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Pata (sword)

Early Modern

The pata is a sword originating from the Indian subcontinent with a gauntlet integrated as a handguard. Often referred to in its native Marathi as a dandpatta, it is commonly called a gauntlet sword in English. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Sword 1
Introduced Year
1150 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1
Connections

Operated By

Maratha Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Pata (sword)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Pata (sword)
  • Infobox, type
    Sword
  • Weapon class (sword-polearm-blade) is a pre-industrial/melee weapon type by its own nature per the entity's own sourced description text; not carried in current active military service.
  • Article text
    Recent discovery of Hero stone inscriptions has pushed back the antiquity of the pata to the 12th century.
  • Operated By: Maratha Army, Article body
    Rather, it is more probable that the pata was used in cut-and-run tactics, characteristic of the Maratha army.
  • In Group: Early Modern Swords and Sabres, Infobox: type
    Sword
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Wikidata: Pata (sword)
Wikidata Q746064, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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