The phalanx is a rectangular mass military formation.

Phalanx may also refer to:

Military

  • Phalanx CIWS, a U.S. Navy defense system to protect against an anti-ship missile
  • Royal Phalanx, a special military unit formed of veterans of the Greek War of Independence

Politics

  • North American Phalanx, a utopian community in New Jersey, organized on proto-communist Fourierist principles, or its journal The Phalanx
  • The Spanish Falange
  • Falangism, ideology of the above
  • Falanga National Radical Camp/RNR-Falanga/ONR-Falanga - Polish extreme right party
  • The Lebanese Kataeb Party

Places

  • Phalanx, New Jersey, an unincorporated area within Colts Neck Township, New Jersey
  • Phalanx, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Phalanx Mountain, a summit in British Columbia

Arts and literature

  • Aliens: Phalanx, a 2020 science fiction horror novel by Scott Sigler
  • Phalanx (art group), an artistic movement formed in Munich in 1901
  • Phalanx (comics), a species of villainous mechanical aliens in Marvel Comics
  • The Phalanx, a Fourierist journal
  • Phalanx, a journal published by the Military Operations Research Society
  • Phalanx, the name of the false zombie proof drug in the novel by Max Brooks, World War Z
  • The Phalanx Nations, a terrorist organization in the young adult novel, The Prophet of Yonwood
  • Phalanx, a 2012 Warhammer 40,000 novel

Music

  • Phalanx (album), a 1983 live album by Australian surf rock band, Australian Crawl
  • Phalanx, a trance music group formed by Dennis Gertner, DJ Manian, and Manuel Schleis
  • Phalanx (band), a jazz music group

Medicine

  • Phalanx bone, the bones that form fingers and toes

Video games

  • The fictional secret anti-alien invasion force the player commands in the fanmade UFO: Alien Invasion game, an open-source project in the X-COM tradition.
  • Phalanx (video game), a Super NES and Game Boy Advance video game.
  • The 13th Colossus from the video game Shadow of the Colossus.
  • The first Demon (boss) in the PS3 game Demon's Souls.
  • The nemesis of the protagonist in the Super NES game Demon's Crest.
  • A Cabal enemy type from the video game Destiny.
  • The standard ancient defensive unit in the Civilization series.

Other uses

  • Phalanx (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology
  • Phalanx (honor society), the seniors honor society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. There is a similarly named society at Clarkson University. <!--Related?-->
  • Phalanstère, a building layout developed by utopian socialist Charles Fourier
  • Phalanx (horse), American Champion racehorse
  • The falanges (legions of spirits) of the Brazilian Umbanda religion
  • Phalanx organization, an aircraft contractor
  • Phalanx Family Ties, a street family in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit