and Luxembourg compete in a polearm duel. SUSANA VERA/Reuters/Corbis A blacksmith repairs a weapon as women sew and chat during the Medieval Combat World Championship in Belmonte, Spain ...

In medieval warfare, these weapons were often used against cavalry charges to deal devastating wounds to horses and riders ...

Chinese soldiers may have found a new weapon to battle the Indian army: medieval-style halberds. Photos have surfaced that purportedly show Chinese troops in Tibet carrying polearms. Chinese ...

If someone's wearing full plate, you need to poke between the plates with a polearm, or ring their bell with a warhammer. Using a pig and some real armour, swords and other melee weapons ...