Blankvåben

Et blankvåben,^[1] er et nærkampsvåben med en skærende klinge.^[2] Blankvåben omfatter sværd, daggerter, og bajonetter. Blankvåben bruges til at skære, hugge eller støde. Blankvåben står i kontrast til bluntvåben, som stridskøller og stødvåben som spyd.

Mange landbrugsredskaber med klinger, som macheter, økser, høtyve, segl, og leer har været brugt som improviserede våben af bønder, militser - særligt i forbindelse med selvforsvar.

Blankvåben og klinger associeres med fortiden, men bruges fortsat i moderne militær. Kampknive og bajonetter til nærkamp eller missioner, der skal foregå i stilhed, og bæres som et sekundært våben eller sidevåben.^[3] Moderne bajonetter anvendes ofte både som kampkniv og bajonet.^[4] Improviserede blankvåben blev i stort omfang brugt i skyttegravene under første verdenskrig Her kunne bl.a. feltspader bruges direkte eller let modificerede, som et simpelt nærkampsvåben.^[5]^[6]

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Referencer redigér

^ Francis Andrew March (1902). A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language. London: Historical Publishing Company. Blade: The flat, cutting part of an edged weapon.
^ The Macquarie Dictionary (1st udgave). Sydney: Macquarie Library. 1981. An edge tool is defined as a tool with a cutting edge. A blade is the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc. It is also a synonym for a sword.
^ Peterson, Harold L., Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-41743-3, ISBN 978-0-486-41743-1 (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."
^ Brayley, Martin, Bayonets: An Illustrated History, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, ISBN 0-87349-870-4, ISBN 978-0-87349-870-8 (2004), pp. 9-10, 83-85
^ Beith, Ian H. (Capt.), Modern Battle Tactics: Address Delivered April 9, 1917, National Service (June 1917), pp. 325, 328
^ Ian Drury (1995). German Stormtrooper 1914–18. Osprey Publishing. s. 61. ISBN 978-1-85532-372-8.

[March1902-1] Francis Andrew March (1902). A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language. London: Historical Publishing Company. Blade: The flat, cutting part of an edged weapon.

[Macquarie-2] The Macquarie Dictionary (1st udgave). Sydney: Macquarie Library. 1981. An edge tool is defined as a tool with a cutting edge. A blade is the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc. It is also a synonym for a sword.

[Peterson2001-3] Peterson, Harold L., Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World, Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-41743-3, ISBN 978-0-486-41743-1 (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."

[Brayley2004-4] Brayley, Martin, Bayonets: An Illustrated History, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, ISBN 0-87349-870-4, ISBN 978-0-87349-870-8 (2004), pp. 9-10, 83-85

[Beith1917-5] Beith, Ian H. (Capt.), Modern Battle Tactics: Address Delivered April 9, 1917, National Service (June 1917), pp. 325, 328

[Drury1995-6] Ian Drury (1995). German Stormtrooper 1914–18. Osprey Publishing. s. 61. ISBN 978-1-85532-372-8.

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