This trench club is one in a wide variety of designs cludged together to be used in trench raids during the first world war.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      109 months ago

      This example I believe the gear was a part made specifically for clubs. But other designs were more improvised.

      During the First World War all armies employed clubs for the purpose of trench raiding. This British trench club was made by sliding a special flanged metal head onto the standard entrenching tool handle. The head was designed and produced by the Royal Engineers of Second Army Workshops, from 1915 onwards. They are described in ‘Work of the RE in the European War, 1914-19’ as ‘knobkerries’.

      https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30001725

      • @[email protected]
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        99 months ago

        ‘knobkerries’

        I misread this repeatedly as ‘knockberries’ lol

        man that would fucking hurt to be knocked with.

        • @xor
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          59 months ago

          knot if they hit you in the head

          • @[email protected]
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            39 months ago

            no I’m pretty sure getting knocked in the head or the berries would really ruin your day.

            but tell you what, we’ll let you demonstrate each tactic on your berries for the group so we can all evaluate.

            • @xor
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              29 months ago

              i mean it wouldn’t hurt because youd be knocked out and die before you felt the pain…

                • @xor
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                  39 months ago

                  yep… you do realize i was making a joke, right?