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The Pattern 1908 cavalry trooper's sword (and the 1912 Pattern, the equivalent for officers) was the last service sword issued to the cavalry of the British Army.It has been called [3] [4] the most effective cavalry sword ever designed, although its introduction occurred as swords finally became obsolete as military weapons.
Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry sword; Pattern 1796 infantry officer's sword; Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre; Pattern 1831 sabre for General Officers; Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword; Pattern 1908 cavalry sword; Pistol sword
Cavalry lance Model 1908; Sidearms. Bayard M1915; Ruby M1914; Saint Étienne M1892; Smith & Wesson No.3; Steyr M1912; Rifles. Berthier M1907/15; Lebel M1886/93; Mannlicher M1888/90; Mannlicher M1893 (Standard issue rifle. Also known as the M93) Mannlicher M1895; Mosin–Nagant M1891; Martini–Henry M1879; Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87; Machine guns ...
Later in the Palestine campaign Pattern 1908 cavalry swords were issued and used in the campaign leading to the fall of Damascus. [citation needed] Probably the last use of real dragoons (infantry on horseback) in combat was made by the Portuguese Army in the war in Angola during the 1960s and 1970s.
Presaging the introduction of the 1908 pattern cavalry sword, the curved blade was abandoned in favour of a straight, stiff blade optimised for the thrust. Credit for the design has been given to Colonel G. M. Fox, Inspector of Gymnasia at Aldershot, who was also influential in the design of the pattern 1908 cavalry sword. [1]
Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre; Pattern 1908 and 1912 cavalry swords; Szabla wz. 34; Sabrage, the act of opening a Champagne bottle with a sabre; Buffalo Sabres, the American professional ice hockey team that takes their name from the sword; Cutlass, the Western European equivalent; Dao, the Chinese equivalent; Tachi, the Japanese equivalent
The British Army formally adopted a completely new design of cavalry sword in 1908, almost the last change in British Army weapons before the outbreak of the war. [89] At the outbreak of World War I infantry officers in all combatant armies then involved (French, German, British, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, Belgian and Serbian) still carried ...
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