A soldier holding a spear.
A Spear is a type of fighting weapon . It is basically a long stick with a sharp tip. Spears are often used as hunting weapons, because they can easily kill small animals.
Spears in history[]
A spear is one of the oldest weapons. They were used more than 500 years ago by the Native Americans. They used the spear to hunt, fish, fight, and more. It was easy to make spears, because the Native Americans just had to attach rock tips to a stick.