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With the outbreak of the Second World War, the available resources of the gun trade had been mobilised to recondition a reserve of Pattern 1914 Enfield rifles, and in 1940 the Parker-Hale Arms Company was founded. Additional premises were acquired "for the duration" of the war and, under the management of Arthur Hale, a large reconditioning ...
M1779 Hussar carbine: Private manufacturers: 1779 Girandoni air rifle: Private manufacturers: 1780 M1781 Trombon: Private manufacturers: 1781 Infanteriegewehr M1784 musket: Private manufacturers: 1784 M1788 Cavalry rifle: Private manufacturers: 1788 M1789 Cavalry rifle: Private manufacturers: 1789 M1795 Jäger rifle: Private manufacturers: 1795 ...
Swedish hussar regiments 1895–1910 5th Mounted Rifles Otago Hussars from New Zealand, 1911. On the eve of World War I, there were still hussar regiments in the British, [49] Canadian, French, [50] New Zealand, Spanish, [51] German, [52] Russian, [53] Dutch, [54] Danish, [55] Swedish, Romanian, and Austro-Hungarian armies. In most respects ...
The Polish hussars (/ h ə ˈ z ɑːr s /; Polish: husaria), [a] alternatively known as the winged hussars, were a heavy cavalry formation active in Poland and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1503 to 1702. Their epithet is derived from large rear wings, which were intended to demoralize the enemy during a charge.
On 17 April 1901, the regiment was renamed as the Royal North Devonshire Imperial Yeomanry and reorganised in four squadrons and a machine gun section. On 1 April 1908, the regiment was renamed for the final time as the Royal North Devon Yeomanry and transferred to the Territorial Force , trained and equipped as hussars .
The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2] The city of Carlotta, California was up for auction on eBay in February 2003. [3] In September 2004, the Indiana Firebirds arena football team was auctioned off, first in a regular auction that failed to reach the reserve price, [4] and again as a "Buy it Now" item for ...
The Model 1840 Cavalry Saber was based on the 1822 French hussar's sabre. Unlike its replacement, the Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber, the M1840 has a ridge around its quillon, a leather grip wrapped in wire (rather than grooves cut into the wooden handle) and a flat, slotted throat.
The Otago Mounted Rifle Regiment was a New Zealand Mounted Regiment formed for service during World War I. It was formed from units of the Territorial Force consisting of the 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) , the 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles and the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles .