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Heavil patinated head and handle with traces of engraving. The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe" [in persian], Persian: تبر) is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, India and surrounding countries and cultures.
Preemptively: 40mm gun replaced by a 20mm or a 23mm gun. 1 × OTO Melara 3 in (76mm)/62 compact. 2 × 12.7mm machine guns. Notes. As reported by Jane's (2015) [2] IRIS Tabarzin ( Persian: تبرزین, lit. 'Battleaxe') is a Kaman -class fast attack craft serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy .
Tabarzin Attack. On 13 August 1981, Kamal devised a plan to seize the Tabarzin. The ship which was now completed, was to be delivered to Iran via the south of France and the Captain of the ship secretly agreed to allow them to take over the ship. His group, Azadegan Organization, consisted of several young Iranians.
The tabarzin (Persian: تبرزین, lit. "saddle axe" or "saddle hatchet") is the traditional battle axe of Persia. It bears one or two crescent-shaped blades. The long form of the tabar was about seven feet long, while a shorter version was about three feet long.
Battle axe (European) Bhuj with blade shaped like the dagger on a long shaft; Broadaxe (European) Congolese axe (African) Dahomey axe club, also an effective blunt weapon (African) Danish axe, hafted axe, English long axe, Viking axe, Danish longer axe (European) Doloire (European) Fu (Chinese) Hand axe, ovate handaxe (Paleolithic) Hatchet ...
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Tabarzin, a type of battle axe from Middle East. War scythe , an improvised weapon that consisted of a blade from a scythe attached vertically to a shaft Welsh hook , similar to a halberd and thought to originate from a forest-bill
An ornamented golden Minoan double axe, often spuriously called a labrys. Bronze Age axe from the tholos tombs of Messara in Crete. Coinage of Idrieus of Caria, Obv: Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck; Rev: legend ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ ("IDRIEOS"), Zeus Labraundos standing with labrys in his right hand, c. 351–350 to 344–343 ...
The same year, Georges Leygues intervened when the Iranian ship Tabarzin was captured by a commando hostile to the new regime, and sailed to France. The commando reached France and requested political refugee status, while the ship was returned to Iran.
The parashu was known as the most lethal close combat weapon of the epics. It is one of the weapons of Shiva, Parashurama, and Durga and is still depicted on their idols throughout India. It is also one of the weapons of Ganesha, [13] and the main weapon of Sahadeva and Shakuni .