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The Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault (French pronunciation: [manyfaktyʁ daʁm də ʃatɛlʁo], "Châtellerault Weapons Factory", abbr. MAC) was a French state-owned weapons manufacturer in the town of Châtellerault, Vienne. It was created by a royal decree of 14 July 1819 to manufacture swords, then (after 1850) firearms and cannons.
Toledo steel, historically known for being unusually hard, is from Toledo, Spain, which has been a traditional sword-making, metal-working center since about the Roman period, and came to the attention of Rome when used by Hannibal in the Punic Wars. It soon became a standard source of weaponry for Roman legions. [1]
WKC Stahl- und Metallwarenfabrik ("WKC Steel and Metalwork Factory"), formerly Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie., is a German sword manufacturing company located in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company was founded in 1883 with the merger of two major Solingen sword-making companies, Weyersberg and Kirschbaum.
Headstamp originally had factory code letter "П" at 6 o'clock, 2-digit year at 12 o'clock, and Roman numeral for month of production (e.g., March = III, because March is the 3rd month) at 6 o'clock. The headstamp was changed over in 1914-15 to letter "П" over 2-digit year of production (e.g., 1914 = 14).
The sword manufacturing business was formally separated into an independent company in 1881. [11] By 1907, the Ames foundries had been purchased by Chicopee's A.G. Spalding Company. [12] In 1848, E. Remington and Sons purchased gun-making machinery from the company and took over a contract for Jenks breechloading percussion carbines for the U.S ...
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The Pattern 1907 bayonet, officially called the Sword bayonet, pattern 1907 (Mark I), is an out-of-production British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet was used by the British and Commonwealth forces throughout both the First and Second World Wars .
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