Talk:Roundhead (weapon)

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This was a very useful weapon, because the mace could penetrate most armor easily. Counter-cavalry units used the roundhead, because it was very light compared to axes or lances but was strong enough to crack the bone of the horse and penetrate the armor of the rider. However, this weapon was of little use against swordsmen, because it had a much shorter reach. Soldiers with roundheads were usually placed around archers, who could be easily killed by horsemen.

From the article page because there are several inconsistences with and the text does not cite its sources:

Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition says it was an English Civil War weapon. In that war guns not archers were used.
As the EB says it had a head about nine inches long, a staff two yards long, this is a lot longer than a sword's reach.

--Philip Baird Shearer 23:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]