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A battle axe is a weapon.

Battleaxe, battle axe, or battle ax may also refer to:

Contents

• Axes
• Military
• Ships
• Arts and culture
• Other
• See also

Axes

• Labrys, a double-edged axe
• Francisca, a throwing axe used as a weapon

Military

• Operation Battleaxe, a British World War II operation in North Africa, 1941
• No. 7 Squadron IAF, nicknamed "Battle Axes"
• The 78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), also known as the Battleaxe Division
• 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) Royal Artillery
• The 65th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed "Battle-Axe"
• Carrier Air Wing Three, an aircraft carrier air wing of the United States Navy, nicknamed "Battle Axe"

Ships

• Several ships in the Royal Navy have been called HMS Battleaxe:
  • HMS Battleaxe (D118), a Weapon-class destroyer
  • HMS Battleaxe (F89), a Type 22 frigate
  • HMS Empire Battleaxe, a landing-ship
• ST Battleaxe, a tugboat

Arts and culture

• Battleaxe (band), a heavy metal music band from the 1980s
• An instrumental piece composed by Carlos Cavazo on Quiet Riot's breakthrough album Metal Health
• "Battle-axe", a song by Deftones, from their 2003 album Deftones
• Battleaxe (novel) a 1995 novel by Sara Douglass
• Battleaxe (comics), Marvel comics character
• Battle Axe (album), a 2018 album by Sharon Needles, or the title song
• The Battleaxe, a 1962 British comedy film

Other

• Battle-axe (woman), an aggressive, domineering and forceful woman
• Battle Ax, a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon
• Corded Ware culture, sometimes known as "Battle Axe culture"
• The Varangians, sometimes known as "Battle-axe Guards"
• The "Battle Axes", a free-love perfectionist Christian sect founded by Theophilus Gates

See also

• Warhammer (disambiguation)

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