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- Spontoon abstract "A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European pole-arm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in wide use by the mid 17th century, and it continued to be used until the mid to late 19th century.Unlike the pike, which was an extremely long weapon (typically 14 or 15 feet), the spontoon measured only 6 or 7 feet in overall length. Generally, this weapon featured a more elaborate head than the typical pike.The head of a spontoon often had a pair of smaller blades on each side, giving the weapon the look of a military fork, or a trident.Italians might have been the first to use the spontoon, and, in its early days, the weapon was used for combat, before it became more of a symbolic item.After the musket replaced the pike as the primary weapon of the foot soldier, the spontoon remained in use as a signalling weapon. Non-commissioned officers carried the spontoon as a symbol of their rank and used it like a mace, in order to issue battlefield commands to their men. (Commissioned officers carried and commanded with swords, although some British Army officers used spontoons at the Battle of Culloden.) During the Napoleonic Wars, the spontoon was used by Sergeants to defend the colours of a battalion or regiment from cavalry attack. The spontoon was one of few pole weapons that stayed in use long enough to make it into American history. As late as the 1890s, the spontoon could still be seen accompanying marching soldiers.Lewis and Clark brought spontoons on their expedition with the Corps of Discovery. The weapons came in handy as backup arms when the Corps travelled through areas populated by bears.There were also spontoon-style axes. These used the same shaped blades mounted on the side of the weapon, and had a shorter handle.Today, a spontoon (or espontoon, as it is referred to in the manual of arms) is carried by the drum major of the U.S. Army's Fife and Drum Corps, a ceremonial unit of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).".
- Spontoon thumbnail Sponton.png?width=300.
- Spontoon wikiPageID "1039722".
- Spontoon wikiPageLength "3004".
- Spontoon wikiPageOutDegree "23".
- Spontoon wikiPageRevisionID "679144075".
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_U.S._Infantry_Regiment_(The_Old_Guard).
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink 3rd_US_Infantry_Regiment_(The_Old_Guard).
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Battalion.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Culloden.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_Civil_War_weapons.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Medieval_pole_weapons.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Cavalry.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Corps_of_Discovery.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Drum_major.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Espantoon.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Halberd.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Lewis_and_Clark.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Mace_(club).
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Mace_(weapon).
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Military_rank.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Musket.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Wars.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Pike_(weapon).
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Pole_weapon.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Regiment.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Sergeant.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink Trident.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink U.S._Army.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLink File:Sponton.png.
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLinkText "Spontoon".
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLinkText "espontoon".
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLinkText "half-pike".
- Spontoon wikiPageWikiLinkText "spontoon".
- Spontoon hasPhotoCollection Spontoon.
- Spontoon wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Spontoon wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Spontoon subject Category:English_Civil_War_weapons.
- Spontoon subject Category:Medieval_pole_weapons.
- Spontoon hypernym Type.
- Spontoon comment "A spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon or as a half-pike, is a type of European pole-arm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in wide use by the mid 17th century, and it continued to be used until the mid to late 19th century.Unlike the pike, which was an extremely long weapon (typically 14 or 15 feet), the spontoon measured only 6 or 7 feet in overall length.".
- Spontoon label "Spontoon".
- Spontoon sameAs Category:Spontoons.
- Spontoon sameAs Sponton.
- Spontoon sameAs Spuntone.
- Spontoon sameAs Espontonas.
- Spontoon sameAs Sponton.
- Spontoon sameAs Szponton.
- Spontoon sameAs m.040p91.
- Spontoon sameAs Эспонтон.
- Spontoon sameAs Sponton.
- Spontoon sameAs Еспонтон.
- Spontoon sameAs Q1380716.
- Spontoon sameAs Q1380716.
- Spontoon wasDerivedFrom Spontoon?oldid=679144075.
- Spontoon depiction Sponton.png.
- Spontoon isPrimaryTopicOf Spontoon.