The parang is a single-edged, convex-bladed chopping knife used across the Malay Archipelago by Austronesian peoples, similar in role to a machete but with a heavier blade and a forward weight bias suited to the region's dense vegetation. Traditionally a jungle tool for clearing brush and making housing, furniture and tools, the parang has also served as a weapon, notably in the hands of North Borneo guerrillas resisting Japanese occupation during the Second World War. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Classification
Service Status Weapon Class Sources
1. Wikipedia: Parang (knife)
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
- Weapon class (sword-polearm-blade) is a pre-industrial/melee weapon type by its own nature per the entity's own sourced description text; not carried in current active military service.
Introduction
is a single-edged, convex-bladed chopping knife used across the Malay Archipelago by Austronesian peoples
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