SPETSNAZ BALLISTIC KNIFE FOR SALE

Spetsnaz Ballistic Knife For Sale

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A spetsnaz ballistic knife is a specialized combat knife with a detachable gas- or spring-propelled blade that can be fired to a distance of several meters by pressing a trigger or switch on the handle.

History and usage

Spetsnaz ballistic or 'firing knives' knives were manufactured by the USSR company Ostblock were supplied in large numbers to the Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) groups. Unlicensed copies of these knives appeared in the US in the early 1980s.

Spetsnaz ballistic knives were originally intended by Soviet military planners to be an improvement on teaching the skill of knife throwing as basic training to new Spetsnaz trainees. The vast numbers of men recruited into the armed forces of the Soviet Union resulted in restrictions on available training time, even for elite forces, and knife throwing required many hours of training and practice. The spetsnaz ballistic knife, which was relatively easy to operate and manufacture, required much less practice than learning to throw a knife by hand. Its primary advantage was the element of surprise. The blade can remain attached to the handle and used as a typical fixed-blade combat knife or launched as a projectile by pulling a pin and pressing a button.

In its spring-propelled form, the blade of the Ostblock knife was theoretically capable of being fired to an effective range of around 5 meters (about 16 feet) at a speed of 63 km/h (39 mph). However, since the projectile blade had no aerodynamic or gyroscopic stabilization, the blade frequently tumbled after traveling this distance. While easier to learn than the skill of knife throwing, the jarring shock caused by unleashing the expanding spring and a lack of a sighting mechanism contributed to its inaccuracy, making it advisable to close within a few feet to ensure the blade delivered a killing blow to a targeted and vulnerable area of the body. Soviet training doctrine of the day emphasized the use of the thrown knife as a silent weapon, designed to kill or incapacitate an unsuspecting opponent at just beyond grappling distance (five to six paces); the spetsnaz ballistic knife appears to fit within that tactical doctrine.

About Spetsnaz

Russian Special Purpose Forces or Spetsnaz, Specnaz  is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose". These Russian special forces can specifically refer to any elite or special purpose units under subordination of the Federal Security Service (FSB) or Internal Troops of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the units controlled by the military intelligence service GRU.

Currently, the term is used as well to describe any special purpose units or task forces of other ministries (even the Emergency Situations Ministry special rescue unit). Foreign special forces are also commonly referred to as Spetsnaz on Russian television, for example "American Spetsnaz." Spetsnaz specialists have trained the Republican Guard of Syria, Iraq and Iran and they have been involved in training other special forces units across the world.

Internal troop units of the Cheka were originally raised for internal use against counter-revolutionaries and other undesirables; the most acclaimed is the Vityaz (MVD). Today they carry the same role as gendarmerie or National Guard units in other countries.

Spetsnaz carry out reconnaissance and "social warfare" missions in "peacetime" as well as in war. The primary function of Spetsnaz troops in wartime was infiltration/insertion behind enemy lines (either in uniform or civilian clothing), usually well before hostilities were scheduled to begin and, once in place, to commit acts of sabotage (such as the destruction of vital NATO communications logistics centers) and the assassination of key government leaders and military officers. According to Vladimir Rezun, a GRU defector who used the pseudonym "Viktor Suvorov", there were 20 Spetsnaz brigades plus 41 separate companies. Thus, the total strength of Spetsnaz forces was around 30,000 troops at the time. Currently, their numbers are around 15,000.