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Which of these is NOT a type of catapult?

arbalast. An arbalast is a very large cross-bow. The arrow can go clean through you.

Which is NOT a type of dagger?

francisca. The Francisca was a throwing axe, lobbed by dark ages Franks. They adopted this concept from fighting the remnants of the Roman Empire, who started an engagement by launching a pilum at them.

The largest siege engine ever created was called the _____ of Rhodes?

heliopolis of rhodes & helepolis of rhodes & helepolis & heliopolis. The Heliopolis of Rhodes was too large to transport off the island, so they dismantled it and from the armour plating from its sides a great statue was made - The Colossus of Rhodes.

A flamberge is a sword that has been dipped in pitch and set alight?

false. Known as the "can-opener", a flamberge is a two-handed sword between 6 and 7 feet long with a peculiar wavy blade that was designed to be able to cut through plate armour better than a straight edged sword could.

Which of these pole weapons does NOT have a cutting blade incorporated into it?

spetum. A partisan is a long spear, with a two extra small spikes near the base of the spear head (so that the spear would not go all the way through and hence become trapped in the body).

A porcupine was a large metal device designed to be left on the ground and stepped on by infantry and cavalry, hence laming the man or horse?

false. It is in fact a small siege weapon that fires multiple (perhaps about fifty) arrows/bolts at once.

Why did the English defeat a numerically superior force at the battle of Agincourt?

all of these (superior use of bodkin longbows versus French crossbows, the muddy terrain hampered the French cavalry, dissension amongst the many noblemen in the French forces). Henry V and his 500 soldiers, 200 cavalry and 4,000 archers routed a French force estimated at over 15,000 chivalry and auxilaries.

The early renaissance Polish army had a peculiar elite cavalry corps, noted for wearing wings made of wood and crane feathers. What were these people called?

hussars & hussar. The wings were worn to intimidate an enemy, the wind whistling through the feathers might spook a horse not accustomed to it, and prevented them being lasooed by one of their traditional enemies - the Tartars.

Which of these was NOT a real weapon employed by real people?

barkas axe. A scramaseax is a long-bladed dagger or short sword employed by the Saxons, a lucern hammer is a hammer on the end of a pole with a spike on the end and a martel de fer is a huge mallet. I invented the barkas axe and thought the name sounded cool.

Which of the following types of firearms was invented first?

match lock. King Bathory of Poland in 1570 decreed that all his comrades must carry 2 braces (4 pistols) on them in battle at all times.