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This is a list of equipment commonly used in spearfishing. Not all of it is necessary and spearfishing is often practised with minimal gear.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Connolly, Peter (1981). Greece and Rome at War. London: Macdonald Phoebus. p.89. ISBN 978-0-356-06798-8. Oakeshott, Ewart (1980). European Weapons and Armour. Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press. p.56. ISBN 978-0-7188-2126-5. Spearfishing with barbed poles ( harpoons) was widespread in palaeolithic times. [1] Cosquer Cave in Southern France contains cave art over 16,000 years old, including drawings of seals which appear to have been harpooned. [ citation needed]

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In the Han dynasty the Mao and the Ji (戟 Ji can be loosely defined as a halberd) rose to prominence in the military. Interesting to note is that the amount of iron Mao-heads found exceeds the number of bronze heads. By the end of the Han dynasty ( Eastern Han) the process of replacement of the iron Mao had been completed and the bronze Mao had been rendered completely obsolete. After the Han dynasty toward the Sui and Tang dynasties the Mao used by cavalry were fitted with much longer shafts, as is mentioned above. During this era, the use of the Shuo (矟) was widespread among the footmen. The Shuo can be likened to a pike or simply a long spear. [42] A later period qiang Underwater target shooting– Breathhold underwater sport of target shooting with a speargun in a swimming pool. Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a guan dao wielded by General Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The ahlspiess which was also named under awl pike was a weapon developed and was commonly used in Austria and Germany in the 15thand 16thcenturies. Sometimes known as a half pike, the spontoon was invented alongside the poke in the Middle age and was used until the beginning of the Modern Age period. It measured about 2 metres long and had an advanced head than a pike. The head or main blade had a pair of shorter blades on each side, making it look like a trident or a military fork. Italians first used this weapon for combat before it became symbolic to the British Army commissioners who carried it to show their ranks. 14. Qiang MBDA also releaseddetails on an Electronic Warfare variant of SPEAR in development with Leonardo under an MoD Technical Demonstration Programme contract. Traditional spear fishing is restricted to shallow waters, but the development of the speargun, diving mask and swimfins allows fishing in deeper waters. With practice, some freedivers are able to hold their breath for up to ten minutes [10]a diver with underwater breathing equipment can dive for much longer periods. MBDA MISSILE CAPABILITIES F-35 LIGHTNING II" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2020.The key objectives of the portfolio partnership were a desire to maximise commonality, promote the reuse of subcomponents, reduce development times improve collaboration with European partners. Non-MBDA/Thales weapons were not included in the portfolio agreements, the Raytheon Paveway IV, Boeing Tomahawk cruise or Hellfire missiles for example. It also excluded infantry weapons such as Javelin and NLAW. MBDA’s Spear missile, intended primarily for the UK’s F-35 fleet but also for Typhoon, has been fired for the first time. The trial was undertaken in March at the Aberporth range in the Irish Sea from a standard production Typhoon (aircraft BS116), flown by BAE Systems chief test pilot Steve Formoso. During the test, the missile righted itself from its inverted carriage position, deployed its wings, started its motor, made a number of maneuvers and flew to a predetermined point ofimpact

SPEAR3 — FLEXIBILITY AND AN ALMIGHTY PUNCH". Eurofighter Typhoon. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Of course, these examples cover only a few of the types of spear that evolved over the centuries, but they do give a sense of the variety of spears used during the Medieval period. Until you've held a well-made, historically accurate spear in your hands it is difficult to appreciate how important and how formidable these weapons were. In the above photo you can observe, from left to right, our Friedrich IV Spear, Norseman Spear, and 12th Century Spear. your character is in the animation. For example, if you hold your left directional key and jump thenUK MoD funds further development of Spear 3 missile". Flight Global. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Broadly speaking, spears were either designed to be used in melee, or to be thrown. Within this simple classification, there was a remarkable range of types. For example, M. J. Swanton identified thirty different spearhead categories and sub-categories in early Saxon England. [22] Most medieval spearheads were generally leaf-shaped. Notable types of early medieval spears include the angon, a throwing spear with a long head similar to the Roman pilum, used by the Franks and Anglo-Saxons, and the winged (or lugged) spear, which had two prominent wings at the base of the spearhead, either to prevent the spear penetrating too far into an enemy or to aid in spear fencing. [23] Originally a Frankish weapon, the winged spear also was popular with the Vikings. It would become the ancestor of later medieval polearms, such as the partisan and spetum. A speargun is an underwater fishing tool designed to launch a tethered short spear at a fish or other marine animal (e.g. a lobster). The most popular spearguns are elastically powered by natural latex rubber bands like a slingshot, while pneumatic powered spearguns are also used, but are less powerful. [22] Polespear [ edit ] Dr Adam Smith - Australian national champion, scientist, author of Underwater fishing in Australia and New Zealand [46]

No UK Spear Cap 3 Decision on F-35 until 2018". Defense News. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. SPEAR Capability 3; a longer-range 100kg class weapon with the ability to be re-targeted in flight using two-way datalinks.The migration period spearwas attested to a name called Ger, the Ger and the cognates are the frequent names of the medieval period. The term has survived in the higher German as Gerh which means Gusset or Spear. 2. Bayonet e.g. at the Battle of Steppes, 1213. Oman, Sir Charles (1991) [1924]. The Art of War in the Middle Ages. Vol.1. London: Greenhill Books. p.451. ISBN 978-1-85367-100-5. This Assessment Phase extension effectively signalled the MoD’s choice between it and the SDB-II. The MoD confirmed that SDB-II did not meet a number of Key User Requirements but Main Gate would be deferred until 2018, by which time the extended Assessment Phase should have concluded. As advanced metallurgy was largely unknown in pre-Columbian America outside of Western Mexico and South America, most weapons in Meso-America were made of wood or obsidian. This did not mean that they were less lethal, as obsidian may be sharpened to become many times sharper than steel. [50] Meso-American spears varied greatly in shape and size. While the Aztecs preferred the sword-like macuahuitl clubs for fighting, [51] the advantage of a far-reaching thrusting weapon was recognised, and a large portion of the army would carry the tepoztopilli into battle. [52] The tepoztopilli was a polearm, and to judge from depictions in various Aztec codices, it was roughly the height of a man, with a broad wooden head about twice the length of the users' palm or shorter, edged with razor-sharp obsidian blades which were deeply set in grooves carved into the head, and cemented in place with bitumen or plant resin as an adhesive. The tepoztopilli was able both to thrust and slash effectively. In the Chinese martial arts, the Chinese spear ( Qiang 槍) is popularly known as the "king of weapons". The spear is listed in the group of the four major weapons (along with the gun ( staff), dao (a single-edged blade similar to a sabre), and the jian ( sword)). [40]