Interesting. If you fast forward this video clip to 1:44, the pilot is holding what looks like a 7 - 9" chopper. I don't know what he is thinking. Different strokes for different folks. https://actualidad.rt.com/actualida...upervivencia-siria-pilotos-rusia-aviones-caza
It is a 9 inch (14 inch overall) stainless steel russian machete. The russians have used this and one more design for a while now which they include in all kinds of pilot's survival kits, even on the survival kits issued for the Soyuz cosmonauts. At one point the machete doubled as the stock for the TP-82, a survival rifle/shotgun. That doesn't make sense to me, but that is how they worked it out. The Spetsnaz (russian Special Forces) use what I think is a better design, which looks like the russian version of a Woodsman's Pal, but its functionality makes it more like the russian version of a kukri. This video shows a good description of its features. [video=youtube;RqZs8QDSMA0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqZs8QDSMA0[/video]
Pretty darn cool. I had no idea. BUT it looks like that blunt tip has a chisel edge, which would slice into your arm, if you used it as a gun butt. [OK, correction: I see the attachment in that second picture, for using it as a gun butt/stock] The ice climbing function I am doubtful about. It just doesn't look stout enough. The protractor - cool. Grappling hook. I'll believe it when I see it, because it looks like it would not hold, on the top of a wall.
