The pike. No, I'm not talking about a friggin' fish, I'm talking about the LONG SPEAR used by infantry around the world, for thousands of years. It came in many incarnations, with the sarissa used by the phalangites of Alexander the Great, the spiess wielded by both the Swiss reislaufer and their Imperial German landsknecht opponents, and the nagae-yari of the Japanese ashigaru being among the most notable examples.

This group is dedicated to the discussion of the pikeman and the weapon he is named for.