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The hussar sabre was the best-known type of szabla of its time, and was a precursor to many similar types of European swords. Introduced around 1630, it served as a Polish cavalry melee weapon, mostly used by heavy cavalry, or Polish Hussars.
One of the finest weapons in a long list of Polish sabres reaching back to the early 16th century, although its introduction occurred as swords finally became obsolete as military weapons, it was successfully used in combat during the 1939 Invasion of Poland and remains in service (as szabla wz. 1934/2002) as a ceremonial weapon.
The original type of sabre, or Polish szabla, was used as a cavalry weapon, possibly inspired by Hungarian or wider Turco-Mongol warfare. The karabela was a type of szabla popular in the late 17th century, worn by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth nobility class, the szlachta.
The szabla was carried on the left side, and several types of sabres were known to winged hussars, including the renowned szabla husarska. Hussars sometimes carried additional weapons, such as a 'nadziak' (horseman's pick).
The Polish cavalry did not discard the lance as a weapon until 1934 or 1937 and continued to use it for training purposes up to the outbreak of World War II. Although the cavalrymen retained their Szabla wz. 1934 sabres, after 1934 [ 4 ] or 1937 [ 5 ] the lance ceased to be issued as a combat weapon and was retained for training purposes only.
The post 1630, knuckle bow hilted, fullered, Szabla, of the Polish-Hungarian Hussars, is often credited as Le Marchant's inspiration for the pattern. [3] The blade profile is similar to some examples of the Indian tulwar. [4] This similarity prompted some Indian armourers to re-hilt old 1796 pattern blades as tulwars later in the 19th century ...
With increasing tension and fighting along the eastern border, Poles adopted many eastern-style war customs and weapons. This is why the sword was so easily and so commonly replaced in the 16th century with the szabla. Previously, the szabla evoked aversion on the part of the noblemen; it was even forbidden to present it during formal reviews.
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.