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2021-05-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian border guards caught men walking from Lugansk with fencing rapiers through minefields

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Posted by badanov 2021-05-11 00:02|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The Noble Art is alive in Ukraine?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-11 01:12|| 2021-05-11 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 The arme blanche retains its popularity in warfare.

Posted by magpie 2021-05-11 01:36|| 2021-05-11 01:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Incidentally, a fencing foil weights (approx) a pound. So 2200 fencing foils are (a bit) more than two men can carry.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-11 02:20|| 2021-05-11 02:20|| Front Page Top

#4 2,000 foils

Perhaps they overestimated the number of saberists and epeeists at the fencing tournament?

Posted by Ebbavilet Ghibelline6490 2021-05-11 02:29|| 2021-05-11 02:29|| Front Page Top

#5 ...An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-05-11 06:07|| 2021-05-11 06:07|| Front Page Top

#6 actually, an epee might be a good tool for probing for mines...... don't do any fleches, though.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-05-11 07:39|| 2021-05-11 07:39|| Front Page Top

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