24-03-2006, 10:46
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old memories
I already posted this before in the thread about Why no bayonets in IDF:
[QUTE=zragon13] Let me repeat that I think that a knife/bayonet should be issued primarily as a field tool.
I fully agree that bayonet/knive fighting training is a waste of time and that krav maga would be more effective, however there may be times when it could be handy as a weapon of last resorts.
In the beginning of intifada 1 my unit was sent to a village near Bet Lechem to disperse a violent riot. I was first in line and as I spotted rocks being thrown at us from behind a house I recklessly charged forward. As I turned the corner there were 5 or 6 men, masked and holding clubs & axes. I instinctively pointed my rifle and shot at the two guys nearest me.
Luckily for them (and maybe me) I had a rarnat gumi on the end and the first guy only got a stomach full of rubber bullets from a range of 2 meters.
He flew back into a stone wall and I jumped on top of him naively thinking "end of story he's under arrest"
However this guy had other ideas and started hitting me with his club. Because I was laying right on top of him, my rifle was stuck in between us and I couldn't use it. For the same reason his blows on my back were ineffective. I had no krav maga training but I tried punching him in the face again and again and even giving him a couple of naghot with the helmet on my head, but nothing worked. I guess he was in a craze from the fear/adrenaline. I was feeling that my strength was lessening.
After what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a minute, my friends came along to help and he got a serious team treatment. He continued trying to hit me for a few more seconds as if he couldn't feel anything, until suddenly, as if he woke up from a dream, he dropped the club and started screaming.
I would not put myself in such a situation today, however, the point of this story is that in a situation like that, when you unexpectedly find yourself very close to an enemy and for some reason you can't use your rifle, a knife could be a good backup.
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There was a lot of violence there that day and at least one Arab was shot with 5.56.
Another soldier had a knife thrown at him by the Arab he was chasing but he didn't shoot him-he claimed that he had a jam. I still remember the Colonel telling us at the start you guys are Golani, you know how to deal with riots....
נערך לאחרונה ע"י zragon13 בתאריך 24-03-2006 בשעה 10:49.
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