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====Panzerstecher and koncerz==== The {{lang|de|[[Panzerstecher]]}} ("armour stabber") is a German and East European weapon with a long, edgeless blade of square or triangular cross-section for penetrating armour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Panzerstecher+%5BBlankwaffe%5D.html |title=dictionary :: Panzerstecher [Blankwaffe] :: German-English translation |publisher=Dict.cc |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myarmoury.com/review_mrl_estoc.html |title=English Tuck (Estoc) |publisher=myArmoury.com |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?48815-What-s-a-Panzerstecher |title=What's a Panzerstecher? |publisher=Swordforum.com |access-date=2015-10-08 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112916/http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?48815-What-s-a-Panzerstecher |url-status=dead }}</ref> Early models were either two-handers or "hand-and-a-half" hilted,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/211938.html?mulR=22466 |title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Tuck (Panzerstecher) |publisher=Philamuseum.org |access-date=2015-10-08}}</ref> while later 16th and 17th century models (also known as ''[[koncerz]]'') were one-handed and used by cavalry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm48.pl?f=NR&c=38382&t=temartic_1_D&db=kat48_1.txt |title = Hermann Historica - Internationales Auktionshaus für Antiken, Alte Wa… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130206111414/http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm48.pl?f=NR&c=38382&t=temartic_1_D&db=kat48_1.txt |archive-date=6 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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