Editing Medieval warfare (section)

==Equipment==
{{Main|List of medieval weapons}}
[[File:Costimography for the Nemanjići series.IMG 3637 (2).jpg|thumb|upright|Replica of 12th century Serbian medieval armor]]

[[File:Varlet or Squire carrying a Halberd with a thick Blade and Archer in Fighting Dress drawing the String of his Crossbow with a double handled Winch.png|thumb|right|A varlet or [[squire]] carrying a [[halberd]] with a thick blade; and archer, in fighting dress, drawing the string of his crossbow with a double-handled winch. From the [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniatures]] of the "Jouvencel", and [[Froissart's Chronicles|Froissart's ''Chronicles'']]. [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|Imperial Library of Paris]].]]

[[File:Marksburg03.jpg|thumb|right|15th century armor from Germany]]

'''Weapons'''

Medieval weapons consisted of many different types of ranged and hand-held objects:
* Melee
** [[Battleaxe]]
*** [[Horseman's pick]]
** Blades
*** [[Arming sword]]
*** [[Dagger]]
*** [[Knife]]
*** [[Longsword]]
*** [[Messer (weapon)|Messer]]
** Blunt weapons
*** [[Club (weapon)|Club]]
*** [[Mace (bludgeon)|Mace]]
*** [[War hammer]]
** [[Polearm]]
*** [[Halberd]]
*** [[Lance]]
*** [[Military fork]], the weaponized [[Pitchfork]]
*** [[Pollaxe (polearm)|Pollaxe]]
*** [[Spear]]
* Ranged
** [[Bow and arrow|Bow]]
** [[English longbow|Longbow]]
** [[Crossbow]]
** [[Throwing axe]]
** [[Spear|Throwing spear]] and [[Javelin]]
** [[Sling (weapon)|Sling]]

'''Armour'''
* [[Components of medieval armour|Body armour]]
** [[Boiled leather|Leather]]
** [[Gambeson|Fabric]]
** [[Chain mail]]
** [[Brigandine]]
** [[Plate armour|Plate]]
* [[Shield]]
* [[Combat helmet|Helmet]]

'''Artillery and Siege engine'''
* [[Battering ram]]
* [[Catapult]]
* [[Trebuchet]]
* [[Ballista]]
* [[Siege tower]]

'''Animals'''
* [[Camel cavalry|Camels in warfare]]
* [[Dogs in warfare#History|Dogs in warfare]]
* [[Horses in warfare]] and [[Horses in the Middle Ages]]
* [[War elephant]]
* [[War pig|War pigs]]