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  • M3 Trench Knife
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  • The M3 Fighting Knife, also known as the M-3 Trench Knife was a design that was produced to be issued to US forces that were unable to utilise a rifle bayonet. They were issued to troops using Thompson, M1 Carbines, BARs and other support weapons. As a result, many were issued to Airborne and Ranger troops. In excess of 2.5 million were manufactured between 1943 and 1945
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  • 6.750000
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Name
  • M-3 Trench Knife/M3 Fighting Knife
  • US Infantry Weapons
Type
  • Knife
List
Group
  • Blades
  • Grenades
  • Machine Guns
  • Mortars
  • Shotguns
  • Submachine Guns
  • Other
  • Rifles
  • Mines
  • Sidearms
  • Anti-Tank
Title
  • Infantry Weapons of the United States Military
Manufacturer
  • *Aerial Cutlery Mfg. Co. *H. Boker & Co. *Camillus Cutlery Co. *W.R. Case & Sons *Imperial Knife Co. *Kinfolks Inc. *Pal Blade & Tool Co. *Robeson Cutlery Co. *Utica Cutlery Co.
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State
  • expanded
Total Length
  • 11.7
Style
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Year
  • 1943
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abstract
  • The M3 Fighting Knife, also known as the M-3 Trench Knife was a design that was produced to be issued to US forces that were unable to utilise a rifle bayonet. They were issued to troops using Thompson, M1 Carbines, BARs and other support weapons. As a result, many were issued to Airborne and Ranger troops. In excess of 2.5 million were manufactured between 1943 and 1945