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  2. Battle axe - Wikipedia

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    A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes. Many were suitable for use in one hand, while others were larger and were deployed two-handed. Axes designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 0.5 to 3 kg (1 to 7 lb), and in length ...

  3. Dane axe - Wikipedia

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    The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.

  4. HMS Battleaxe (F89) - Wikipedia

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    2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes. 2 × 6 GWS25 Seawolf SAM launchers. 4 × 1 Exocet SSM launchers. 2 × twin Oerlikon 30mm/M75. Aircraft carried. 2 × Lynx MK 8 helicopters. HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker .

  5. HMS Battleaxe (D118) - Wikipedia

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    365 ft (111 m) Beam. 38 ft (12 m) Armament. 6 x 4-inch DP guns. 6 x 40 mm Bofors AA Guns. 10 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 2 x Squid ASW mortars. HMS Battleaxe was a Weapon-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed just after the Second World War .

  6. Tabar (axe) - Wikipedia

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    Heavil patinated head and handle with traces of engraving. The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe" [in persian], Persian: تبر) is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, India and surrounding countries and cultures.

  7. Bardiche - Wikipedia

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    Bardiche. Two examples of a bardiche together with a flail, on display in Suzdal. Several medieval battle axes including a 15th-century Austrian bardiche. A bardiche / bɑːrˈdiːʃ /, berdiche, bardische, bardeche, or berdish is a type of polearm used from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe.

  8. Lochaber axe - Wikipedia

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    The Lochaber axe took many incarnations, all of them having a few elements in common. It was a heavy weapon, used by infantry for a defense against cavalry and as a pike against infantry . Like most other polearms of the time, it consisted of two parts: shaft and blade. The shaft was usually some five or six feet (1.5 or 1.8 m) long.

  9. HMS Empire Battleaxe - Wikipedia

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    HMS. Empire Battleaxe. Two steam turbines (Westinghouse Electrical & Manufacturing Co, Essington, California) double reduction geared driving one propellor. Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navy just after the Second World War. Built as a Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship ...

  10. Mughal weapons - Wikipedia

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    Tabar (war axe), 3. Eight Bladed flanged mace, 4. Tabar (war axe) and 5. Zaghnal (battle axe) 6.Sword Stick (at the time of Mughals) If the head was pointed and had two cutting edges, the axe was called a zaghnol, or "crow's beak". A double headed axe with a broad blade on one side of the handle and a pointed one on the other was styled a tabar ...

  11. 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) Royal Artillery - Wikipedia

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    Battle Axe Brass Drum Moustache. 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) is one of the three equipment batteries in 47th Regiment Royal Artillery and is based in Horne Barracks, Larkhill. The battery has existed in various guises throughout its history and has operated a variety of different pieces of equipment as a member of various Royal ...