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- French_Nail abstract "The French Nail were locally-fabricated and converted bayonets, knives and stabbing weapons for use in the first world war. These were crude stabbing spikes made by adding a point to a steel stake which had its rearmost section heated and bent into a crude handle.A more elegant form of the weapon was the introduction of the Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel M1886/14. Approved as a standard military infantry weapon after its development by Lt. Col. Coutrot of the French Army, the Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel consisted of a long, needle-pointed, stiletto-profile blade with wood handle and an integrated knuckle guard made of steel. Originally a conversion of the French Épée-Baïonnette Modèle 1886 (bayonet), and designed strictly as an offensive weapon, the Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel used a section of the M1886 Lebel' long, narrow stiletto-type cruciform blade, designed to quickly kill a surprised enemy soldier with a single deep thrust. Up to three trench knives could be constructed from a single M1886 Lebel bayonet.Because French industry was working under wartime conditions with numerous material shortages, often using subcontracted labor, even officially-sanctioned French Army trench knives tend to vary significantly from knife to knife. The need for knives was so great that already-understrength French Army formations were forced to demobilize hundreds of former cutlery workers so that they could return to their former jobs and begin quantity production of trench knives for the armed forces. As the war went on, newer and more versatile blade-type trench knife patterns such as the double-edged dagger Couteau Poignard Mle 1916 dit Le Vengeur began to replace the French Nail and earlier stiletto-style trench knives. The French lead in trench knife development was closely followed by the United States, which introduced three successive trench knife models - the M1917, M1918, and Mark I (1918) - all based directly or indirectly upon previous French designs.".
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- French_Nail wikiPageExternalLink m1trench.htm.
- French_Nail wikiPageID "35501803".
- French_Nail wikiPageRevisionID "588003585".
- French_Nail hasPhotoCollection French_Nail.
- French_Nail subject Category:Daggers.
- French_Nail subject Category:Military_knives.
- French_Nail subject Category:World_War_I_French_infantry_weapons.
- French_Nail subject Category:World_War_I_infantry_weapons.
- French_Nail type Artifact100021939.
- French_Nail type Cutter103154073.
- French_Nail type CuttingImplement103154446.
- French_Nail type Dagger103158885.
- French_Nail type Daggers.
- French_Nail type Device103183080.
- French_Nail type EdgeTool103265032.
- French_Nail type Implement103563967.
- French_Nail type Instrument103574816.
- French_Nail type Instrumentality103575240.
- French_Nail type Knife103623556.
- French_Nail type Knife103624134.
- French_Nail type MilitaryKnives.
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- French_Nail type Tool104451818.
- French_Nail type Weapon104565375.
- French_Nail type Whole100003553.
- French_Nail type WorldWarIFrenchInfantryWeapons.
- French_Nail type WorldWarIInfantryWeapons.
- French_Nail comment "The French Nail were locally-fabricated and converted bayonets, knives and stabbing weapons for use in the first world war. These were crude stabbing spikes made by adding a point to a steel stake which had its rearmost section heated and bent into a crude handle.A more elegant form of the weapon was the introduction of the Poignard-Baïonnette Lebel M1886/14. Approved as a standard military infantry weapon after its development by Lt. Col.".
- French_Nail label "French Nail".
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- French_Nail sameAs French_Nail.
- French_Nail wasDerivedFrom French_Nail?oldid=588003585.
- French_Nail depiction French_Nail_original_Version.jpg.
- French_Nail isPrimaryTopicOf French_Nail.