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1、FAIRBAIRN-SYKESCOMMANDODAGGERLEROYTHOMPSON©OspreyPublishing•www.ospreypublishing.comFAIRBAIRN-SYKESCOMMANDODAGGERLEROYTHOMPSONSeriesEditorMartinPegler©OspreyPublishing•www.ospreypublishing.comCONTENTSINTRODUCTION4DEVELOPMENT7AfightingknifefortheCommandosUSE37FightingHitlerwit
2、hcoldsteelIMPACT63TheiconofspecialforcesCONCLUSION70APPENDIX72FURTHERREADING78INDEX80©OspreyPublishing•www.ospreypublishing.comINTRODUCTIONManyfightingbladeshaveachievediconicstatusoverthecenturies.TheRomangladius,theScottishclaymore,theSaracenscimitar,andtheAmericanBowie–all
3、resonateintheimagination,andeachisforeverassociatedwiththefightingmenwhousedit.Amongmorerecentblades,nonehasachievedsuchaniconicstatusastheFairbairn-Sykes(F-S)dagger.CreatedforthenewCommandoforceduringWorldWarII,usingexperiencelearnedfromShanghaiknife-fightingexperimentsofthe
4、1930s,the“Commandodagger”wasthefightingknifeofthisnewbreedofsoldier,andforhalfacenturyithasremainedthesymbolofmilitaryelitesaroundtheworld.TheF-SdaggerwasdesignedfortheWorldWarIIBritishCommandos,arguablytheforerunnersofeverymodernspecialforcesunitfromtheRangerstotheSAS.InJune
5、1940,whentheCommandoswereformedtotakethewartotheGermans,Britainfounditselfinatenuousposition–drivenoutofEuropeandfearingGermaninvasion.Firearmswereinshortsupply,totheextentthatearlyCommandosdrewtheirThompsonsubmachinegunswhenleavingforaraidandturnedtheminupontheirreturnsothat
6、anotherCommandounitcouldusethem–woetoanymanwholosthis!AppealsevenhadtobemadetoCanadianandUSsportshooterstodonateweaponstoarmtheBritishHomeGuard.TheissuingofahandguntoeachCommandoasasecondaryweapon,acommonpracticeamongspecialforcesunitstoday,wasnotanoption.Additionally,thosebe
7、hindtheprojectwantedtoinstillaggressivenessintheCommandos,anaggressivenesswhichwouldletthemclosewiththeenemyandhelphimdiefortheReichusingcoldsteel.WhattheinstigatorsoftheCommandoprojectwantedtoseewasthesamespiritofattackwiththebladethathadallowedHighlanderstoroutIndianMutinee
8、rsatthepointofthebayonet,andthathadoftencausedanenemy4tosurrenderrat