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was used primarily with the "beak" or fluke to attack instead of the hammer head. The hammer face balancing the beak was often blunt instead of the multi-pronged Lucerne, and the beak tended to be stouter; better designed for tearing into
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is sometimes used as a general term to describe several types of war hammer, such as
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or, more specifically, to the hook on its reverse side.
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polearm
war hammer
medieval Europe
Old French
Lucerne hammer
plate armor
mail
gambeson
mauls
horseman's picks
poleaxe
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Polearms
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Boar spear
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