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A striking weapon is a weapon that uses the power of the blow to cause damage. It does not work through piercing, but through a raw transmission of force. If metal is used for the blade, it is one of the edged weapons . The striking weapon is used with the muscular strength of the owner. The term balancing weapon is occasionally used for a sub-area of ​​these weapons .

The striking weapons are probably the oldest form of weapon at all. The transitions between the striking and the cutting weapons are often fluid, as, for example, a saber , sword or halberd can be used to cut or stab an opponent as well as to cut or stab (as a stabbing weapon ) can be used (compare polearm ). The same applies to the hatchet or the ax . The main difference between “pure” striking weapons and cutting weapons is the sharpened blade of the cutting weapon. Even a typical striking weapon like the mace can be provided with blades and thus used as a cutting weapon. Many forms of striking weapons that go beyond the staff or stick or the mere club are already such mixed forms. In addition to being equipped with blades, the one with spikes and hammer spikes, as in the case of the Morgenstern or the battle hammer, is / was very common.

Examples of striking weapons are:

See also

Portal: Weapons / cutting and stabbing weapons  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the topic of weapons / cutting and stabbing weapons

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Seifert, technical terms of edged weapons: German abc of the European bare weapons; (Cut, thrust, hit and hand weapons) , Verlag Seifert, 1981