.

[Short Weapons]

Anciently, the shorter hand-held fighting weapons are collectively called. The designation of short weapons is in comparison to longer hand-held fighting weapons. Ancient long weapons and short weapons division, there is no strict size standards, generally less than the length of the body, more than one-handed fighting cold weapons as short weapons.

[Projectile weapons]

Using the inertia of the object, flying independently in the air for a distance to kill the enemy cold weapons. Projectile weapons are various, according to give the form of flight power can be divided into hand-thrown weapons, throwing equipment and catapult equipment. Projectile weapons originated from the stone and wooden stick used for caracal hunting in primitive society. Later on, there appeared the bow which bent the branches of trees and tightened them with ropes. With the development of labor and war practice, the emergence of metal hand-thrown weapons and more complex throwing, catapult equipment. After the emergence of shooting weapons, the role of projectile weapons gradually declined, has become a hunting, sports and special equipment. Projectile weapons use human arm strength, gravity, the elasticity of wood, rolled up or elongated fiber elasticity to throw a variety of projectiles in order to kill and injure the enemy's vital forces and destroy their fortifications. Commonly used about are: projectiles, wolfsbane whacks, fly-set, stone-throwing belts, spear-throwers, bows, crooks, Greek arsonists, throwing machines, bows and arrows, self-propelled guns, javelins, short-throwing spears, dreidel spears, and projectile machines.

[Tethered weapons]

Anciently, weapons were tied with ropes that could be retrieved after being thrown to strike the enemy. Tethered weapons are categorized as striking, hooking and cutting, and binding according to the way of killing and wounding. Strike, hook cut type of tethered weapons in ancient China, also known as the dog soldiers. Tethered weapons are generally known as attack ropes. Tethered weapons are a combination of projectile weapons and long and short weapons with unique functions. This type of weapon is not considered the main weapon of the army and is often used for specific personnel and tasks.

[Short weapons]

Anciently used directly to protect the human body from the enemy's weapons and equipment, the general term. It can be divided into two categories attached to the human body protective gear and handheld protective equipment. Human protective gear including helmets and armor. Ai armor and the human body and a part of the protective armor, such as face and neck armor, breastplate, hand guards, armor skirt and so on. Handheld protective equipment in ancient countries generally choose shield. Guard equipment according to the production of material distinction, can be divided into wood, bamboo, rattan, leather, metal and other types; according to the role can be divided into purely defensive and offensive and defensive combination of two types.

[Rong]

Ancient Chinese weaponry. For example, bow, zhang, spear, go, halberd called five rong. Rituals - the king's system: Rong weapons do not porridge in the city. Zheng Xuan note: "Rong weapons, military weapons also."

[Wubing]

A collective name for a group of weapons. Records of the five soldiers, first seen in the "Zuo Zhuan" Zhaogong 27 years (515 BC), Chu's Zi evil please Yin Zi Chang, had "take five armor and five soldiers ...... but to the left of the door". Five soldiers and five soldiers and infantry five soldiers. According to the "Kao Gong Ji - Lu people" records, the car soldiers five soldiers for the go, support, halberd, chief spear, razor spear; these five kinds of weapons are inserted in the chariot on the carriage, for the armor in combat use. The five weapons of the infantry, according to the text of the Sima Law as cited in Zheng Xuan's note in Zhou Li - Xia Guan - Si Rou, included the bow and arrow, the branch, the spear, and the armament and equipment of the wu, which was configured by the Chinese army during the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, it was believed that these five ways of killing and injuring the infantry Go, halberd. It is then a basic establishment of infantry units and killing distance of different weapons constitute a combination of ladder configuration, you can fully develop a variety of weapons synergistic power, that is, the "Sima law" articulated by the "soldiers but mixed, soldiers are not mixed is unfavorable," the principle. This word gradually flowed into a general term for weapons.

[Eighteen kinds of weapons]

Chinese folk on the ancient weapons of the general name. Derived from the "eighteen martial arts". Eighteen martial arts refers to the use of weapons of skill, as more than the name of the weapon, for a long time, they evolved "eighteen weapons" said, its specific say there are eight, nine kinds of more, the more common about two kinds, one refers to the knife, guns, swords, Ja, sticks, sticks, beams, mirrors, axes, starvation, shoveling, plating, whips, mace, hammers, forks, gosh, spears eighteen kinds. Another statement, out of the Ming Shieh Zhaozhi "five miscellaneous groups" and Zhu Guo frame "Chung block sketches", refers to the bow, mandarin ducks, guns, knives, spears, swords, shields, axes, hungry, halberds, whips, mace, Laos, subject to, forks, crawling head, Mian rope, since the fight. The first 17 are names of weapons, and the 18th is unarmed boxing.

[Ancient combat equipment]

Ancient equipment used for combat engineering security of the collective term. According to the size can be divided into large, medium, small instruments; according to the role can be divided into attack, defense, mobile security, maintenance and security; according to the use of the scope can be divided into infantry and cavalry battle array instruments, attack and defense of the city equipment, water combat equipment, vehicle combat equipment, and so on.

[Koromoja]

Indian ancient records of some of the cutting-edge sharp cleaving weapons. Among them are:

1, Tweezers Jaidee, a 4-armed, hand-held weapon made of metal;

2, Paros, a 24-angul (1 angul is equal to 1 inch) long, double-handled, iron weapon;

3, Kungte, a javelin of about 7, or 6, or 5 arms in length;

4, Hatte Invitation, a three-horned spear;

5, Midi-pala, a Giant javelin;

6, Shuro, sharp-angled spear;

7, Diodamoro, a wooden club with an arrow-shaped front end, 4, or 4?, or 5 arms long;

8, Pig's ear, a sharp wooden club with a pig's ear-shaped top;

9, Dying Nana, an iron weapon with triangles on each end, 20, 22, or 24 anguls long, and a double handle in the center;

10, Ying Lopana, a throwing object in the hand, i.e., a spear, weighing 7, 8, and 9 邀尔沙 (1 邀尔沙 equals 16 grams), and capable of throwing a stone packnusha ([1 packnusha is the length of an L bow);

11, Tra Sai Ying, an iron weapon with a sharp tip.

[Chopping and smashing]

A Stone Age tool or weapon of variable shape used to slash and smash by beating the edge of a gravel or stone core into a thick blade. Commonly found at Paleolithic and Neolithic sites.

[Armor]

A collective term for protective gear for various parts of the head and torso in the Cold War era. It has a variety of names, but basically divided into head protection helmet and body protection armor two parts. Armor can be divided into armor, armor skirt, armor sleeves and accessories several parts. In the early days, people with animal skin wicker, lined with materials such as cloth, wood and other fixed in the torso to protect the attack of weapons. With the development of production technology, gradually appeared leather armor, knee armor, copper (bronze) cast armor. Whole metal hammered plate armor, metal woven lock armor and so on. Earlier copper armor appeared in Asia. Around 2600 B.C. in the Two Rivers Valley, the Yin and Zhou Dynasties of China, the Vedic era of India have appeared in the copper armor. The first large-scale use of iron armor was by the Assyrians in the Middle East. In the process of the popularization of armor, there also appeared neck armor, face armor, wrist armor, breastplate, gloves and other parts of the protection of specific parts of the supporting armor. Feudal era in some Asian countries and medieval Europe armor is doubly important. The production of extremely perfect and exquisite, but also more expensive, but also appeared in gold and silver, rare leather armor. With the widespread use of modern firearms, ancient armor stubble on the battlefield protection gradually reduced, and eventually replaced by modern technology to produce bulletproof undershirts, steel helmets.