Should soldiers be given lightweight close-combat weapons traditional to their region/culture?
Instead of plain battle knives:
>Battle axes for the Nordics
>Samurai swords for the Japs
>Jian swords for the Chinese
>Forks for the Americans
>Macuahuitl for everyone in Central America
>Longswords for most Central Europeans
>Scimitars for the Middle East
>Wooden sticks for the Africans
Maybe it could be source of patriotism and CQC skill?
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I’d rather just have a kabar
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Also
>Forks
>Not tomahawks
Shit thread/10 get back to work you stupid Euro
Yeah and strappon didlos for the brits!
>A thread died for this
>implying that any thread on page 10-11 is worth having
why didn't you bump it then, you fucking retard
>>Battle axes for the Nordics
Finfag here, knives as close-combat weapons is about as traditional as it gets
>Maybe it could be source of patriotism and CQC skill?
and maybe i could not drag around another useless peace of shit ?
you people make service look like some sort of achievement
>wasted dubs
maybe the thread that died had reached the bump limit & had a civilized, on-topic discussion ongoing when it died?
...Who am I kidding, this is Jow Forums, it was probably some autist's rant about an obscure topic that lasted a couple posts before getting derailed by a Jow Forumsack going on a rant of their own about how the OP is [political stance/an ethnic or sexual minority/all three] & everyone who doesn't agree 100% with them is a Jow Forumsack themselves...
That's dumb also why not carry a weapon that's practical like a sword why does it have to be special to there culture are you a sjw guy why not use something practical dude
Sjw are just another type of racism I would use a European sword over the katana I am asain cos I like connan the barberian
You sure you won't like a traditional Mongolian Khan-era sabre?
>longsword
>light
>Not tomahawks
I don't think the actual Indians would like that
how about a rapier or a smallsword?
Oh fucking great, another thing weighing down the kit of the infantryman and the military never taking the time to train people on how to actually use the goddamn things
No
>rapier
>'light'
No. Puukko is fine.
I could see that, spanish legionaires charging with a rappier and a dagger into battle
>Longsword
>Heavy
> Jian and katana
> battlefield weapons
Please cut your own throat with either of the above
No
to be fair they have been used on battlefields quite a lot
why not use a sword instead of a battle knife for melee?
> ywn get a bayonet kill
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> A soldier who led a bayonet charge across 260ft of open ground through Taliban gunfire has been given the Military Cross
>Should soldiers be given lightweight close-combat weapons traditional to their region/culture?
That's fucking stupid, use your standard entrenching tool.
Also, that's what bayonets are for.
Because nobody uses a knife for melee either. We invented this thing called a gun that’s a lot better.
checkmate
double-checkmate
Gamers.............
>Be 'Merican
>Texan 'Merican
So badically I would use what we use already, but with a wooden grip and some cheesey saying carved into it like "John Wayne's Revenge?"
I could dig it.
That's mean :(
>Post photo from tumbler with the file name still in it
Come on you are asking to get bullied.
The Chinese standard issue war sword is the Dao. There are two words for "sword" in Chinese. A "jian" is a sword with two sharp edges. Requires too much skill to use to be an effective standard weapon.
The samurai primarily uses a lance and a bow on the battlefield.
Axe, puukko or leuku.
Leuku for laplanders.
Even if I came here directly from /lgbt/ I couldn't have seen anything that gay in a while
>longsword
>long
He didn't say native.
You'd get a sick ass bowie though.
EN GAAARDE
I guess it takes a faggot to derive something homosexual from the picture in OP
Stop trying to advertise battlefield five faggot.
You can draw a knife much faster.
>tomahawks
You mean muskets?
Nigga nobody charged into battle with a dagger and a rapier. It's always farming equipment, or for proff armies a spear, and if they're rich side weapons such as swords.
I don't mean the picture, but his idea
>>Macuahuitl for everyone in Central America
The Frogs would get trowing axes, cool!
yeah sure, they can use throwing knives to kill people 1km away.
I'd be more worried about the length bumping in to things.
Hardly that, old chap!.
Depending on ones class, one either uses a cricket bat or a half-brick.
For the ladies, a field hockey stick is more appropriate.
Tomahawks weren't invented by Indians, they were traded to them and then saw widespread use among both settlers and natives. They came from European traders.
Nah, American melee weapon is their personal CCW piece.
The great thing about the Philippine army in this regard is that they're using traditional Filipino bladed weapons to this day. Largely because most of them were designed by Pre-colonial Flips to double as survival knives and machetes as well as fighting weapons.
see
Original steel tomahawks were the evolution of french tension-fit throwing axes like
If youd trust a triangle folder as a weapon you're a fool. Ive seen 3 in one day break just digging in soft ground.
>Forks for the Americans
Very funny, but I'd be down with the Marine Corps having pitch-forks.
Tossing hadjis like hay
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Only the ones who are not pussies
Why is that guy holding a double bitted woodsman axe?
If 2-3lbs is heavy for you, you might need to hit the gym. Or a woman.
Natives made stone versions of those long before.
>he hasn't seen the "actually traffic goes down in the summers" cap
some kind of ceremony obviously