Sabre de cuirassier modèle An IX

Sabre modèle An IX
Sabre modèle An IX
Type	Heavy cavalry sabre
Place of origin	France
Production history
Designer	Liorard
Designed	An VIII (1799 - 1800)
Manufacturer	Klingenthal
No. built	15 199 [1]
Specifications
Blade type	curved, 97.45cm long, flat

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

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.

Sources and references

↑ Les Sabres de Cuirassiers.

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French weapons of the First Empire
Sabres	Sabre de cuirassier modèle An IX Sabre de cuirassier modèle An XI Sabre de cuirassier modèle An XIII Sabre de cavalerie légère modèle An IX sabre briquet
Pistols	Pistolet modèle 1786 Pistolet modèle An IX Pistolet modèle An XIII
Rifles and carbins	Fusil modèle An IX Mousqueton modèle An IX