Pallasch
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| Weapon type: | Pallasch in contrast to the saber (center) |
| Designations: | Cavalry saber |
| Use: | military weapon |
| Creation time: | 17th century |
| Working time: | 17th to 19th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Western Europe |
| Distribution: | Europe |
| Overall length: | about 110 cm |
| Blade length: | about 90 cm |
| Blade width: | about 4 cm |
| Weight: | about 1400 gr. |
| Handle: | Wood, horn, wire winding, leather, fish skin |
| Particularities: | different versions, blade shapes and basket versions vary |
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The broadsword ( hungarian. : Pallos [ pɒloʃ ] "Sword") is a slashing and stabbing weapon with a straight blade. Originally, the Pallasch was a saber with an almost straight blade and a bracket or basket with a central bar as hand protection, which was used by the heavy Hungarian aristocratic cavalry.
description
The Pallasch usually has a straight, double-edged, heavy blade. The blade becomes narrower from the handle to the location . The place is pointy. There are one or more hollow grinds on the blade. The booklet is usually made of wood covered with leather or fish skin and wrapped with metal wire. The basket is made of brass or iron and runs expansively around the handle. There are different versions that differ in length, blade shape, width and basket shape.
history
The wide blade of the Pallasch distinguishes it from the sword , which has a narrower blade. It does not matter whether these blades are single or double-edged. Compared to the saber, the Pallasch is better suited for stabbing. With the heavy cavalry saber ( Sarrass he has a long, wide blade together) the Croatian and Hungarian cavalry of the 16th and 17th centuries, but which is always curved saber. The Pallasch is often equipped with a basket-like hand guard on the handle. A typical specimen has a total length (with handle) of up to 1.1 meters.
Early forms of pallasch, as they appeared in the cavalry of Western European armies in the 17th and 18th centuries , were designed as double-edged swords with a full blade. Up until the Frederician era , they were adapted to the Hungarian-Polish model and took on a single-edged shape with a hollow groove.
This type of weapon was mainly used by heavy cavalry such as cuirassiers and dragoons . Towards the middle of the 19th century, lighter cavalry sabers appeared, which, in terms of shape, tread a middle path between the straight pallasch as an edged weapon optimized for stabbing and the more curved saber as the optimal cutting weapon. By the time this new form of saber was able to prevail against the Pallasch, the century was almost over, and the heavy cavalry had lost its importance.
This form of an edged weapon or the claymore, which is related to it, is still part of the parade equipment of army officers in some armies such as in Denmark.
See also
literature
- Jan Sach, Valtr Kraus: Illustrated lexicon of cut and stab weapons. Nebel Verlag, Erlangen 2001, ISBN 3-89555-792-7 .
- Eduard Wagner: cutting and stabbing weapons. Werner Dausien Verlag, Hanau 1975, ISBN 3-7684-1589-8
