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Ottoman style flanged mace. Maces were blunt force weapons used for crushing blows against the enemy. These weapons were effective against armored troops, and typically were smooth or had 3-12 flanges or blades protruding from the top of the weapon.
Edged weapons. M1858/61 Kavalleriesäbel; M1862 Infanteriesäbel; ... Ottoman Empire. Mauser M 1903. Edged weapons. Lance (only used by cavalry regiments) Trench club;
The Ottoman Empire was one of the Central Powers of World War I, allied with the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.It entered the war on 29 October 1914 with a small surprise attack on the Black Sea coast of Russia, which prompted Russia to declare war on 2 November 1914.
Artillery of the Ottoman Empire (1 C, 21 P) I. ... Pages in category "Weapons of the Ottoman Empire" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The Ottoman Army was the army of the Ottoman Empire after the country was reorganized along modern western European lines during the Tanzimat modernization period. It operated during the decline and dissolution of the empire, which roughly occurred between 1861 (though some sources date back to 1842) and 1918, the end of World War I for the Ottomans.
Weapons of the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 34 P) Pages in category "Military equipment of the Ottoman Empire" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The earliest form of the Ottoman military was a steppe-nomadic cavalry force. [7] This was centralized by Osman I from Turkoman tribesmen inhabiting western Anatolia in the late 13th century. These horsemen became an irregular force of raiders used as shock troops, armed with weapons like bows and spears.
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I; Part of World War I: From left to right: The Ottoman Shaykh al-Islām who declared Jihad against the Entente Powers; Burning oil tanks in the port of Novorossiysk after the Ottoman Empire's strike on Russian ports; Fifth Army during the Gallipoli Campaign; Third Army on the Caucasus campaign; The heliograph team of the Ottoman army in the Sinai and ...