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List of mêlée weapons

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This is a list of mêlée weapons. It includes modern and historical but not fictional weapons from fantasy or role-playing games. Mêlée weapons (from French, "mixed", referring to groups of fighters interlocked in close combat) are any weapon that does not involve a projectile — that is, both the user and target of the weapon are in contact with it simultaneously in normal use. As such these do not include statically emplaced weapons, like a boobytrap or burning devices, but are carried by the troops. A mêlée weapon is a type of "cold weapon".

Bashing weapons

Chain weapons

Spears

Pole weapons

Knives

Swords and fencing

Axes

Glove Weapons

Improvised weapons

Miscellaneous weapons



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