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Spiked versions of long-handled peasant flails. From Paulus Hector Mair's combat manual Arte De Athletica. 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 parry.
Flail may refer to: . Flail (tool), an agricultural implement for threshing Flail (weapon), a ball-on-a-chain bludgeon wielded with one hand by armored knights in single combat or medieval battles
Flails were also used as weapons by farmers under the leadership of Jan Žižka during the 15th-century Hussite Wars in Bohemia. In ancient Egypt what has popularly been interpreted as a flail was a symbol associated with the pharaoh, said to symbolize the monarch's ability to provide for the people, though it is currently still not known ...
Flail-style weapons, weapons 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 parry.
The clearance rate of mine flails can approach 100%, although rates as low as 50%-60% have been reported. [18] Effective clearance requires both suitable conditions and experienced flail operators. Current mine flails do not operate effectively on a gradient greater than 30% or on ground that is especially dry or boggy.
Detail: flails on the rotating drum Two mounted on a Unimog, one at the front, and one at the end of a hydraulic boom Used for ditch maintenance. A flail mower is a type of powered garden/agricultural equipment which is used to deal with heavier grass/scrub which a normal lawn mower could not cope with.
Various chain weapons were used in feudal Japan.Recognised fighting arts with such weapons include gekigan-jutsu (using a ball and chain), chigiriki-jutsu (using a ball and chain on a short stick), and kusarigama-jutsu (employing a chain-ball-sickle weapon). [1]
The crook and flail (heka and nekhakha) were symbols used in ancient Egyptian society. They were originally the attributes of the deity Osiris that became insignia of pharaonic authority. [1]