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, a tactical formation
  • HMS Spearhead (P263), an S class submarine of the Royal Navy
  • Spearhead class Joint High Speed Vessel
  • Spearhead, nickname of the 3rd Armored Division (United States) in the United States Army
  • The Spearhead, nickname of the 5th Marine Division (United States) of the United States Marine Corps
  • Spearhead, nickname of the 3rd Infantry Division (Philippines)
  • 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, a peak in Whistler, British Columbia
  • Spearhead Glacier, a glacier named after the associated peak in Whistler, British Columbia
  • Spearhead Range, 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), 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
  • Chlorocrambe hastata, a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae
  • Spearhead, a division of the video game company Electronic Arts
  • Senecio tropaeolifolius, a species in the daisy family which is known as "nasturtium-leaf spearhead"