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Edged and bladed weapons

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20: 263:(2001), p. 80: "Right at the outset trench knives were introduced by both sides during World War I, so that the common soldier was once again equipped with a knife designed primarily for combat." 62:. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing. Edged weapons contrast with 128:, are associated with the premodern age but continue to be used in modern armies. Combat knives and knife bayonets are used for 324: 289: 260: 281: 252: 165: 180: 175: 355: 350: 200: 8: 102: 320: 285: 277: 256: 248: 345: 232:
is the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc. It is also a synonym for a sword.
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might be modified to take an edge and be used as a melee weapon.
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or stealth operations and are issued as a secondary or
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Modern Battle Tactics: Address Delivered April 9, 1917
198: 144:. Improvised edged weapons were extensively used in 222:(1st ed.). Sydney: Macquarie Library. 1981. 207:Blade: The flat, cutting part of an edged weapon. 337: 245:Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World 202:A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language 228:is defined as a tool with a cutting edge. A 305:, National Service (June 1917), pp. 325, 328 46:with a cutting edge. Bladed weapons include 237: 124:Edged weapons and blades, as well as other 266: 314: 205:. London: Historical Publishing Company. 308: 295: 212: 192: 18: 338: 77:Many edged agricultural tools such as 117:– particularly as an expedient for 70:, and with pointed weapons such as 13: 14: 367: 319:. Osprey Publishing. p. 61. 276:, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 274:Bayonets: An Illustrated History 166:List of premodern combat weapons 16:Melee weapon with a cutting edge 247:, Courier Dover Publications, 1: 199:Francis Andrew March (1902). 186: 181:List of martial arts weapons 7: 317:German Stormtrooper 1914–18 159: 10: 372: 220:The Macquarie Dictionary 176:List of medieval weapons 301:Beith, Ian H. (Capt.), 292:(2004), pp. 9-10, 83-85 31: 243:Peterson, Harold L., 22: 101:, have been used as 315:Ian Drury (1995). 152:; for example, an 103:improvised weapons 32: 326:978-1-85532-372-8 290:978-0-87349-870-8 272:Brayley, Martin, 261:978-0-486-41743-1 363: 331: 330: 312: 306: 299: 293: 270: 264: 241: 235: 234: 216: 210: 209: 196: 154:entrenching tool 115:irregular forces 371: 370: 366: 365: 364: 362: 361: 360: 336: 335: 334: 327: 313: 309: 300: 296: 271: 267: 242: 238: 218: 217: 213: 197: 193: 189: 171:Lists of swords 162: 150:First World War 17: 12: 11: 5: 369: 359: 358: 353: 348: 333: 332: 325: 307: 294: 265: 236: 211: 190: 188: 185: 184: 183: 178: 173: 168: 161: 158: 146:trench warfare 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 368: 357: 356:Blade weapons 354: 352: 351:Melee weapons 349: 347: 344: 343: 341: 328: 322: 318: 311: 304: 298: 291: 287: 283: 282:0-87349-870-4 279: 275: 269: 262: 258: 254: 253:0-486-41743-3 250: 246: 240: 233: 231: 227: 221: 215: 208: 204: 203: 195: 191: 182: 179: 177: 174: 172: 169: 167: 164: 163: 157: 155: 151: 147: 143: 142:knife bayonet 139: 135: 131: 127: 122: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 64:blunt weapons 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 40:bladed weapon 37: 30: 26: 21: 316: 310: 302: 297: 273: 268: 244: 239: 229: 225: 223: 219: 214: 206: 201: 194: 138:combat knife 130:close combat 126:cold weapons 123: 95:sling blades 76: 44:melee weapon 39: 36:edged weapon 35: 33: 340:Categories 187:References 226:edge tool 107:peasantry 23:Heraldic 160:See also 83:hatchets 79:machetes 66:such as 60:bayonets 25:scimitar 346:Weapons 148:of the 134:sidearm 119:defence 111:militia 99:scythes 91:sickles 52:daggers 42:, is a 29:poleaxe 323:  288:  280:  259:  251:  97:, and 72:spears 58:, and 56:knives 48:swords 230:blade 113:, or 68:maces 38:, or 321:ISBN 286:ISBN 278:ISBN 257:ISBN 249:ISBN 140:and 87:axes 27:and 224:An 105:by 34:An 342:: 284:, 255:, 121:. 109:, 93:, 89:, 85:, 81:, 74:. 54:, 50:, 329:.

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scimitar
poleaxe
melee weapon
swords
daggers
knives
bayonets
blunt weapons
maces
spears
machetes
hatchets
axes
sickles
sling blades
scythes
improvised weapons
peasantry
militia
irregular forces
defence
cold weapons
close combat
sidearm
combat knife
knife bayonet
trench warfare
First World War
entrenching tool

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