The types of weapons the soldiers used were bows which was made of wood and string. They also used a chariot which had a driver/archer and a swordsmen to protect the driver and the archer if the chariot crashed. A melee weapon the army would of used would be a dagger-axe. The axe made of a long handled axe with a dagger mounted onto it. Most of the Shang infantry would of used stone or bronze weapons. Some of these would be spears or swords. As well and dagger axes or compound bows. Of course there are many other weapons than these but these are the main ones that the Chinese used. For defense they used shields and occasionally wore leather helmets. They also used a chest plate made out of bronze or leather.
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