What? I’d understand if it was a pistol or even just a club to the head, but a knife? Really? That’s what you chose to instantly kill someone before they know it?
What? I’d understand if it was a pistol or even just a club to the head, but a knife? Really? That’s what you chose to instantly kill someone before they know it?
When you want to keep it quick and quiet it is hard to beat a knife
When you want to keep it quick and quiet it is hard to beat a knife
No, it’s actually quite terrible in both regards, video game insta-kill knives notwithstanding. It either takes six good hits to the chest, all the while struggling with the target and creating one hell of a mess, or a hard to line up stab between the first vertebrae and the skull to sever the spinal column from the brain. The first isn’t that quiet or quick and the second is finicky at best. At that range, why not just dome them with a silenced .22lr pistol like the Welrod or a Ruger? Hell, a garrotte would be better than a knife, you’ve still got a struggle but there’s almost nothing the victim can do except gasp for air. My point is that knives are the meme weapon of stealth that should never be considered unless they are literally the ONLY THING you have on hand.
No, it’s actually quite terrible in both regards, video game insta-kill knives notwithstanding. It either takes six good hits to the chest, all the while struggling with the target and creating one hell of a mess, or a hard to line up stab between the first vertebrae and the skull to sever the spinal column from the brain. The first isn’t that quiet or quick and the second is finicky at best. At that range, why not just dome them with a silenced .22lr pistol like the Welrod or a Ruger? Hell, a garrotte would be better than a knife, you’ve still got a struggle but there’s almost nothing the victim can do except gasp for air. My point is that knives are the meme weapon of stealth that should never be considered unless they are literally the ONLY THING you have on hand.
SAS Commandos used knives, period. If you are properly trained and know how to use them, they're effective for a fast, silent kill. Remember, they were used to execute the enemy soldiers, not fight them. A direct stab to the heart with a long stiletto style knife (between the 4th and 5th left ribs), the upper central abdominal area below the sternum (where large vessels are located) or any of both temporal areas of the skull (in the temples, between the eye and upper part of the ear, where the bone is thinner) as well as the good old cuttroat (throat-slashing) are lethal almost instantly.
No, it’s actually quite terrible in both regards, video game insta-kill knives notwithstanding. It either takes six good hits to the chest, all the while struggling with the target and creating one hell of a mess, or a hard to line up stab between the first vertebrae and the skull to sever the spinal column from the brain. The first isn’t that quiet or quick and the second is finicky at best. At that range, why not just dome them with a silenced .22lr pistol like the Welrod or a Ruger? Hell, a garrotte would be better than a knife, you’ve still got a struggle but there’s almost nothing the victim can do except gasp for air. My point is that knives are the meme weapon of stealth that should never be considered unless they are literally the ONLY THING you have on hand.
Ruger was founded in 1949 and as best I can find the lowest-caliber Welrod was chambered for .32 ACP, besides which a .22 would have the same issues as a knife as far as needing precision to kill instantly. You're exactly right that a knife is only silent if you get it right the first time, but A: it's a tool that's useful for things other than stealthy kills as well and thus a better use of a human's limited carrying capacity, and B: the SAS trained like madmen so that they would get it right the first time.
If you notice it, you can see that in the afterlife the Italian girl's pasta is severed right at the level of her neck. I bet the SAS girl went for the throat...
A club is quite big, long, cumbersome, heavy and requires lots of strength to be lethal.
Not necessarily, just give it a good steel head with flanges. Sure you may have to hit multiple times to be sure they're dead, but knocking them out by the first hit will ensure they don't get to screaming and alerting their colleagues.
