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Matt · 04-21-2002, 11:24 PM

I think Tom is correct about the butterfly knife being fake, but German paratroopers did carry gravity knives. American paratroopers carried push-button (switchblade) knives, not for use as a weapon, but to cut parachute shrouds if they became tangled in tree limbs.

04-21-2002, 11:24 PM	#3
Matt User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: OT: Butterfly knife I think Tom is correct about the butterfly knife being fake, but German paratroopers did carry gravity knives. American paratroopers carried push-button (switchblade) knives, not for use as a weapon, but to cut parachute shrouds if they became tangled in tree limbs.