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V-42 stiletto

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The V-42 is an American fighting knife first issued in 1942 to the First Special Service Force, the joint American Canadian commando unit known as the Devil's Brigade. Based on the Fairbairn-Sykes design, it used a distinctive double hollow ground blade meant for penetration, reportedly able to punch through a steel helmet and its liner with a single thrust, and a thumb groove on the ricasso helped the user hold the blade flat for both slashing and stabbing. W. R. Case and Sons Cutlery Company manufactured about 3,000 of the knives during the war, and only members of the unit's combat echelon received their own issued blade. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Fighting knife 1
Introduced Year
1942 1
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1
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Used In

World War II, Wars
Source Wikipedia: V-42 stiletto
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1. Wikipedia: V-42 stiletto
  • 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.
  • Wikipedia article text
    First issued in 1942, the V-42 was the standard-issue fighting knife of the FSSF
  • Introduction
    is an American fighting knife first issued in 1942 to the First Special Service Force
  • Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
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Wikidata: V-42 stiletto
Wikidata Q7905649, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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