Thrust weapon
A thrust weapon is a weapon that is rammed into the enemy target by moving forward. The thrust weapon works by concentrating the force on one point. In contrast to the stabbing weapon, only the transfer of the impact force to the enemy target is effective. The thrust weapon is not designed for stabbing. Shock weapons can be made of various materials. The weight of the shock weapon is chosen according to the force required in the opposing target. When it comes to human targets, thrust weapons are mostly portable objects; Shock weapons against heavy targets, such as fortified buildings, are correspondingly larger, such as battering rams.
Typical portable shock weapons are for example:
Typical heavy shock weapons are for example:
- battering ram
- Aries, battering ram / Roman war machine
- Ram, battering ram / medieval war machine
- Ramspur
In the German Weapons Act , cutting and thrusting weapons are defined as portable "objects which, by their nature, are intended to inflict injuries through direct use of muscle power by cutting, thrusting, stabbing, punching or throwing". After that are also
etc. thrust weapons.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appendix 1, subsection 2, paragraph 1.1 WaffG.
