Military history vocabulary quiz
Can you identify the things that are described in the list below? All relate to military history and you have the initial letter of the answer to help. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. A knight's assistant S
2. A pilot who shoots down 5 enemy aircraft A
3. Type of sword used by samurai K
4. Group of about 5,000 Roman soldiers L
5. German "lightning war" during WWII B
6. Self-propelled missile which travels underwater T
7. Blade attached to the end of a firearm B
8. Rectangular formation of spearmen in ancient Greece P
9. Either a large Scottish sword or a U.S. land mine C
10. Powerful type of catapult from the Middle Ages T
11. Most powerful type of warship prior to the aircraft carrier B
12. Combatant who uses irregular tactics to fight a larger, more powerful force G
13. Type of firearm commonly used from 1600 to about 1850 M
14. Firearm that replaced 13. Has grooves to "spin" the bullet. R
15. Very long spear. Once the favorite weapon of the Swiss P
16. Flammable liquid that sticks to the skin. Invented by the U.S. in 1942. N
17. Byzantine weapon similar to the above G
18. Warship propelled by rows of oarsmen G
19. Powerful, easy-to-use bow that fires bolts C
20. Combat engineer. Originally a trench digger. S
21. A victory that is so costly it is like a defeat P
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. A knight's assistant S
2. A pilot who shoots down 5 enemy aircraft A
3. Type of sword used by samurai K
4. Group of about 5,000 Roman soldiers L
5. German "lightning war" during WWII B
6. Self-propelled missile which travels underwater T
7. Blade attached to the end of a firearm B
8. Rectangular formation of spearmen in ancient Greece P
9. Either a large Scottish sword or a U.S. land mine C
10. Powerful type of catapult from the Middle Ages T
11. Most powerful type of warship prior to the aircraft carrier B
12. Combatant who uses irregular tactics to fight a larger, more powerful force G
13. Type of firearm commonly used from 1600 to about 1850 M
14. Firearm that replaced 13. Has grooves to "spin" the bullet. R
15. Very long spear. Once the favorite weapon of the Swiss P
16. Flammable liquid that sticks to the skin. Invented by the U.S. in 1942. N
17. Byzantine weapon similar to the above G
18. Warship propelled by rows of oarsmen G
19. Powerful, easy-to-use bow that fires bolts C
20. Combat engineer. Originally a trench digger. S
21. A victory that is so costly it is like a defeat P
