Hammer, a heavy armor-piercing blunt instrument, came into being.

Hammer, a heavy armor-piercing blunt instrument, came into being.

Hammer is a weapon that only brave soldiers can use in ancient times. Of course, their real appearance will certainly not be as relaxed as hundreds of pounds on TV, and they will be bigger than their heads, not to mention whether such hammers can dance, even if they can dance, they are not suitable for fighting.

What does a real hammer look like? They are actually the size of fists. At first, they were called Gu Duo and Cucumber, which were heavy weapons that broke armor by crushing.

A large number of hammers came out in Sui and Tang Dynasties. At that time, on the battlefield, because of the appearance of heavily armored soldiers, it was difficult for traditional swords to pose too much threat to soldiers. Therefore, some blunt weapons that break armor by powerful force began to be equipped in the army in large quantities, that is, hammers, whips and mallets.

There are two kinds of hammers: long handle and short handle. Long-handled hammers are also called tribulus and mace. For example, what Qin Ming used in the Water Margin is actually a hammer. The other is a short-handled hammer, which is about the size of a fist. The hammer head is round and melon-shaped, divided into eight petals, so it is also called eight-petal melon hammer. This is the most common hammer in the army, weighing between 20 and 40 kilograms. Soldiers wearing heavy armor are easily killed by waving hammers.

In addition to the traditional hammer, there is also a hammer connected by chain, called meteor hammer. This kind of hammer is basically used as a concealed weapon. It was thrown at the enemy on the battlefield, and two hammers whirled at it, which was hard to resist.

There were many famous people who used hammers in ancient times, except in novels. In real history, Yue Yun, the son of Yue Fei, was a fighter who used a hammer. Moreover, his hammer is much heavier than the average hammer, but it is not as exaggerated as that of Li Yuanba and Pei Yuanqing in Sui and Tang TV dramas. It's a little bigger than an ordinary hammer at most. If an ordinary hammer looks like an apple, Yue Yun's hammer may look like a cantaloupe.