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A Javelin is a spearlike shaft about 8 1 / 2 feet (2.7 meters) long and usually made of wood, used in throwing for distance. Commonly, the Javelin is used in the outdoor activity, Track.
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What is a South African javelin-like weapon for hurling?
assegai
Who used javelin?
The javelin was a weapon favored by the early Greeks, such as Alexander the great.
What is the difference between a javelin and a spear.?
A spear is a generic term for a shafted weapon, but a javelin is specifically designed to be thrown.
How did Zeus get his symbol?
The symbol of Zeus was a lightning bolt. Zeus had a weapon that would shoot lightning sort of like a javelin.
What are the key words to describe a throwing?
This depends upon what it is that you are throwing. Throwing a javelin is not like throwing a fit, or throwing a fight. Let's say you are throwing a javelin. Your throwing could be accurate, powerful, and (since a javelin is a weapon) perhaps deadly. But all of that depends upon context.
Who would use a javelin?
In history, seeing as a javelin was originally used as a weapon, hunters and warriors would potentially use some type of spear or javelin to fight or hunt. In a modern, sporting context, javelin athletes would use a javelin for both practice and competition.
What is the best heavy weapon in modern warfare 2?
The RPG 7,or the Javelin
What was the device taught to teach a knight to joust?
a lance or javelin... its a very long weapon.
How do you pick up the Javelin in Call of Duty 4?
The Javelin should work the same as any other weapon, you can hold it in either your primary or secondary slots, just pick it up by holding the change weapon button when you are stood over it.
Who was the first person to throw a javelin?
Javelins are thought to be 400,00 years old having been found in some underground caves in Germany. The ancient Greeks used spear like weapons as a hunting device. The Romans used the Javelin and a weapon of war in the 3rd. Century BC
What does the word javelin mean?
It is a light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. In the cartoon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, a javelin is a Spell Card. I forgot what it does, but there you go, Qwerty! One definition is a a light spear throw by hand as a weapon or thrown for distance as part of a field and track competition. Another definition is a species of pig like mammal - also know as peccary, or javelina
Weapon starting with the letter J?
Javelin. Jian (Type of sword) Jericho 941 (Semi automatic pistol).
