Is there any country with a modern army that still employs the use of swords beside ceremonial purposes? The only time in recent history I'm aware of this occurring is among Japanese officers in the Second World War, but are there other, perhaps newer examples?
Is there any country with a modern army that still employs the use of swords beside ceremonial purposes...
Gavin Robinson
Alexander Parker
Rwanda did that one time
Evan Fisher
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Daniel Baker
Rawanda..? What happened in Rawanda that warranted the use of swords?
Benjamin Johnson
Savoia Cavalleria made a successful cavalry charge in WW2 with sabers drawn against Russians at Isinbayeva.
But yes, swords are now purely cerimonial.
Jose Fisher
No you autistic fucking LARPer
also
Aaron Carter
Damn autocorrect
Isbuscenskij not Isinbayeva
William Wright
I guess only a lack of bullets
Michael Rogers
Rwandan genocide:
archive.is
I imagine the machete/farm implement repair business was pretty busy in Spring '94.
Colton Nguyen
en.wikipedia.org
>In July 1943, as commanding officer, he led 2 Commando from their landing site at Catania in Sicily with his trademark Scottish broadsword slung around his waist, a longbow and arrows around his neck and his bagpipes under his arm,[18] which he also did in the landings at Salerno.
>Churchill later walked back to the town to retrieve his sword, which he had lost in hand-to-hand combat with the German regiment. On his way there, he encountered a disoriented American patrol, mistakenly walking towards enemy lines. When the NCO in command of the patrol refused to turn around, Churchill told them that he was going his own way and "that he wouldn't come back for a bloody third time".[2]
Connor Walker
>carry a sword
>actually get into hand to hand combat with it
>lose the sword
He had one fucking job.
Aiden Jackson
This guy also got the last recorded kill by a longbow in war.
Jace Nguyen
No.
Adrian Johnson
>not knowing about the epic failure of UN peacekeeping, the Rwandan genocide
Quick rundown 4 u senpai
>Belgians place one group of KANGZ in power
>Belgians leave, majority of other KANGZ think the ruling tribe is too white
>proceed to genocide the rulers with machetes
>Canadian commander of the UN force, Romeo D'allair, can't do shit because of cucked ROE and most of his troops are useless Bangladeshis
Robert Scott
Not swords, but knifes shaped as our country
Zachary White
thats a nice knife desu
Colton Rivera
guess what, liberals are trying to ban it bc "is fascist"
Austin Flores
what a retarded fucking knife
Andrew Bell
>said by a country ocuppied many times by neighbour countries at war
that knife saved our ass thousands of times, have more respect little shit
Michael Myers
the japanese actually had use for it though, considering the environment/terrain. they also put bayonets on every fucking gun, even MG's.
Eli Adams
very cute ornament desu
Aaron Cooper
Actually,in modern combat a tomahawk-style axe is much more effective in close quarter man to man combat than a sword.
I dont know if there is any military that issues them,but i know that a lot of soldiers have one.
Thomas Garcia
You would not want to make friends with its business end.
Easton James
I thought it had a scope on it for a second.
Josiah Harris
If you mean conventional armies no, tech and strategy has developed to the point that swords are completely useless in combat. However, in some very heavily forested tropical islands, like in the Moluccas it is very practical to give to law enforcers/peacekeepers. Go to 5:39
Isaac Diaz
Looks like small falx or a huge srbosjek. Any knife experts can tell me what's the purpose of this shape?
Christian Perez
This is always funny to me, because sticking with a lifting program cultivates inner strength way better than whatever this fag would be doing.
Matthew Carter
You're not a country, Texas.