The spear was a type of weapon used extensively in the middle ages for its easy handling and easy manufacturing. The large bodies of Lancers, whether on foot or on horseback, they were very effective armed with these lances that came fairly economic in medieval battles.
The more advanced variants of the formations of infantry medieval had Spears, that adicionaban knife, axe, Hammer or pica.
The horses did not dare to charge against a disciplined troops armed with long lances extended, that is repressing them before a dense formation of warriors with long raised Spears, that also formed a strong protection against arrows released.
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