Sabre de cuirassier modèle An IX

The Sabre modèle An IX, ("sabre, an IX model") was a standard cavalry sabre in usage in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Sabre modèle An IX
TypeHeavy cavalry sabre
Place of originFrance
Production history
DesignerLiorard
DesignedAn VIII (1799 - 1800)
ManufacturerKlingenthal
No. built15 199 [1]
Specifications
Blade typecurved, 97.45 cm (38.37 in) long, flat

The modèle An IX was the first attempt at standardising cavalry sabres after the French Revolution, during which a disorganised plethora of bladed weapons was produced. It comes as a successor of the sabre of the elite Garde du Corps.

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