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Etymology King Sigismundus Augustus' and Stanislaus Augustus' Sabre, 16th century. The English word sabre derives from the French sabre, which comes in turn from the Magyar Szablya and Polish "Szabla", originally a Hungarian/Magyar verb for "to cut down". It is akin to the Russian sablya, and describes a similar weapon. Origins of the weapon The origins of the sabre in its modern form are somewhat unclear, and it may come from such Medieval European designs as the falchion, or the earlier scimitar used in the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and such Central Asian cavalry as the Turks and Mongols. The sabre first appeared in Europe with the arrival of the Hungarians (Magyars) in the 10th century. The original type of Polish sabre was the Karabela. The name was derived from the Turkish words Kara, meaning dark, and bela, meaning curse. The Karabela was worn by the Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian nobility class, the Szlachta. Originally, the sabre was used as a cavalry weapon, but it gradually came to replace the various straight bladed cutting sword types on the battlefield. As time went on, sabres became insignia of rank in many armies, and dress use of sabres continues to this day in some armed services around the world. Use The briquet, typical infantry sabre of the Napoleonic Wars. French Navy sabre of the 19th Century, "boarding sabre". The sabre saw extensive military use in the early 19th century, particularly in the Napoleonic Wars, during which Napoleon used heavy cavalry charges to great effect against his enemies. The sabre faded as a weapon by mid-century, as longer-range rifles made cavalry charges obsolete, even suicidal. In the American Civil War, the sabre was used infrequently as a weapon, but saw notable deployment in the Battle of Brandy Station and at East Cavalry Field at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Many cavalrymenarticularly on the Confederate sideventually abandoned the long, heavy weapons in favour of revolvers and carbines. Although there was extensive debate over the effectiveness of "white" weapons such as the sabre and lance, the sabre remained the standard weapon of cavalry for mounted action in most armies until World War I (191418). Thereafter it was gradually relegated to the status of a ceremonial weapon, and most horse cavalry was replaced by armoured cavalry from 1930 on. Lieutenant Colonel Tefilo Marxuach's M1902 Officer's Sabre and Scabbard at the National Historic Trust site at Castillo San Cristobal in San Juan. In the Polishithuanian Commonwealth (1618th century) a specific type of sabre-like melee weapon, the szabla, was used. The Don Cossacks used the shashka, which also saw military and police use in the Russian Empire and early Soviet Union. Adoption by Western Armed Forces A British Hussar general with a scabbarded kilij of Turkish manufacture (1812). Europeans rekindled their interest in sabres due to their confrontations with the Mamelukes in the late 18th century and early 19th century. The Mamluks were originally of Turkish descent, the Egyptians bore Turkish sabers for hundreds of years. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French conquest of Egypt brought these beautiful and functional swords to the attention of the Europeans. This type of sabre became very popular for light cavalry officers, in both France and Britain, and became a fashionable sword for senior officers to wear. In 1831 the "Mamaluke," as the sword was now called, became a regulation pattern for British general officers (the 1831 Pattern, still in use today). The American victory over the rebellious forces in the citadel of Tripoli in 1805 during the First Barbary War, led to the presentation of bejewelled examples of these swords to the senior officers of the US Marines. Officers of the US Marine Corps still use a mameluke pattern dress sword. Although some genuine Turkish kilij sabres were used by Westerners, most "mameluke sabres" were manufactured in Europe; their hilts were very similar in form to the Ottoman prototype, however, their blades, even when an expanded yelman was incorporated, tended to be longer, narrower and less curved than those of the true kilij. During the 19th and in the early 20th century, sabres were also used by both mounted and dismounted personnel in some European police forces. When the sabre was used by mounted police against crowds, the results could be appalling, as in a key scene in Doctor Zhivago. The sabre was later phased out in favour of the baton (or night stick) for both practical and humanitarian reasons. In the United States, swords with sabre blades are worn by Army, Navy, and Coast Guard officers. Marine officers and non-commissioned officers also wear such swords. They are not intended for use as weapons, however, and now serve primarily in ornamental or ceremonial functions. One ceremonial function a sabre serves is the Sabre Arch, performed for servicemen or women getting married. Modern sport fencing The sabre is one of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. It is a very fast-paced weapon, with bouts characterized by quick footwork and cutting with the side of the blade. Sabre is often claimed to be modeled after the weapon that cavalry used when fighting upon horseback; thus the allowed target area is only from the waist up, the region a mounted man could reach on a foe on the ground. Although, more reasonably, most scholars believe the saber was modeled after the lighter Italian style dueling saber. Sabre is a right-of-way weapon, which means that the fencer must take certain actions to get the right to score a point. Because sabre is such a fast weapon, the window of time each fencer is allowed to get their light on during electric fencing (to score a simultaneous hit after being hit by an opponent) is very, very small. In 2005, the FIE changed the timing from 300-350 milliseconds down to approximately 120 milliseconds. What this means is that if Fencer A hits Fencer B, Fencer B has only 120 milliseconds to hit Fencer A before the scoring machine will not allow any new lights to come on. In appearance the modern fencing sabre bears little resemblance to the traditional weapons after which it is modelled. Rather than a wide flat, curved, single edged blade, sports sabres have a thin, straight blade 88 cm long, with a V or Y cross section. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sabres Look up sabre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bokken Tulwar or talwar: the Indian equivalent of a sabre. Scimitar the Arabic equivalent Dao or Tao: the Chinese sabre or "broadsword" Katana: the Japanese "samurai sword" Kilij: Ottoman Turkish sabre Mameluke sword Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre 1908 and 1912 Pattern British Army Cavalry Swords Sabrage; the act of opening a Champagne bottle with a sabre Sword Szabla: the Eastern European sabre Lightsaber References Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2008) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sabres Look up sabre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. http://www.oldswords.com - The largest online resource for antique sword/sabre collectors http://www.zlatoff.com - The gallery of Zlatoust sword/sabre manufacturers Categories: European swords | Fencing | Victorian Age weapons | Medieval weapons | 18th-century weapons | Hungarian loanwordsHidden categories: Articles lacking sources from May 2008 | All articles lacking sources | Wikipedia external links cleanup | Wikipedia spam cleanup
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