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A general survey of the 16th-century Italian manuals shows instruction for the following weapon or weapon combinations in at least one published manual: Dagger; Dagger and cape; Halberd; Lance; Partisan (weapon) Partisan and shield; Pike; Ronca (weapon) Spetum; Sword alone; Sword and broad buckler; Sword and cape; Sword and dagger; Sword and ...
The 5.7 Rock is a semi-automatic pistol developed, manufactured, and sold by Palmetto State Armory. [2] It is chambered for the FN 5.7×28mm cartridge and is characterized by its generally low recoil. It is a competitor to the Five-seven, the Ruger-57, the M&P 5.7 and the TİSAŞ PX-5.7. [4] [5]
Palmetto State Armory also produces a line of 1911 handguns, [5] AR-10 rifles, 9mm AR-style pistols [6] and various AR style rifled-uppers ranging in caliber and cartridge dimensions from .22 Long Rifle to .308 Win/7.62x51 NATO. Their latest offering, is the PSA Dagger pistol chambered in 9mm, which is based on the 3rd generation Glock G19. [7]
While destreza is primarily a system of swordsmanship, it is intended to be a universal method of fighting, applicable to all weapons in principle, but in practice dedicated to the rapier specifically, or the rapier combined with a defensive weapon such as a cloak, a buckler or a parrying dagger, besides other weapons such as the late ...
The SIG Sauer P320 is a modular semi-automatic pistol made by SIG Sauer, Inc., SIG Sauer's American branch. [7] It is a further development of the SIG Sauer P250, utilizing a striker-fired mechanism in lieu of a double action only hammer system.
The main weapon of these soldiers was the dagger and 18,000 arditi were trained and sent to the front. Arditi units won numerous engagements against Austrian and German troops in the final year of World War I, armed with daggers which proved very effective in the confined space of a trench, where rifles were too long to be used in close combat.
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Joachim Meyer (ca. 1537–1571) was a self-described Freifechter (literally, Free Fencer) living in the then Free Imperial City of Strasbourg in the 16th century and the author of a fechtbuch Gründtliche Beschreibung der Kunst des Fechtens (in English, Thorough Descriptions of the Art of Fencing) first published in 1570.