The army of the Qin dynasty was equipped with a large number of bronze melee weapons. From the excavation of the Qin chanting pit, it can be seen that there are long-handled Ge, spear, halberd, short-handled curved sword, and some outdated darts and cymbals. Among them, ge, spear, halberd and sword were popular weapons at that time, while beryllium and machete were newly discovered in history.

Beryllium head is similar to a sword, about 30 cm long and equipped with a handle about 3 meters long. This is a sharp assassination weapon. The machete is shaped like a crescent moon, with no front end and blades on both sides. It's a hook-cutting weapon. Although the above weapons are all made of copper, they have great innovations in shape, which shows the high development of bronze weapons.

For example, since the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, spears are mostly willow-leaf-shaped or Yangtze River delta-shaped, with long and simple shapes with loops, while Qin spears unearthed tend to be wide and straight, shortened and glued with holes, and the overall length is stable at around 15 cm. According to Kao, the longest spear is only Sansou, which is about 5.54 meters today, while some unearthed Qin spears are 6.3 meters long. This is because the spears of infantry are far more convenient than those of chariots, so special spears appear. ?

The sword in the Spring and Autumn Period is generally about 30 cm long, and it developed to 60 cm or 70 cm in the Warring States Period. The unearthed three Jian Qin are 865,438+0,89 and 965,438+0.3 cm, respectively, indicating that the sword has developed from a defensive weapon and a status symbol to one of the important weapons in melee combat.