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[edit]USAF NCO sword type
[edit]What type of sword is the United States Air Force NCO sword? It is too long and narrow to be an arming sword, and too straight without a hand guard to be a saber. What do they call that? --PuzzledvegetableIs it teatime already? 03:46, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Cut and thrust sword, I think. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 04:05, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- According to this, it's a sabre. The straightforward "sword" is for the enlisted soldiers. That's according to the image on that site here. Seems fairly reliable. Matt Deres (talk) 15:15, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, the NCO sword is the sword illustrated there. NCOs are enlisted personnel. The NCO sword, as the OP said, is to straight to be a saber. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 15:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- According to this site the NCO sword is the same design as the Academy Sabre. Straight and double edged doesn't look like a sabre to me, maybe it's Patton's fault.—eric 19:19, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, the NCO sword is the sword illustrated there. NCOs are enlisted personnel. The NCO sword, as the OP said, is to straight to be a saber. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇 15:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- According to this, it's a sabre. The straightforward "sword" is for the enlisted soldiers. That's according to the image on that site here. Seems fairly reliable. Matt Deres (talk) 15:15, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
