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Armour
Although the word armour refers to protective gear rather than weapons, the word armoury refers to an arsenal, a storehouse of weapons or a weapons workshop.
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Cavalry
The rise and fall of the Mounted warrior throughout military history, from ancient civilisations right up until World War I, the use of the horse conferred a powerful advantage in battle.
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Blades, Swords & Spears
The word fencing describes any form of armed combat involving cutting, stabbing or bludgeoning weapons.
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Bows & Arrows
Elegant, simple and perhaps the most sophisticated of the early projectile weapons, the bow and arrow take various forms in ancient cultures as diverse as Egypt, Japan, Africa and Europe.
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Guns & Firearms
The weapons that changed the face of battle
More dramatically than any other weapon before it,
the technology of the gun radically altered the
face of military confrontation. This effective combustion
powered projectile weapon finally relegated hand-to-hand
combat to the history of books.
As the technology matured and developed, guns came
to represent not only an improvement over other
weapons in terms of destructive range and damage;
they also provided armies with a weapon that was
effectively lethal even with minimal training. A
soldier could learn to use a gun effectively in
a matter of months or even weeks as opposed to the
years of practice once required to master swordsmanship
or archery.
