Pole weapon

A pole weapon is a close combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of shaft, typically of wood. The use of pole weapons is very old, and the first spears date to the stone age. The purpose of using pole weapons is to either increas angular momentum when the weapon is swung or extending reach.

Pole weapons include the spear, the lance?, the haleberd?, the naginata?, the poleax?, the long war hammer and many, many more.