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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:24, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

Stahlrohrlanze

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German cavalry with the lance

• ... that German cavalry carried a steel lance (example pictured) throughout the First World War? "it was this Model 1893 lance which was used by all German cavalry that were not redeployed as infantry during World War I and, from 1915 when swords were beginning to be withdrawn from field use, became these troops' only weapon of mounted shock action" from: Larsen, Alan; Yallop, Henry (21 November 2017). The Cavalry Lance. Bloomsbury USA. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4728-1618-4.
  • ALT1:... that German cavalry retained use of the lance (example pictured) until 1927? "The German Reichswehr's cavalry regiments carried lances until 1927" from: Bradford, James C. (1 December 2004). International Encyclopedia of Military History. Routledge. p. 2315. ISBN 978-1-135-95033-0.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 06:46, 23 September 2021 (UTC).

• Reviewing DTM (talk) 08:26, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Just one image licensing related query. Is commons:File:Eskadron der Reichswehr 1928.jpg in the public domain in the US as well? And if it isn't then can it be used in the article? DTM (talk) 09:04, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi DTM, no idea. I've removed it from the article for now - Dumelow (talk) 09:17, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

gtg DTM (talk) 01:41, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

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