Gotta do what you gotta do.
This was one-on-one survival. The idea is not to die for your flag and country, but force the other SOB to die for HIS flag and country.
Medieval knights had nothing on this fellow. Codes of “ethical” warfare be damned.
Agree 100%. I salute the man who has done what he had to do and lived to tell the tale.
See the post below yours. I have several of the East German version of that shovel. It’s very well balanced, and the blade is very hard. Excellent weapon.
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The only “ethic” of war is to win.
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