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Thread ID: 16763 | Posts: 7 | Started: 2005-02-14
2005-02-14 19:26 | User Profile
Has any one considered the entrenching tool as a weapon? The reason I ask is that it has been used by troops in the past as a weapon, with great effect. From what I understand the Russian Spetznaz train with it as a weapon. It makes a great addition to one's back-pack or 72 hour kit, and is considered benign by most law enforcement.:thumbsup:
2005-02-14 19:54 | User Profile
I can see how getting hit with one might smart a bit.
[img]http://www.imsplus.com/images/3tool.jpg[/img]
2005-02-14 20:52 | User Profile
Yes. The e-tool the military uses have a serrated edge on one side that is fairly sharp. The edge on the other side will take an edge as well. I have used it to cut camoflage and small trees and I can easily see the use of such a tool as a weapon.
2005-02-15 02:02 | User Profile
Why do you think is called "entrenching tool"? it comes from trenches in WWI, it was the favorite weapon of the time.
2005-02-15 08:11 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Why do you think is called "entrenching tool"? it comes from trenches in WWI, it was the favorite weapon of the time.[/QUOTE] I think it's called an "entrenching tool" because it's used to dig trenches, not because of its value as a weapon. :)
Still, I can see it coming in handy as a last-ditch (no pun intended) weapon. I think you'd have to hit someone in his unprotected head, neck, or spine with it for it to have much of an effect, though -- especially if the edge isn't razor-sharp. But if you hit someone in the head with the edge of that thing, you're going to give them a serious skull fracture at the very least, even if the edge is dull.
Incidentally, I have a Glock entrenching tool, and I can recommend it highly -- not necessarily as a weapon, but as a durable, handy tool for camping and other "outdoorsy" stuff.
BTW: Welcome to OD, Excavator!
2005-02-15 10:05 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Ponce]Why do you think is called "entrenching tool"? it comes from trenches in WWI, it was the favorite weapon of the time.[/QUOTE]
Surely guns were more popular
2005-02-17 02:30 | User Profile
i prefer a cherokee tomahawk ;)