Sangin
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | bayonet |
| Designations: | Sangin |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | circa 18th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior box in India |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 30 cm |
| Blade length: | about 18 cm |
| Handle: | metal |
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The Sangin is a bayonet from India.
description
The sangin is a bayonet that could be attached to Indian muzzle-loading muskets . The blade is made of steel and is triangular. The rear end is shaped like a fork. Rings are attached to this fork (not shown in the picture in the info box) that run around the fork. With this device, the Sangin was attached to the musket barrel and not, as is common today, on a bayonet rail. This means that the Sangin differs from every other bayonet of this time in the way it is attached. The entire surface is covered with fine engravings. There are other versions in which a single, wide ring is attached instead of the fork, which is used for fastening.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton, Indian and Oriental Armor, Courier Dover Publications, 2002, illustrated edition, p. 102, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9
literature
- Robert Elgood, Firearms of the Islamic world in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait , Verlag IBTauris, 1995, page 165, ISBN 978-1-85043-963-9
Web links
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