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The kukri (English: / ˈ k ʊ k r i /) [2] or khukuri (Nepali: खुकुरी, pronounced) is a type of knife or short sword with a distinct recurve in its blade that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It serves multiple purposes as a melee weapon and also as a regular cutting/chopping tool throughout most of South Asia.
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The machete was also the most iconic weapon during the independence wars in Cuba, although it saw limited battlefield use. [14] Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, owner of the sugar refinery La Demajagua near Manzanillo, freed his slaves on 10 October 1868.
The katar was created in Southern India, [4] its earliest forms being closely associated with the 14th-century Vijayanagara Empire. [2] It may have originated with the mustika, a method of holding a dagger between the middle and index finger [5] still used in kalaripayattu and gatka today.
The Romans regarded the sica as a distinctive Illyrian weapon. The principal melee weapon of the Illyrians was the Sica. [6] According to historian John Wilkes: [7] Although a short curved sword was used by several peoples around the Mediterranean the Romans regarded the sica as a distinct Illyrian weapon used by the stealthy 'assassin' (sicarius)
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This singleness of purpose originally distinguished the fighting knife from the field knife, fighting utility knife, or in modern usage, the tactical knife. The tactical knife is a knife with one or more military features designed for use in extreme situations, which may or may not include a design capability as a fighting or combat weapon. [ 6 ]