
Flail (weapon) - Wikipedia
A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail is its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or …
Medieval Weapons: Flail. Types of Morning Star ... - Medieval …
The flail (sometimes called Morning Star Flail) is a weapon that consists of a striking head attached to a handle by a rope or chain. The main advantage of a medieval flail is its ability to …
Chain weapon - Wikipedia
A chain weapon is a weapon made of one or more heavy objects attached to a chain, sometimes with a handle. The flail was one of the more common types of chain weapons associated with …
Chain Flail (Imperial) - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
2024年2月7日 · Chain Flails are two-handed melee weapons that combine the indiscriminate lethality of a chainsword with the savagery of a flail. Utilising a solid grip with a trigger attached …
The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist
2016年5月12日 · A military flail is a medieval weapon consisting of a short handle attached to a chain, at the end of which is a metal ball. This is not to be confused with a two-handed variant, …
Did the chain morning star/flail weapon actually exist? Did it ... - Reddit
2018年9月23日 · It has been argued that the short-handled long-chain one-handed flail didn't exist as a weapon in Medieval Europe. For example, see https://www.publicmedievalist.com/curious …
Flails of the Ming Dynasty | Great Ming Military - Blogger
2016年4月10日 · While extremely uncommon, ball-and-chain flail was known to the Chinese. However, whether this weapon was actually used on the battlefield is anyone's guess. Good …
Flail - Medieval Armoury
A more compact variant, this flail featured a wooden shaft (1 to 4 feet long) connected to spherical striking ends via a chain, rope, or leather. The heads could be spherical, rounded, or …
Flails – Arms & Armor
The Arms and Armor Spiked Flail is a reproduction of a 16th century German original in a private collection. In weights just over three pounds and is constructed entirely of steel. It is 21" inches …
Chain Flail - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
2021年10月3日 · Chain-Flails are melee weapons by utilised Dark Eldar Talos Pain Engines. They can scissor even an Ogryn into bloody chunks. [2]