Plate 86 of 87 · Class IX, Kit & field equipment

Trench knife

A combat knife designed to kill or disable an enemy at close quarters in a trench or other confined space, developed for soldiers attacking enemy trenches in the First World War. Examples include the German Nahkampfmesser and the double-edged French Le Vengeur of 1916.

Mentioned in

• Chapter IX In the Trenches §3 No Man's Land: Patrols, Raids and Wiring Parties
• Chapter X The Machinery of War §9 Flames, Grenades, Mortars and Clubs

Sources

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_knife
• collections.royalarmouries.org/first-world-war/type/rac-narrative-155

Wikidata Q1540760