Talk:V-42 Stiletto

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Can someone please help me make this article better? I made this article, and i have a seriously hard time improving it. Im a noob at this, I have difficulty finding sources as I only got this from a documentary of the Devil's Brigade. HELP Terminator50 01:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Terminator50 UPDATE: I just wanted to say how I'm so impressed that an article i created turn out this way. Way to go guys!! Thanks for making the article great. Terminator50 (talk) 04:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rename article

FROM: V-42 combat knife TO: V-42 Stiletto

In the book - Buerlein, Robert. (2002). Allied Military Fighting Knives: And The Men Who Made Them Famous.(pg 101) Paladin Press. ISBN 1581602901 it states the following:

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The nomencalture on this quartermaster form would lead us to believe that the proper name of this knife is the "Fighting Commando Knife, Type V-42" or converting U.S. Army nomenclature into "English", "V-42 Commando Fighting Knife." Although this may be the proper name, somewhere along the way the knife started being referred to as the "V-42 Stiletto" and this what it is called today, correctly or incorrectly. Possibly the "42" stood for 1942, the year of the design and the "V" for "Victory".

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I will wait two weeks before making the MOVE to allow editors time for input and attempt to build a consensus on the correct article name. Chessy999 (talk) 15:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)