SPANISH WEAPONS
AND ARMOR

A Spanish Conquistador

HARQUEBUS

"A thing like a ball of stone comes out of its entrails: It comes out shooting sparks and raining fire, the smoke that comes out with it has a pestilent odor, like that of rotten mud. This odor penetrates even to the brain and causes the greatest discomfort. If the cannon is aimed against a mountain, the mountain splits and cracks open. If it is aimed at a tree, it shatters the tree into splinters. This is a most unnatural sight, as if the tree had exploded from within."

                        Aztec Account of a Spanish Harquebus

CANNONS

CROSSBOWS

SWORDS

PIKES

                           Spanish Colonial Pikes                                         Pikeman's Armor

Spanish Pike Soldier

ARMOR

Two helmets from 1570 - A burgonet, and the familiar looking combed morion

		501. An Italian Comb Morion, circa 1570 Peter Finer		502. A Milanese 'Spanish' Morion, circa 1580 Peter Finer		503. A Nuremberg Comb Morion, circa 1580 Peter Finer
		504. An Italian Comb Morion, circa 1580 Peter Finer		505. A German Burgonet, circa 1580 Peter Finer		506. A German Burgonet, circa 1600 Peter Finer

SPANISH CAVALRY & HORSES

Typical Cavalryman's Armor