El mangual o maza de cadena era un arma muy parecida al lucero del alba compuesta de una "vara", cadenada, que finalizaba en una/s cabeza/s de maza que no eran más que bolas "plomadas" con púas. Usada en la Edad Media, estaba compuesta de unas cadenas de hierro que terminaban en bolas metálicas de pinchos, sujetas por su otro lado por anillos fijos a un mango de madera, como el de los mayales.

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The term flail refers to two different weapons: a long, two-handed infantry weapon with a cylindrical head, and a shorter weapon with a round metal striking head. The defining characteristic of both is that they involve a separate striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail was its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability was a lack of precision and the difficulty of using it in close combat, or closely ranked formations. The longer cylindrical-headed flail is a hand weapon derived from the agricultural tool of the same name, commonly used in threshing. It was primarily considered a peasant's weapon, and while not common, they were deployed in Germany and Central Europe in the later Late Middle Ages. The smaller, more spherical-headed flail appears to be even less common; it appears occasionally in artwork from the 15th century onward, but many historians have expressed doubts that it ever saw use as an actual military weapon.

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