Help needed to identify the knife

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dvids

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I have an old, Kabar style, Camillus knife
In addition to the Camillus, NY markings it has word "Shwerpunkt" etched on the blade - looks to be a factory marking.
The word "Shwerpunkt" means "gravity point" in German, but the knife is just a regular fixed blade.
Any idea what that means?:confused:
 
Sorry guys, my bad, it is "ScHwerpunkt".
I am not sure how to place a picture here, it says that I am not allowed to place an attachment.
The knife does look like a generic ka-bar type and the word "Schwerpunkt" (see I am learning) is etched in the "blood groove" area
(big letters, like 1/2").
Thanx.
 
If you have the pic saved to a online web picture service, then just click on the square looking item in the quick reply box.
 
A WW2 term for a maneuver popularized by Erwin Rommel of the Africa Korp.
-http://www.belisarius.com/modern_business_strategy/wyly/thinking_like_marines.htm
Last used in Operation Desert Storm
-http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Swain/swain.asp

Your knife probably commemorates that 100 hour event in 1991.
 
Thanks for the info but the knife looks much older than 1991 - more like WWII or Vietnam era type
 
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