PugJesus@lemmy.world to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCombination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageCombination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareRaltoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months 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.