Knives/daggers in the Twilight War

[B.T.]

In the last days I searched the forum for infos on knifes and daggers. And this was a little disapointing. We have threats on all kind of weapons. We even have threats, in which the board members can choose their most liked vehicle of the Twilight War. Lots of threats on all kinds of firearms, and more than one poll. But knifes? No, not one single threat, solely dedicated to knifes/bayonets/daggers.

In wars of the past, certain knifes have become some kind of iconic item of that war. Take, for example, the Fairbain-Sykes-dagger of the British commandoes in WWII, or the Gerber Mk II and the USAAF-survival-knife M1963 from the Vietnam-era. And lets not forget about the KA-BAR of the US Marines and the kukhri of the Ghurkas, seen on many theatres worldwide in more than one conflict.

The character-generation-chapter of the T2k rules (at least in Ver.2.n) says, every soldier receives a bayonet as part of the basic load. I've changed this a little: Players, rolling up a Marine PC, may choose, if they want to have a Bayonet, or a KA-BAR. And as I've mentioned on several occasions, I give a German character in the Bundeswehr an ACK.

Talking about bayonets: There are so many different designs. A US M9 bayonet can be used as field-knife, exactly like the ubiquitous AK-bayonets or the British L3 A1. And these, like the ACK, can be used as wire cutter.
The more dagger-like bayonets (as example the US M7 bayonet) work as weapon, but they are not as good as field-knife. And older bayonets of the spike-type are completely worseless as knife.

I'd like to know, what you think about this. Is there a knife/bayonet/dagger, that may be this iconic knife of the Twilight War? What kind of knife will be in service with some military unit? How likely is it, to find some extra-ordinary knife on the battlefield? How likely is it, that some knife will be fielded with US forces, like the "quartermaster-knifes" of WW II, omitting the bayonet? How is this handeled in other countries?

I think, a specific model could be very characteristic for certain NPCs, for example the former Westpoint-guy, now commanding one battalion of the 50th Armor Division, wearing the old Randall "All-purpose-fighter", that his Grandpa had with him in WW II and his Dad in the jungles of Vietnam. The knife of choice can put a highlight on the character.

So, any thoughts are appreciated.