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* In [[Command and Conquer Red Alert Series|Command and Conquer: Red Alert]], there are two each for the Allies and Soviets. [[Action Girl|Tanya]] and the Chronosphere for the former, [[Tank Goodness|Apocalypse Tanks]] and the Iron Curtain for the latter.
 
== OtherReal Life ==
* Boomerangs for Australian Aborigenes.
* Claymores for [[Bonnie Scotland]]
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* The flag of Mozambique sports an AK-47 with bayonet attached.
* The pike and to a lesser extent the halberd for the Swiss.
* After the Mongols [[After the End|overthrew the Rurik Princes]], [[War Refugees| Russian]]the [[Disaster Scavengers|Russian peasants]] who were [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong| surviving]] in the forest]] would hang their axes next to their icons giving them a sacred imagery. Axes are of course tools useful either for chopping wood or chopping people.
* The Spanish Navaja knife was once [[Everyone Is Armed|almost universal]]. When medieval monarchs decreed that swords must be possessed by commoners for militia use, peasants couldn't afford them so they presented their navajas to the inspectors and got a pass, presumably because they looked nasty enough to do for it'sits purpose. It got something of a reputation as an underworld weapon, similar to the switchblade in America. However some [[Blue Blood|Hildagos]] [[Knife Nut|liked them]] and there are stylized versions to be found.
* The Roma have a fighting style based on [[Improvised Weapon|scissors]].
* This is a list of the national ''knives'' of Europe, some of whom are primarily weapons and all of which can be used as weapons(if sometimes not all that effectively) http://www.knifeplanet.net/iconic-knives-in-europe/
 
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