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Old 28th October 2020, 09:04 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by drdavid
In terms of being an effective weapon I'm afraid this is probably not long enough. My understanding is that 200 mm (8 inches) was determined, by the British military when developing the Mark 4 bayonet, to be the length required to reliably cause lethal damage to an opponent wearing full winter battle dress. Mind you I would still not like to be poked hard in a soft bit by this little punal
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Winter BDU in the southern Philippines consists of an extra cotton shirt under the Malong, at night.
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