Incoming Posted April 9, 2001 Share Posted April 9, 2001 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/04/09/international1416EDT0592.DTL Swiss Army Bicycle Brigade is being cut as part of army reform. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted April 9, 2001 Share Posted April 9, 2001 Bicycles? :confused: I thought they were equipped with Swiss Army knives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimShady Posted April 9, 2001 Share Posted April 9, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kurtz: Bicycles? :confused: I thought they were equipped with Swiss Army knives!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well shouldn't a Swiss Army Knife be able to do everything? LimShady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted April 9, 2001 Share Posted April 9, 2001 You've gotta admire an army that issues a knife with a corkscrew to its troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted April 9, 2001 Share Posted April 9, 2001 And a toothpick. Remember, good oral hygiene is important! MrSpkr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted April 10, 2001 Share Posted April 10, 2001 What? Oh God, next they'll do away with the horses!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted April 10, 2001 Share Posted April 10, 2001 I don't think I want to run into these bicyclists... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>The current seven-gear model has attachments for machine guns, bazookas, grenade launchers and basic army kits, and can carry up to 330 pounds, including the rider. The bike weighs 48 pounds. It can travel 37 mph downhill, as demonstrated by the recruits who whiz through the central Swiss countryside, oblivious to slippery roads.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig Posted April 10, 2001 Share Posted April 10, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 109 Gustav: You've gotta admire an army that issues a knife with a corkscrew to its troops.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tsktsktsk, time to correct some information concerning this Überweapon As some former US president said: read-my-lips: NO CORKSCREW on the army knife issued as part of the swiss military equipement! The knife looks all metal (and not red) with a little swiss flag on one side. It has only 4 moving parts: one regular blade, one funny blade to open cans, one screwdriver blade (doubling as wire cutter and lid opener) and one pointy thing to perforate (mostly your finger). That's all. Oh, forgot: it also has a hole on one side where you can put a string. This was then used in the old days of rifle grenades as a plumb line (sp?) when firing indirect. Another thing about the Überweapon: some blade combinations where specially designed to help dismantling the former swiss army assault rifle (Stgw57). And just to kill a persistant rumor (mostly created for marketing purpose I suspect): there is *no* special officer knife. Hope you all feel better now that you have had access to this classified information Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted April 10, 2001 Share Posted April 10, 2001 Very interesting about the knife. Very sad about the bikes. Now we can get on with life. Hey! A limerick/haiku combination. I think I'll move this topic to the general forum. That lousy attempt at poetry was the final straw. Deputy Moderator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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