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In solo training, the spear is aimed at a pile of stones. From this was eventually developed the uniquely Indian vita which has a 5 feet (1.5 m) length of cord attached to the butt end of the weapon and tied around the spearman's wrist. Using this cord the spear can be pulled back after it has been thrown. [53] [55]
Selarah - A spear with a head and shaft longer than those of the sainthi but not so long as those of the sang. Ballam - A spear, pike, or lance with barbed heads and wooden shafts and a total length of 5.11 feet (1.56 m), of which the blade took up 18 inches (460 mm). The Ballam was a short spear with a broad head used by infantry. || Infantry
A special elephant unit called Gajnal were carrying Indian swivel-gun mounted on its back. [257] [258] two of these kind of light artillery could be carried by single elephant. [257] The armor which worn by the Mughal's war elephants was called Bargustawan-i-pil. it is an armor which consisted of Chain mail and Plate armour which weighed 118 kg ...
Loehr, Neil (2004), Weapons Of The Indian Wars (Plains History Project), St. Marys, Kansas: Kaw Valley USD 321, archived from the original on May 7, 2005; Mahon, John K. (September 1958). "Anglo-American Methods of Indian Warfare". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 45 (2): 254–275. doi:10.2307/1902929. JSTOR 1902929. Morando, Paul (2018).
Spears were used by the Native Americans to thrust and strike their enemies or the animals they were hunting. The spears were made of a short blade or tip, made from stone, and attached to the end of a long wooden handle or shaft. Some variations did not even have a stone tip. Instead, the shaft was simply sharpened at one end.
The Silladar Cavalry, also known as the Risalah, [1] was a term describing a mounted force of irregular cavalry regiments at times in Indian history. Silladar means “bearer of arms” in Persian and was given to native cavalrymen of irregular regiments. A recruit or "Khudaspa" was supposed to provide his own mount and weapons as well as ...
During the battle, out of the approximate 40,000 Maratha Army men, some 8000 or 9000 were artillery (Gardi Infantry). They possessed 200 cannons (consisting of heavy field-pieces as well as light camel or elephant-mounted zambaruks (a swivel gun equivalent) and also possessed handguns. [22]
The 13 and the 17th camel-mounted Grenadier battalions fought in the Bikaner and Gadra sectors where they captured a significant amount of territory. [18] Five BSF camels were killed in the Battle of Longewala, one of the most significant battles of the war. [22] The Indian Army finally stopped using camels in 1975.