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What is the difference between a pike and a spear?
A pike is an infantry weapon. A spear is more or less a projectile weapon.
What was the weapon used by roman empire?
a pike, which is a spear like weapon
What is a long weapon with a pointy end?
Spear Pike
What does pike mean for british?
To us, it can mean both a species of fish, and a long spear-like weapon.
What job did a pike man do?
A pike man was a soldier who wielded a pike, a long pole weapon, during the late medieval and early modern periods. They were typically part of infantry units in formations known as pike squares, which were used to counter cavalry and protect musketeers. Pike men played a crucial role in battles by maintaining a defensive line and providing a formidable front against enemy charges. Their effectiveness diminished with the advent of firearms, leading to their decline in military use.
What is the nationality of surname Pike?
Pike is an English occupational name for a pike fisherman from Middle English pike.Pike was also an English occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole from Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Sharp metal weapon used in the war of independence?
The bayonet (attached to the end of a musket/rifle); and the sword; Pike's went out in the early 1700's with the advent of firearms.
What very long weapon did the first bayonets on muskets replace that served to repel cavalry charges on infantry formations?
pike men because the cavarly will get naled and it was a wall of spears
When was the bayonet made?
Bayonets were made before there were muskets- it was a metal blade on the end of a wooden shaft- and was known as a pike. Early firearms were single shot- after firing that shot, you had no fast access to another weapon- so the blade of the pike was added to the musket- and became known by the French term Bayonet.
What is plural form of pike?
pike
What is the market cap for Pike Corporation PIKE?
As of July 2014, the market cap for Pike Corporation (PIKE) is $270,053,115.12.
When was the pike weapon created?
One of the earliest recording of pikes being used was during the Sumerian wars. King Eannatum's army from Lagash was depicted as fighting with them in ancient artworks from the period.
