sjs@bae.bae.bellcore.com (Steve Szymanski) (06/27/91)
From: sjs@bae.bae.bellcore.com (Steve Szymanski) If I recall from a book that I have, the Soviet special forces, Spetnaz (pardon the spelling !) include in their training, the use of a shovel as a close-in weapon. According to the book, they were quite proficient at it as well. -- Steve Szymanski Bellcore RRC-1C214 444 Hoes Lane (908)699-5026 Piscataway, NJ 08854 sjs@bae.bellcore.com
nolan@TWG.COM (Nolan Hinshaw) (06/29/91)
From: Nolan Hinshaw <nolan@TWG.COM> I learned to use a shovel in several unconventional ways while working on a ranch. After hand-to-hand combat instruction and work with a bayonnet in basic training I realized that with slight modifications the shovel techniques I learned for dealing with 6 foot high thistle and mustard would be usable against opponents without firearms. (I had this image of the Cowboy Samurai floating around in my head for several years. Too bad I didn't make a movie...) The basic idea of shovel-as-weapon is to sharpen the edge and then use a two handed grip, kinda like with a light two handed sword but with mods for the different balance and location of the cutting edge. With an appropriately balanced and sharpened digging tool and a bit of exercise and ingenuity you've got an interesting system. -- Nolan Hinshaw Internet: nolan@twg.com The Wollongong Group Dingalingnet: (415)962-7197 Piobairi Uillean, San Francisco Is mise mo drumadoir eile fein!