Talk:Dart (missile)

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"They are occasionally used as weapons in bars and at European football games..." That's just silly and unfocused. It should be removed. Is this an encyclopedia or The Onion? Phrases like this blur the line.

Darts or javelins?

The picture shows a peltast with what are said to be darts, but there is no fletching. In the article on peltasts, the same picture is used and there the weapons are said to be javelins. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 16:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adding that the image shows missiles that are longer than arrows, while the description says that darts can be distinguished from arrows because they are too short to be used in a bow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyne (talk • contribs) 22:54, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Darts or "bolts"!

Can any one explain why the projectiles fired by cross-bows, are not called "darts?" Certainly they are "darts!"96.19.159.196 (talk)Ronald L. Hughes

Chinese versions and kunai ?

THROWING DARTS 飞镖刀 / FEI PI TAO / FEI BI DAO

Chinese throwing darts are differentiated from other Chinese throwing weapons in that they have a tail of some kind (feathers, ribbons, fringe etc.) that causes drag as they move through the air. This source shows one example that looks like Japanese kunai. So, is kunai a type of dart or is a chinese version a type of kunai? 89.201.201.113 (talk) 20:10, 14 November 2020 (UTC) 89.201.235.112 (talk) 09:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Piau (Fei Biao, Bi-Shou), “air dart”, Chinese air dart (looks like a small spear blade with tassle attached instead of a wooden handle ): "According to Wotherspoon (2004), the piau or “air dart” was a small throwing dart used in China during the Song Dynasty (960 to 1127 CE). McNab (2010, p. 160) states that these weapons were used either as melee weapons (stabbing weapons) or thrown, with the tassels acting astabilization device. They were often carried in pairs and were easily hidden. Typical lengths were about 7 inches [not clear if the length of a tassle is included] and the weight was 7 ounces." source 89.201.235.112 (talk) 09:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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