Fairbairn and Applegate: The Fathers of Modern Close-Quarters Combat
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- We pay homage to William Fairbairn and Rex Applegate - the fathers of modern close-quarters combat - by delving into their history and highlighting one of their innovative weapons. The Smatchet was a unique knife that had an intimidating appearance and was deadly in the hands of the OSS agents who used it.
Click here to see the Boker Applegate Limited Edition Smatchet: bit.ly/3a2dWD3
Discontinued model: kcoti.com/1WR8p6p
i love you and miss you grandpa ..I wish you were still alive Col. Rex
Rip grandfather Col Rex Applegate I miss you
Col. Rex Applegate personally supervised 40,000 +operations behind enemy lines during WW2also was Roosevelt and Churchill bodyguard at different times in the 60s he developed swat team tactics and sky marshal tactics and equipment served as CIA instructor for 40+yrs
Yes he was the Colonel.
Dennis im lishas child sister of shannon up in yoncalla where My grandpa was born. How are you?? Have you been to yoncalla
And riot training he and F&S set up, the army provost marshal taught me a good deal of techniques i later found out originated from them. That was late 90s Norway btw , Ill post a link to a episode i found that has part of the Colonels museum .
@@dannylizgarciaapplegate7306 sorry it took so long to respond health issues, my father was named Jess Willard Applegate born in Marion Il. serve with Patton in 3rd Army and was a pow of Germany captured in the battle of the bulge. His grandfather was Jess. As you know he was one of the three brothers that open the Oregon trail .I've been to Eugene . It must be in the genes as I was a LEO then bodyguard, K9 Sgt for an International Maritime drug Interdiction task force, did serious riot work enforcing Federal Labor law , and was second in command of a 625 man Spec Ops group, then did a stint with the SAS training bomb dogs after 911 for Homeland and TSA.
My last work was done with Col Joe Evan's (Delta force) providing security for Gen Wesley Clark (NATO COMMANDER) during his presidential campaign. Hard name to live up to but I've tried . Nice to hear from any family on Dads side as my folks divorced when I was young. Rex was always a great mentor if only through his teachings. I was always meaning to ride the trail from St Louis to Oregon on a Harley but after 17 reconstructive surgeries it's now not possible. God Bless hope your all doing well.
Thank you Dennis yes it is good to know more family . Are you on grandpa Rex side sorry
The colonel .
The Smatchet was based directly off of a WWI Welsh Fusillier's trench sword which in turn was based on a Celtic sword over 2000 years old.
Really not sure what they're talking about when they say it was designed to mimic the kukri. It's double edged and completely straight while a kukri is single edged with an aggressive forward cant. The smatchett looks exactly like the kind of leaf-bladed sword that was fairly common in antiquity across multiple cultures and evolved into the gladius.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiphos
Straight point for thrusting, leaf blade to add machete-like mass to the center of percussion. Certainly a time-tested design and effective against unarmored opponents, even better if they don't have shields, then a lighter, more thrust-centric design would be favored which is no doubt why the gladius evolved. Still I doubt it saw too much use in 20th century conflicts. Pretty sure most anyone would prefer a subgun or a shotgun for close up work.
yes I am.aware Dennis . that's my mom's dad . Col. Rex Applegate is my mom's dad. my.grandma is Adela Allen . my name.is Danie Garcia Allen Applegate
I just received my AF Combat 2 from Amazon. I love the no-nonsense design and Boker did a very nice job of executing. I may look to get a Smatchet someday.
he was also a general in Mexico city . my.grandmother met him.thru embassy parties. my.moms sister lives in yoncalla Oregon
Danie Garcia Applegate Was born and raised in Yoncalla Oregon. Not a name you hear often 😂
Yes my mom. Is lisha allen Applegate my Aunt shannon up in yoncalla our family ranch is there. Think what you want Thats my moms dad. My mom was born fort sam houston in san antonio. My latest grandma carol by umpqua river
I am a Baguazhang practitioner and what I noticed from this video is the strong resemblance between the Fairbarn smatchet and the Shangai Shadow knife I train with.
And what's the Spyder hole for?
Fairbanks
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Its Bat Man & Robbin
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The Smatchet was based directly off of a WWI Welsh Fusillier's trench sword which in turn was based on a Celtic sword over 2000 years old.