Spontoon Military Wiki FANDOM powered by Wikia. Spontoon. A Spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon1or as a half pike, is a type of European pole arm that came into being alongside the pike. The spontoon was in wide use by the mid 1. Unlike the pike, which was an extremely long weapon typically 1. Generally, this weapon featured a more elaborate head than the typical pike. The head of a spontoon often had a pair of smaller blades on each side, giving the weapon the look of a military fork, or a trident. Italians might have been the first to use the spontoon,2 and, in its early days, the weapon was used for combat, before it became more of a symbolic item. After the musket replaced the pike as the primary weapon of the foot soldier, the spontoon remained in use as a signalling weapon. Non commissioned officers carried the spontoon as a symbol of their rank and used it like a mace, in order to issue battlefield commands to their men. Commissioned officers carried and commanded with swords, although some British Army officers used spontoons at the Battle of Culloden. During the Napoleonic Wars, the spontoon was used by sergeants to defend the colors of a battalion or regiment from cavalry attack. The spontoon was one of few pole weapons that stayed in use long enough to make it into American history. As late as the 1. Lewis and Clark brought spontoons on their expedition with the Corps of Discovery. The weapons came in handy as backup arms when the Corps traveled through areas populated by bears. There were also spontoon style axes. These used the same shaped blades mounted on the side of the weapon, and had a shorter handle. Stereo Mix Plus Crack. Today, a spontoon or espontoon, as it is referred to in the manual of arms 6 is carried by the drum major of the U. S. Armys Fife and Drum Corps, a ceremonial unit of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment The Old Guard. References. Edit. External links. Edit. Our Espontoon. Our Photos. Contact. Our Honor Guard. The Sedgwick County EMS Honor Guard was officially established on April 13. MANUALS Before 1914 From. Being a Study of the Manual of the Firelock as Set Forth by MajorGeneral von Steuben to which is. Espontoon the. 3rd U. S. Infantry Regiment The Old Guard 3rd United States Infantry Regiment. The drum major of the Fife and Drum Corps traditionally bears an espontoon. A Spontoon, sometimes known by the variant spelling espontoon. Today, a spontoon or espontoon, as it is referred to in the manual of arms. Regimental Drum Major Association has 505 members. Promoting the craft and fellowship of the Drum Major community. MANUAL OF ARMS FOR THE Read more about espontoon, movement, salute, grasp, manual and fife. The drum major of the Fife and Drum Corps traditionally bears an espontoon. EspontoonManualOld. U. S. Infantry Regiment The Old Guard. D1C2E9F4B777C1F08105D1C2E9F4B777C1F081FORMWVFSTD hIDSERP,5712. Watch video Watch the video Manual Of Arms For The Espontoon Drum Major uploaded by Herbertgunn1444 on Dailymotion.