Pike (weapon) - Wikipedia
The pike was a long weapon, varying considerably in size, from 3 to 7 m (9.8 to 23.0 ft) long. Generally, a spear becomes a pike when it is too long to be wielded with one hand in combat.
Scottish Weapons - Scran
The simple pike or spear was popular with Scottish regiments. It was a simple weapon to manufacture and required little skill to use on the battlefield. Most of the Scottish foot soldiers …
Schiltron - Wikipedia
The term is most often associated with Scottish pike formations during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Depiction of the Battle of …
Scottish Weapons - Scran
The Schiltron Pike gets its name from a defensive formation deployed against horse mounted attack. The long and heavy spears are held at increasing angles by three rows of foot soldiers, …
Scottish Weapons - sites.scran.ac.uk
The simple pike or spear was popular with Scottish regiments. It was a simple weapon to manufacture and required little skill to use on the battlefield. Most of the Scottish foot soldiers …
Pikes: A Versatile and Deadly Weapon - Warfare History Network
In 1297, Scottish rebel leader William Wallace anticipated the modern pike when he armed his men with branch-stripped and sharpened saplings to use against the English heavy cavalry at …
Schiltrons - Weapons and Warfare
2017年9月27日 · Shield-rings as used by Saxon and Norse warriors were a defensive formation protected by an interlocking ‘wall’ of large round shields. Scots pikemen on the other hand …
The thread about pikes, battle rattles and Leith axes; Scottish weapons ...
2022年9月19日 · Instead of rattles, the principal weapon of the Scots at Pinkie was the pike, as it had been for some 250 years. The Scottish pike formations begin to break under English …
The Pike: A Formidable Weapon in Medieval Warfare - Medieval …
The Scottish army, under King James IV, utilized a formidable schiltron formation, bolstered by pikemen. Although the Scots were ultimately defeated by the English, their pike formations …
Pike (weapon) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macedonian phalanx with pikes. The Scottish schiltron or "Hedgehog" formation looked exactly the same. The Scots were trained to stand defensively and also to attack. A pike is a kind of …
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