Ka-Bar is the combat knife adopted in 1942 by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S. Marine Corps utility knife, Mark 2.
USMC Ka-Bar knife with leather sheath
A traditional Ka-Bar knife and leather sheath of unknown age
In USMC service in Iraq, 2005
A combat knife is a fighting knife designed for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting.
Ka-Bar
…Ka-Bar (; trademarked as KA-BAR) is the combat knife adopted in 1942 by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S. Marine Corps utility knife, Mark 2. After the United States' entry into World War II…
Soviet NR 43 Combat Knife
"KA-BAR" USMC Combat Knife, the standard U.S. Marine Corps combat knife during and after World War II
A modern KM2000 of the German Army
Glock Feldmesser FM 78 and its sheath