Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mapakatwa maviri anopfekwa nemaMarine. Munondo wevakuru veMarine Corps munondo weMameluke, wakafanana nePersian shamshir yakapihwa Lt. Presley O'Bannon mushure meHondo yeDerna panguva ye
Hondo Yokutanga yeBarbary. Mushure mekugamuchirwa kwayo muna 1825 uye kugoverwa kwekutanga muna 1826, mapakatwa eMameluke akapfekwa nevakuru veMarine kubvira ipapo, kunze kwenguva ya1859-1875, apo vaifanira kupfeka Army's Model 1850 Foot Officers' Sword. Pakudzokera kumunondo wechinyakare, vakuru vakuru vazhinji vakapa mapakatwa avo ehondo kumukuru wavo asiri mukuru (NCO), vachigadzira hwaro hwepakatwa reNCO. Kazhinji, Marines ndiro chete bazi apo nhengo akanyoresa nguva dzose kutakura bakatwa (the Army anobvumira platoon uye sergeants wokutanga kutakura Model 1840 bakatwa panguva dzimwe mhemberero, apo Mukuru Naval Operations mvumo mukuru petty vakuru uye pamusoro kutakura optional mhemberero cutlass pamwe yunifomu nguo muna 2010).