Missileer
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This was the scenario played out or faced by the allies against the Germans during Winter months. First Rangers were never less than two and sometimes more but the less men the quieter the approach. First, you shut his mouth. This is when you screw the butt cap off your knife and take enough steel wire, such as piano, with titanium grips. The shawl is usually made of loose knit wool for covering the nose and mouth. This would offer no or little resistance to a garotte. When a loop of wire is pulled tight around your neck, air can't pass over your vocal cords. With one knee in his back and the loop around his neck, you bring him into a position where the knife can be effective, his body against the ground, so the power of the thrust is against a solid surface. All thoughts of a person strangling to death is similar to drowning, all you can register is trying to pull at the neck and get some air.
Now he's down and you have a second to pick a place not covered with a flak vest, if you can't find an opening, this is where your knife design comes in. The handle is heavy stainless steel wrapped with parachute cord for a grip when bloody. The blade is made of an extremely hard stainless with tempered steel laminated on the sides for resilience. The blade is straight and about 8 inches long for control. The tip should be a traditional Japanese tanto style tip for penetration of heavy, and sometimes, armored clothing. The neck should be the first target but for a stab, not a slash, not deep enough. In dire circumstances, the back of the blade should have a japanese style saw back that cuts on the pull stroke. This will cut through almost anything a man wears.
Now he's down and you have a second to pick a place not covered with a flak vest, if you can't find an opening, this is where your knife design comes in. The handle is heavy stainless steel wrapped with parachute cord for a grip when bloody. The blade is made of an extremely hard stainless with tempered steel laminated on the sides for resilience. The blade is straight and about 8 inches long for control. The tip should be a traditional Japanese tanto style tip for penetration of heavy, and sometimes, armored clothing. The neck should be the first target but for a stab, not a slash, not deep enough. In dire circumstances, the back of the blade should have a japanese style saw back that cuts on the pull stroke. This will cut through almost anything a man wears.