What is a double sided spear called?

Yari
Yari

Yari (槍)
Type	Spear
Place of origin	Japan
Production history
Produced	710–794 for Hoko yari, yari since 1334

Why were spears used more than swords?

A spear can cut, slice, and thrust with extreme effectiveness. It can be used to beat swords and soldiers to the ground. Swords had their place as a personal status symbol and were certainly effective as battlefields clogged with soldiers. It was a weapon better suited for close-quarters combat or civilian dueling.

Are spears more effective than swords?

Originally Answered: Is a spear better than a sword? More often than not the spear is superior to the sword. Spears have more leverage, are nimble, are better against armor, pack more of a punch on the thrust, and most importantly they have more reach. Even an inexperienced spearman can defeat a skilled swordsman.

Did Spartans throw their spears?

The Javelin is a throwing spear. It was the Long-Range weapon of the Spartan. The Spartans would throw their javelins in waves for maximum damage. A Spartan warrior would carry up to 3 javelins on him at a time.

Did Samurais use spears?

Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword.

Did Samurai use naginata?

Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna-bugeisha, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were ō-naginata.

Why was the spear so popular?

The contest between spears and swords is quite similar to the contest between longbows and crossbows. Swords were better in trained hands, but the advantage of the spear was that it allowed large numbers of more-or-less untrained men to at least have the chance of doing some damage. Well first swords weren’t.

Why did the sword replace the spear?

Partly because the Roman way of fighting, in close-order formation, shoulder-to-shoulder and in-close contact with the enemy—instead of the Greek way of thrusting from a distance over a shield wall—was more suited to the short gladius than to the long spear.

Can you slice with a spear?

You might use the spear to cut, just as a sword can be used as a bludgeoning weapon, but you’re not using the weapon in the main ways it was designed to function. I suspect historically that very few spear wounds were caused by lacerations with a spear.

How heavy was a Spartan sword?

It was a rather light weapon, with a weight around 450–900 g (0.99–1.98 lb). It was generally hung from a baldric under the left arm. The xiphos was generally used only when the spear was broken, taken by the enemy, or discarded for close combat.

Did Spartans use guns?

Spartans were eventually given guns and ammunition, but at that point they were just known as Maniots . If however you’d rather read about the ancient Spartans, scroll down. Water-colour painting of an armatolos by Carl Haag (1820–1915). While Maniots didn’t usually serve as armatoloi, their equipment would be similar.