Lanzalonga

By Crusader1307

The Lanzalonga is a Class of Long Spear (Pole Arm), popularized in 15^th Century AD Italy. Variations were also migrated to Tudor England as well. Often confused with an Infantry Pike (although both weapons were almost identical). Unlike The Pike, The Lazanlonga featured a Bill Axe Head – mounted on a 6 to 12-foot hardened wooden Pole. The Lanzalonga was seen as a means of ''chopping at'' a charging file of Mounted Cavalry. The weapon was effective but still clumsy in Formations and never ''caught on'' widespread outside of Italy. By the 17^th Century, The Lanzalonga was seen as obselete and ''ancient'' due to the advanced in Firearms development.