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Anyone carry a Becker knife in combat?

I know there are a few guys here that have. It would be cool to see pics of em in combat. Even cooler would be to see one on the news being carried by a soldier. Thanks for your service guys.
 
murph has, to be sure.

thanks for your service too :) bastid :)
 
As someone who flew thousands of men into combat over 30+ years, I can tell you that it was very, very rare to see a large fixed blade knife being carried by anyone.
 
The BK77 was a great field knife. I did carry a few other knives to test during my 2nd deployment in the infantry. The only knife I felt was a better war knife/weapon was the real 3/8" thick Kurkri carried by the British Gurkha's that we did missions with. My BK77 was no match for it nor would a Becker BK4 Machax IMOO. Those 4 foot 11 inch British trained Nepalese are some of the nicest and toughest little bastards in the World.:thumbup: It was my pleasure to work with them. We who live outside of the wire were all dual carry....rifle/pistol (M4/M9), except the Gurkha's who carry the British Rifle/Kurkri.

The one knife that surprised me was the Glock 81 sawback Field knife. Not the greatest knife, but what a great deal at only 7oz to the Infantry Soldier's load (back):eek:.
 
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Thank you for your service, AW.

I know of quite a few folks that sported a BKT into combat, most of which are not members here.

Glad you made it home.

Moose
 
Thanks so much for your service, AW. Your sacrifice goes a long way.

Murph should pop in here soon, to show you what he carried.

MKK
 
I've carried a Kabar next gen bowie, sog recon bowie, blackhawk beshara xsf-1, but i always find I go back to the issued m7. The Beckers were a bit too heavy for my taste, after all the other gear that you have to carry. Plus noting says that you mean business more than a fixed bayonet
 
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