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In "All Quiet on the Western Front" the soldiers avoid using bayonets with saws on one side as soldiers who are captured with one are often executed on the spot, or even tortured for their use of the weapon. Were there other similar examples of weapons being avoided for their brutality?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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