The Ka-Bar is a combat knife adopted by the United States Marine Corps on November 23, 1942 as the Marine Corps utility knife, Mark 2. It was based on the Mark I trench knife and civilian hunting knife patterns, with a seven inch clip point blade of 1095 carbon steel, a leather washer handle, and an overall length of about 11 and seven eighths inches weighing 0.7 pounds. The Camillus Cutlery Company produced the first knives beginning January 27, 1943, and it was later made by Union Cutlery, PAL Cutlery, Robeson Cutlery and Ontario Knife Company among others. Designed as both a fighting knife and a utility tool suited to jungle warfare, the Ka-Bar has remained in United States military service from World War Two to the present, and French and Polish special forces units have also adopted it. 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 Introduced Year Classification
Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Sword / Polearm / Bladed 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Ka-Bar
Opening paragraph
Ka-Bar is the combat knife adopted in 1942 by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S. Marine Corps utility knife, Mark 2.
History section
The Marine Corps adopted the knife on 23 November 1942.
- 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.
View the SourceWikipedia: Ka-Bar
- Used In: World War II, infobox wars field: 'World War II'
- Used In: Korean War, infobox wars field: 'Korean War'
- Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
- Used In: Gulf War, infobox wars field: 'Gulf War'
- Used In: Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iraq War'
Operated By: United States Navy, Wikipedia article text
Navy became disenchanted with blade failures on the USN Mark 1 utility knife, the latter service adopted the Ka-Bar as the US Navy Utility Knife, Mark 2.
Operated By: United States Marine Corps, Wikipedia article text
Ka-Bar (; trademarked as KA-BAR) is the combat knife adopted in 1942 by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S.
View the SourceWikidata: Ka-Bar Fighting Knife
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