A spearhead is the sharpened point (head) of a spear, similar to an arrowhead. It is often a separate piece called a projectile point. Spearhead may also refer to:

Armed conflict

Armoured spearhead An armoured spearhead (American English: armored spearhead) is a formation of armoured fighting vehicles, mostly tanks, that form the front of an offensive thrust during a battle. The idea is to concentrate as much firepower into a small front as ...

, a tactical formation *

HMS Spearhead (P263) HMS ''Spearhead'' was a S-class submarine of the third batch built for the Royal Navy during World War II. She survived the war and was sold to Portugal. She was scrapped in 1967. Design and description The last 17 boats of the third batch w ...

, an S class submarine of the Royal Navy * Spearhead class Joint High Speed Vessel * Spearhead, nickname of the

3rd Armored Division (United States) The 3rd Armored Division (also known as "Spearhead", 3rd Armored, and 3AD) was an armored division of the United States Army. Unofficially nicknamed the "Third Herd," the division was first activated in 1941 and was active in the European Theat ...

in the United States Army * The Spearhead, nickname of the

5th Marine Division (United States) The 5th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps ground combat division which was activated on 11 November 1943 (officially activated on 21 January 1944) at Camp Pendleton, California during World War II. The 5th Division saw its first ...

of the United States Marine Corps * Spearhead, nickname of the

3rd Infantry Division (Philippines) The 3rd Infantry Division, also known as Spearhead Division is a unit of the Philippine Army, based at Camp Gen Macario Peralta Jr in Jamindan, Capiz, Philippines. History The 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army was established and they stati ...

* Spearhead Ltd., an Israeli private mercenary company owned by Yair Klein

Film and television

* ''Spearhead'' (TV series), a British television series * '' Spearhead from Space'', a 1970 serial in the British television series ''Doctor Who''

Geography

The Spearhead The Spearhead is a peak in the Garibaldi Ranges of British Columbia, Canada, and is one of the main summits of the Blackcomb Mountain portion of the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, located at the apex of the Blackcomb and Spearhead Glaciers, whi ...

, a peak in Whistler, British Columbia *

Spearhead Glacier The Spearhead Glacier is the largest glacier on the Spearhead Range, located on the opposite, northeast side of that range from the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and is serviced in part by the lift system of the Whistler Blackc ...

, a glacier named after the associated peak in Whistler, British Columbia *

Spearhead Range The Spearhead Range is a short subrange of the Garibaldi Ranges of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia and ending at its northwestern apex in Blackcomb Mountain, one of two mountains fo ...

, a subrange of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia

Literature

* ''Spearhead'' (Davis novel), a 1958 novel by Franklin M. Davis, Jr. * ''Spearhead'' (Makos novel), a 2019 novel by Adam Makos *

Spearhead (G.I. Joe) This is an alphabetical list of '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' characters who are members of the G.I. Joe Team. For Cobra characters, see ''List of Cobra characters''. Ace Agent Faces Agent Faces is the G.I. Joe Team's infiltrator. Hi ...

, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Music

* Spearhead (band), a musical group founded by Michael Franti * ''Spearhead'' (album), an album by British death metal band Bolt Thrower

Politics

* Melanesian Spearhead Group, a forum of south Pacific island nations * ''Spearhead'' (magazine), a British far-right magazine

Other

* ''Spearhead'' (video game), a 1998 computer game by

Zombie Studios Zombie Studios was an American independent video game developer. It was formed in 1994 as Zombie, LLC by Joanna Alexander and Mark Long, formerly of the Sarnoff Research Center. Alexander and Long founded Zombie after they completed the design o ...

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Chlorocrambe hastata ''Chlorocrambe'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the cruci ...

'', a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae * Spearhead, a division of the video game company Electronic Arts * ''

Senecio tropaeolifolius ''Senecio tropaeolifolius'', which is known as false nasturtium or nasturtium-leaf spearhead is a succulent plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa.daisy family The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

which is known as "nasturtium-leaf spearhead" {{disambiguation, geo