PugJesus@lemmy.world to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoCombination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century ADlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: historyartifacts@lemmy.world
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkCombination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: historyartifacts@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRaltoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-226 days agoFrom what I remember shorter Katars were basically anti-armor weapons. You could put in a lot of force and essentially “punch” the blade through chainmail. Although a lot of the fancier ones, like this, were mainly status symbols.
From what I remember shorter Katars were basically anti-armor weapons. You could put in a lot of force and essentially “punch” the blade through chainmail. Although a lot of the fancier ones, like this, were mainly status symbols.