bardiche (weapon)

A Slavic polearm with a distinctive long curved axe blade. Typically associated with Russian soldiers known as streltsy.

Through mistranslation the weapon may be called a scythe in Japanese media, but it is not one; the bardiche is related more closely to the halberd.

Examples

See also

• halberd
• polearm
• List of weapons

External links

• Wikipedia: Bardiche

This tag implicates polearm (learn more).