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Trucks to be equipped with command equipment, and capacity to easily install the RCWS FLW 100. Iveco Trakker FSA. GTF ZLK 15t Italy Spain Germany. Truck — Following decision in 2020 for a framework agreement for 1,048 vehicles, with a first firm order of 230 vehicles. For this framework, the cab will be made by KMW. [299] Iveco Trakker ...
Ulfberht swords were made during a period when European swords were still predominantly pattern welded ("false Damascus"), [7] [8] but with larger blooms of steel gradually becoming available, so that higher quality swords made after AD 1000 are increasingly likely to have crucible steel blades. The group of Ulfberht swords includes a wide ...
Wood sword cane of Jean Baptiste Faribault. A swordstick or cane-sword is a cane containing a hidden blade or sword. The term is typically used to describe European weapons from around the 18th century. But similar devices have been used throughout history, notably the Roman dolon, [1] the Japanese shikomizue and the Indian gupti.
Those knives grow steadily larger, and depictions of sword-sized messer are found by the end of the 1440s in Fechtbücher. While the name messer is German, messer hilted arms have been found in multiple European nations, with local or regional names. Examples of messer are found in the Netherlands and Northern France, Iceland, Sweden, and the ...
A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed use (around 15 to 30 cm or 6 to 12 in), a straight double-edged blade of around 80 to 110 cm (31 to 43 in), and weighing approximately 2 to 3 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 6 lb 10 oz).
Photos show the pristine weapon placed atop an ancient burial.
a position with the sword held to either side of the body with the pommel near the back hip, with the point aiming at the opponent's chest or face. Some historical manuals state that when this guard is held on the right side of the body that the short edge should be facing up and when held on the left side of the body the short edge should be ...
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