miket@brspyr1.brs.com (Mike Trout) (09/12/89)
From: miket@brspyr1.brs.com (Mike Trout) [This was originally part of Mike's article on Chad's use of trucks vs. Libya; I split it into a separate article. Everyone please note that these messages get turned into a digest as well as posted to the newsgroup, and its very helpful if you keep one topic to each message. --CDR] random@nwgpb.att.com (Dave L Pope) writes: > I once saw a movie involving a stealthy infiltration of a guarded > compound, and a large serrated edge knife was used in one scene > to stab a sentry walking on the other side of a 4' high (or so) > wall and, with a twist and a yank, jerk the body over the barrier. > It seems that similar applications could help in game-getting, > climbing, etc. Of course I have NO combat experience so this plan > may be totally unworkable. The problem with this is that while the knife may indeed allow you a good grip on the victim's body, it doesn't gain you anything in your ability to physically move the body. This is equivalent to picking up a 150-200 pound sack of sand and flinging it over the barrier. While I'm sure that there are many covert warfare types that are quite capable of doing this (you know, the guys whose biceps are as big around as a normal person's waist), the problem is in moving the body, not just getting a grip on it. You could just as easily grab the guy's collar, jacket, or whatever in your attempt to lift him up. The ideal seems like one hand on his collar and one hand grasping the knife (which you have buried in his back); still, in order to do this successfully you need to look something like Arnold Swartzenegger. There's nothing special about that knife, other than its ability to "dig in" and get a good grip. -- NSA food: Iran sells Nicaraguan drugs to White House through CIA, SOD & NRO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Michael Trout (miket@brspyr1)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRS Information Technologies, 1200 Rt. 7, Latham, N.Y. 12110 (518) 783-1161 "God forbid we should ever be 20 years without...a rebellion." Thomas Jefferson