According to the Official Handbook of the Conan Universe,we collect some info about AOC? weapons and armor.Let?s have a look at it!

As in later historical times, weapons of the Hyborian Age were divided into two fundamental categories, offensive and defensive, the former designed to extend a man?s reach against his foe, the latter to ward off his opponent?s blows. Although arms and armor were basically a soldier?s concern, the pervasive lawlessness and decadence of the period guaranteed that any wise man - and many a shrewd woman - would own several hand weapons to protect his home, family and person. Most popular and common of these were the sword and a variety of knives, daggers and dirks. Swords came in all manner of sizes and shapes from short-swords and cutlasses to two-handed swords, dueling swords, war-swords and broad-swords nearly four feet in length with bulky blades; the baselard, a short sword or long dagger and the falchion, a long cleaver-like sword with a thick blade and a curved cutting edge were also much in use, though mostly as soldierly weapons. Iron sword blades were tempered and hammered to steel and the finished weapon was carried in a scabbard. A sword was held by the hilt and sometimes protected by guards. A pommel or knob at the end of the hilt was often used to give the blade proper balance. National variations of the sword existed, such as the tulwar, shamshir and saber but all served the same purpose - to cut, slash, thrust and kill.

Warriors, of course, used the widest range of weapons, which varied for mounted cavalry and the infantry. Once the Hyborians had developed stirrups, attached to the horse?s saddle by leather straps, riders were able to do combat on horseback without losing their balance and falling. Chain mail armor of interlocking steel rings was most common, some suits adding protective plates of metal at the elbow and knee, while some Hyborian heavy cavalry may have worn whole suits of steel plate.

The soldiers hand weapons inculded sword and lance as well as the battle-axe and the spiked iron-headed mace and the war-flail or morningstar. The main weapons for infantrymen were bow and arrow and pole arms. The short bow had a range of about fifty yards while the more powerful longbow quadrupled that distance, as did the crossbow. The longbow had the advantage of speed over the crossbow, which required to be drawn by foot and stirrup, but the crossbow possessed greater accuracy. Pole arms, used to break up cavalry charges and in close fighting, include pikes - spears as long as 22 feet (the severed heads of traitors were often displayed on these); long-handled bills for looping off limbs; the poleaxe, a battle-axe on a pole and the halberd, a poleaxe with a longer spear and a crescent-shaped blade.

Hyborian siege weaponry and missile engines included battering rams, javelin-shooting catapults, ballistas, portable fighting towers and a variety of ladders. For defense, besiegers used the mantlet, a large portable wooden screen propped on the ground to give cover and the parvise, an over-sized shield held by a soldier to protect an archer while he shot.

Among the non-Hyborian peoples of the age, distinctive weaponry and modes of fighting developed. Standard arms among the barbarian tribes were sword, spear and shield. Among the Stygians, chariots were used in war. Horses were yoked to the wagon and quivers for arrows and javelins were tied to the chariot body. In the Black Kingdoms, armor consisted often of quilted ponchos covered with leopard skins and helmets of basketwork or hard crocodile skin. Barbed spears and bows were used for fighting as well as hunting. Short swords were common for hand-to-hand combat while throwing irons with spikes sticking out in all directions were used from a distance. Finally the men of Khitai in the Far East used a powerful composite bow made of wood, split horn and dried animal sinews.

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