What CQC weapons are authorized for Sergeants to carry?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:30:43 -0500

Does anyone know if Sergeants are authorized to carry Tomahawks?

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2020 8:39 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:39:13 -0500

Why are you asking this question here? Do you think any answer here would carry any weight in your unit? Why are you not asking your leadership or looking it up since you are a Sergeant?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 9 at 2020 8:44 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:44:44 -0500

WHAT?!?

Response by SGT Robert Pryor made Feb 9 at 2020 9:32 PM

SGT Robert Pryor — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 21:32:32 -0500

Long range Tomahawk Cruise Missiles are not practical for close quarters combat. Besides, at 2,900 to 3,500 pounds with booster they aren't practical for lugging around as a personal weapon. Maybe the original question needed clarification.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Feb 10 at 2020 12:01 AM

SGM Bill Frazer — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:01:26 -0500

personally weaponry is up to the SM, provided approved bu the CoC.

Response by MSgt Michael Smith made Feb 10 at 2020 9:11 AM

MSgt Michael Smith — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:11:50 -0500

What are you going to do with a tomahawk? Sneak up and stealth-kill someone? I think you've been playing too much Read Dead Redemption.

Response by WO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 10 at 2020 10:07 AM

WO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:07:39 -0500

Assuming a joke right? Gotta be a joke, especially as S-6, unless you're planning on having to chop up some cat-5 cable in the middle of the night..

Response by SFC Melvin Brandenburg made Feb 11 at 2020 12:11 AM

SFC Melvin Brandenburg — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:11:09 -0500

If you are in the sandbox, nobody is going to care if you have one. All sorts of knives are carried around. I carried one for a while, so did others, and I was a SPC at the time. My other knife was an elk horn handled bowie knife my father who served in Vietnam made me for the deployment. Both were freaking awesome, but really not necessary. I would say unless you have some sort of mad fighting style that uses a tomahawk, it's more of a distraction.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 11 at 2020 8:12 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:12:50 -0500

Makes me think of this video:

https://youtu.be/71smGTGuSvQ

Infantry IT guy: Part 2

There's a new infantry IT guy in the office, and he's faster and more efficient. He seems to have the same type of work ethic as the last guy though...

Response by CSM Richard StCyr made Feb 11 at 2020 2:49 PM

CSM Richard StCyr — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:49:35 -0500

Had a couple of the Earth Mover NCOs who had tomahawks down range. I used to ask to see their tote and chip cards (Former Boy Scouts will get it). Seriously though what are the chances of you actually using your hatchet for CQC... pretty slim in todays environment. You will however use it pretty frequently to cut MRE banding, shrink wrap and if you get one with a war hammer on one side it can be used to pound stakes or break padlocks.

Response by SSG Paul Headlee made Sep 8 at 2020 5:55 PM

SSG Paul Headlee — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:55:04 -0400

Rank has nothing to do with it. Local policy (like the Commander looking the other way) is what drives what anyone can carry. I have one of those o.d. "Viet Nam" hawks that Cold Steel has sold in the past. Its dead weight in the field. Might as well pack some clown shoes too. A swiss army knife (one with a saw blade) is light weight and useful. Multi tools may be more useful but probably not by much. Extra socks and moleskin are useful; tomahawks not so much.