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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP08 Apr 2023 4:45 p.m. PST

by Yoel and William


"The introduction of firearm change the way we bold apes manifesting our will upon each other; no more relying on weak human or animal muscles, the firearm driving projectile is faster, longer and deadlier than any bow, spear, or sling. While the firearm is doing good job in its intended duty, it has been and still is used as a melee weapon in certain conditions. Whether it a pointy bayonet attached at its front end or savagely butt-stroking by its rear side, there is still a great deal of options to do without aiming and squeezing the trigger of your firearm. In this article of the continuing FWS Armory serial, we'll be diving into the world of firearms being used as a melee weapon!


As a FWS contributor author, I'm more or less bound to neutrality representing topics and weapons, and not siding with one nationality or another. In this FWS Armory article you may notice the disproportion representation of Israeli-made weapons and concepts. I don't know whether my homeland is indeed leading in the field of guns' melee usage or simply my knowledge about Israeli arsenal is wider than that of the foreign goods… but anyway, it isn't my intent to steal some nation's thunder or toot one's own horn…"

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