personnel qualification standard (pqs) - I Marine Expeditionary ...

115 Weapons
Principles of Knife Fighting
The following are key principles of knife fighting:
o Execute movements with the knife blade within a box, shoulder-width
across from the neck down to the waistline.
o The opponent has a greater chance of blocking an attack if the blade is
brought in a wide, sweeping movement to the opponent.
o Close with the opponent, coming straight to the target.
o Move with the knife in straight lines.
o Point the knife’s blade tip forward and toward the opponent.
o Apply full body weight and power in each of the knife techniques.
o Full body weight should be put into the attack in the direction of the
blade’s movement (slash or thrust).
o Apply constant forward pressure with the body and blade to keep the
opponent off balance.
115.8 Discuss the safe handling procedures and use of fragmentation, riot control,
and smoke grenades.
DESCRIPTION
The hand grenade is a hand-held, hand-armed, and hand-thrown weapon. U.S.
forces use colored smoke, white smoke, riot-control, special purpose,
fragmentation, offensive, and practice hand grenades. Each grenade has a
different capability that provides the soldier with a variety of options to
successfully complete any given mission. Hand grenades give the Marine or
Sailor the ability to kill enemy soldiers and destroy enemy equipment.
Historically, the most important hand grenade has been the fragmentation
grenade, which is the Marine’s or Sailor’s personal indirect weapon system.
Offensive grenades are much less lethal than fragmentation grenades on an enemy
in the open, but they are very effective against an enemy within a confined space.
Smoke and special purpose grenades can be used to signal, screen, control crowds
or riots, start fires, or destroy equipment. Because the hand grenade is thrown by
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