The Ceremonial Purposes of A Modern Military Sword!
A modern military sword is a long edged weapon that has been used in combat and historically associated with close-quarters battles. One of its distinctive features is the blade, which comes in bothstraight and curved varieties, as well as one or more hilts of different materials. The design of swords is not fixed but rather may vary by region, period, history and culture. The most common types of sword include the fencing rapier historically worn by aristocrats such as foil thrusting weapons (epee), British broadsword typically worn by soldiers in England combined with the Scottish claymore heavy cavalry sword and late medieval arming swords like the Zweihänder which came to prominence during the 16th century. Military Swords: Rise and Fall! With the fall of the Roman Empire and into the European Middle Ages, the use of swords became limited to primarily ceremonial purposes such as duels, beheading criminals and display on one's tomb. The use of swords in battle was...