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Miltary contracting is a complete pain in the butt. They are in another world. Too many interested parties, too many watching their backs, few decision makers and a whole lot of outmoded views. Often than not they would be better to take stuff off the shelf and see if it works. If it does then buy some more, if not try another source. If I was a small manufacturer I wouldn't even bother trying.
This Seals test did the rounds and as I remember nobody got anything much out of it other than some heartache. The last person I would want to test a piece of equipment is a soldier. There are a lot of soldiers out there. The ones who might know a thing or two about a certain piece of equipment wouldn't be asked. Have a highly trained grunt test it and you will not get the results you want or a fair assesment. Worse still have the final decision made by a retiring General and a system that takes five years to decide on what type of drawing pin should be used and any idea of rational purchasing is out of the window.
The bottom line is that the political/military aim is to turn a civi into a fighting soldier in less than thirty weeks. Equip him to fight and function on the battlefield. Most importantly, have enough citizens that have some military training if the worse happened. In the case of special forces, they are but a small but useful (expensive in resourses) part of an Army. Knives therefore are irrelevant.
This Seals test did the rounds and as I remember nobody got anything much out of it other than some heartache. The last person I would want to test a piece of equipment is a soldier. There are a lot of soldiers out there. The ones who might know a thing or two about a certain piece of equipment wouldn't be asked. Have a highly trained grunt test it and you will not get the results you want or a fair assesment. Worse still have the final decision made by a retiring General and a system that takes five years to decide on what type of drawing pin should be used and any idea of rational purchasing is out of the window.
The bottom line is that the political/military aim is to turn a civi into a fighting soldier in less than thirty weeks. Equip him to fight and function on the battlefield. Most importantly, have enough citizens that have some military training if the worse happened. In the case of special forces, they are but a small but useful (expensive in resourses) part of an Army. Knives therefore are irrelevant.
