I knew that various WWII special forces carried daggers or stilettos, such as the famous Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, but the type of stiletto with which the above-shown, er, soldiers are equiped aren’t a particular weapon category with which I was previously familiar. The closest equivalent I can think of is Betty Grable’s legs, photographs of which boosted the morale of American GIs in WWII to such an extent that they probably had a significant impact on the course of the war. I think that at one point 20th Century Fox went so far as to insure her legs for 1 million IPCs…um, I mean dollars.
The famous Panther tank gets a reboot
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBA5tQsDbE
Fyi. German arms manufacturer Rheinmetal introduced it earlier this year.
I thought some of you might enjoy this. :-)
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@elrood nice . Something with a history to protect you from Russia.
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@witt although the naming was criticized for implications to Nazi Germany and atrocitoes of the Wehrmacht (something we do not like to glorify in any way)
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@elrood shame it wasn’t called Tiger! Although, that scared the Allies , more than the Russians.
Panther is a good name. -
‘Panther’ seems a logical successor to the preceding ‘Leopard’, but as far as animals are concerned, ‘panther’ isn’t a separate species - it’s a term often used for black leopards. And the official Latin names of all the big cats start with Panthera, including Panthera tigris. So from that perspective, a Tiger is a Panther.
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