The katana is very useful for Method Of Entry, CQB etc. They are light and easy to use than other equipment. I advise all troops to get one. (by the way I flogged it from Bujinkan Dojo in Japan after my training shhh...)
2007-11-06 13:24:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
yea.. thats the dumbest idea i ever heard.
you know what else works. a shotgun... now whats your pocket knife going to do?
i just had to add in here... never ever ever ever ever in my 4 combat tours have i ever ever ever ever ever used a knife as a weapon. i carry one for multiple reasons.. and yes, one being a form of protection... but the day you end up defending yourself with a sharp object... well.. i'll just say its a bad one.
2007-11-06 13:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by kickrocks54 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No U.S. military personell utilize a sword as a combative weapon. We Marine NCO's are the only ones authorized to carry a sword as we use it only for ceremonial purposes. For close quarters combat or for a stealth kill we utilize ka-bar fighting knives, and piano wire. You have virtually no chance of ever being involved in a close quarters or hand to hand fight even in the infantry. The closest you'll ever get to that is if you are on riot control or Embassy guard duty and you have to restrain someone.
Oh, and kicksrocks actually a pocket knife is a very effective weapon. A year or two back a Marine in FL came home to find two kids robbing his house with a shotgun. He killed the two kids with a pocket knife he had on him. The media made a big uproar against the Marine not realizing how much more damage a shotgun blast would have done to him than a stab wound to a couple of delinquints.
2007-11-06 14:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Glacier331 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody, Another Kids fantasy!!!!
They didn't serve the Japanese Military so well in WW2!!!!
About as useful as an ashtray on a Motorbike!!!
Whats up kid you not on the way to be deployed yet as an
Australian SAS "Operative".
By the way the expression: "Flogged it" means to sell it not buy it!!
2007-11-06 19:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you want to take a knife to a gun fight ........wow thats just what i wanted to do after 22 years of supporting my country is commit suicide. What the hell are you thinking your some kinda one person army ?
Take some advice we would rather talk to you than read about you. So use the military issue stuff and quit trying to be something your not if you were that good then you would not have to ask the question would you?
2007-11-06 13:41:15 · answer #4 · answered by ASmiles1 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It'd be a waste of space I personally think.
Flash bangs, grenades and armor piercing knives seem more efficient.
2007-11-06 13:27:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry... this is the real world not the Anime channel.
2007-11-06 13:51:31 · answer #6 · answered by Larry R 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's kinda hard to carry it in your pocket.
2007-11-06 13:26:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋