Polearms became redundant on the battlefield with the advent of gunpowder, but many survived as parade arms and emblems of rank.
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Long-staffed weapons with a blade used for cutting or thrusting. They include the earliest spears and pikes, the half-moon-bladed gisarme used until the 1500s, the partisan, with its long, tapered blade, used from the mid- 14thC, the halberd, glaive and poleaxe or ravensbill. Polearms became redundant on the battlefield with the advent of gunpowder …...
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