| 词条 | Trench raiding club |
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Trench raiding clubs were homemade melee weapons used by both the Allies and the Central Powers during World War I.{{Citation Needed|date=April 2016}} Clubs were used during nighttime trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers. The clubs were usually made out of wood. It was common practice to fix a metal object at the striking end (e.g. an empty Mills bomb) in order to maximize the injury inflicted. Another common design comprised a simple stave with the end drilled out and a lead weight inserted, with rows of large hobnails hammered in around its circumference. Most designs had some form of cord or leather strap at the end to wrap around the user's wrist. Bosnian soldiers serving in the Austro-Hungarian army were fond of using maces.{{Citation Needed|date=March 2019}} They were also used by officers to finish enemy soldiers wounded by poison gas attacks.{{Citation Needed|date=April 2016}} Trench clubs were manufactured in bulk by units based behind the lines. Typically, regimental carpenters and metal workers would make large numbers of the same design of club.{{Citation Needed|date=April 2016}} They were generally used along with other melee weapons such as trench knives, entrenching tools, bayonets, hatchets and pickaxe handles – backed up with revolvers and hand grenades.{{Citation Needed|date=April 2016}} In popular culture
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