List of types of spears
This is a
list of types of spears
found worldwide throughout history.
Used equally in melee and thrown
Migration Period spear
Normally melee
Bayonet
(when fixed to a
Long gun
)
Asia
Arbir
Bambu Runcing
Dangpa
Gichang
Hoko yari
Ji
Kama-yari
Qiang
Sibat
Trishula
Yari
Naginata
Assegai
Europe
Ahlspiess
Boar spear
Bohemian earspoon
Brandistock
Dory
Fauchard
Goedendag
Halberd
Half pike
Hasta
Military fork
Ox tongue spear
Partisan
Pike
Plançon a picot
Ranseur
Sarissa
Spetum
Spontoon
Trident
Glaive
Elsewhere
Hoeroa
(Māori, New Zealand)
Iklwa
(Zulu)
Makrigga (Zande)
Tepoztopilli
(Aztec)
Normally used from horseback
Barcha
Kontos
Lance
Xyston
Normally thrown
Harpoon
One flue harpoon
Two flue harpoon
Europe
Angon
Falarica
Framea
Golo
Hak
Jaculum
Javelin
Lancea
Pilum
Plumbata
Soliferrum
Spiculum
Verutum
Elsewhere
Assegai
(Africa)
Djerid
(Asia Minor, India and Africa)
Toggling harpoon
(Americas)