What knife would you carry if fighting in Ukraine?

Dav1 said:
A "good" Knife won't do you much good. So I'd go Leatherman Wave or Surge (or at a pinch a SAK) and a Cold Steel shovel which would be far superior to a knife in close fighting but also excellent for digging (obviously) and a decent enough chopper etc...
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+1 for cold steel shovel. Sharpen the sides and it is versatile and relatively light. I would also carry a small fixed blade (eg BRK Bravo) and a victorinox multi-tool
 
sgt1372 said:
Well, the 1st thing that occurs to me is the old saying: "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight." ;)

Is there a lot of hand-to-hand combat in the war in Ukraine or would a Gerber mutli-tool do?

Assuming, of course, that you've still got a Kalashnikov and a side arm and don't need a knife to kill someone with.

Do they make bayonets for Kalashnikovs? If so, that would be my 1st choice. LOL! 🤣
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You would be surprised. From my intel (I'm from Poland, where some people are delivering gear to front lines in Ukraine), there is some use of trench melee weapon on both sides. Glock trench knife is popular. Blades have to be at least 5" to get through winter clothes. This war has a lot in common with WW1 at this stage. Someone suggested also about idea of French Nail. Cheap and deadly trench weapon.
 
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Sidehill Gouger said:
P.S. The Russian army doesn't use AK-47's anymore and and hasn't for decades.
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Also Russians: rolling out the tanks from museums for use. Not even kidding.

In the beginning of the war I sent some old SAKs and SwissTool. I hope they went to good use.
 
I guarantee what knife he has is very low on the list of things on a soldier’s mind in combat. I carried what I was issued….. Leatherman Supertool and Gerber multi tool.
 
Monofletch said:
I guarantee what knife he has is very low on the list of things on a soldier’s mind in combat. I carried what I was issued….. Leatherman Supertool and Gerber multi tool.
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I agree. This thread is bordering on the ridiculous! Sending an expensive knife to a soldier freezing in a fox hole could be considered by him to be a cruel joke. How about some warm socks?
 
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If I was there in the trenches I would trade all of the Rambo knives in the world for some warm socks lol.
If I had to pick a knife to send en masse I would say maybe a Kabar USMC or a Buck 119. Something light but large, cheap enough, durable and it would make you feel a little safer at night in your foxhole maybe. Just something simple and light for opening mre packages and cutting 550 cord. Multitools are good too. Whatever it is, it needs a belt sheath because clipped knives or SAKs will get lost.
 
Monofletch said:
Some of you guys have to think a little more practical! You might look really cool with that big ass knife anchor, but you won’t carry it long. My multi tool was all I needed, but I was a DAT.
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Good obsessions. Viet Nam era USMC friend tells of finding 6hat some marines in his platoon had dumped their Ka-Bar while out on a multi-day patrol.

However, at the time our son was a platoon leader, USMC required them to carry an issued bayonet as part of their kit of "battle-rattle". Full disclosure: Our son had an LAR unit riing in LAV-25 vehicles. Their gear was either with them inside or slung on the outside. They traveled a bit heavy along with pound bagts of French Market coffee and a twelve-cup coffee pot. At one point, the rank-and-file somehow acquired a wide screen TV and got a cable hook-up at a firm base. The LT wouldn't let it travel though.
 
VorpelSword said:
Good obsessions. Viet Nam era USMC friend tells of finding 6hat some marines in his platoon had dumped their Ka-Bar while out on a multi-day patrol.

However, at the time our son was a platoon leader, USMC required them to carry an issued bayonet as part of their kit of "battle-rattle". Full disclosure: Our son had an LAR unit riing in LAV-25 vehicles. Their gear was either with them inside or slung on the outside. They traveled a bit heavy along with pound bagts of French Market coffee and a twelve-cup coffee pot. At one point, the rank-and-file somehow acquired a wide screen TV and got a cable hook-up at a firm base. The LT wouldn't let it travel though.
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It’s funny you mentioned the coffee. I was lucky enough to be assigned to a company that developed a coffee pot for the Abrams turret. We got to field test it!!! It was the single best thing we carried! We used it more than anything!!
 
VorpelSword said:
Good obsessions. Viet Nam era USMC friend tells of finding 6hat some marines in his platoon had dumped their Ka-Bar while out on a multi-day patrol.

However, at the time our son was a platoon leader, USMC required them to carry an issued bayonet as part of their kit of "battle-rattle". Full disclosure: Our son had an LAR unit riing in LAV-25 vehicles. Their gear was either with them inside or slung on the outside. They traveled a bit heavy along with pound bagts of French Market coffee and a twelve-cup coffee pot. At one point, the rank-and-file somehow acquired a wide screen TV and got a cable hook-up at a firm base. The LT wouldn't let it travel though.
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There is always that guy that will dump essential gear to lighten his own load and then count on borrowing or using some other member of his squad's when the push comes to shove. As a LRP team leader I had to check every member of my team's packs to make sure they had a full load of ammo, claymores, radio batteries, water etc. before going out. The same goes for knives. The guy that didn't carry his own to the field could be counted to want to borrow someone else's. None of this is the mark of a good troop to have with you.
 
Sidehill Gouger said:
There is always that guy that will dump essential gear to lighten his own load and then count on borrowing or using some other member of his squad's when the push comes to shove. As a LRP team leader I had to check every member of my team's packs to make sure they had a full load of ammo, claymores, radio batteries, water etc. before going out. The same goes for knives. The guy that didn't carry his own to the field could be counted to want to borrow someone else's. None of this is the mark of a good troop to have with you.
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Those guys who are always ensuring that they come up short on actual essential kit are the ones I'd always ensure got a bit more platoon and company stores come raining in on their pack and checked to ensure that they still have it. The ones you have to check in on about shirking a full load are the ones you have to start worrying about what else they're going to screw up or try to get away with.
 
Same ones I took to Iraq and Afghanistan, Spyderco, Emerson and a Multitool.
 
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