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The Aircrew Survival Egress Knife or ASEK is a U.S. Army aircrew survival knife, designed and initially manufactured by the Ontario Knife Company, and entered service in 2003.〔(Army developing new aircrew survival knife )〕〔(ASEK - Aircrew Survival Egress Knife )〕 ==Development and Adoption== The ASEK replaced the "knife,hunting,survival pilots", which had a number of problems with the leather sheath and handle, the sharpening stone, and corrosion resistance. (The 1958 designed knife is still issued by US military, and is currently made by Ontario Knife. It has not been fully replaced as of 2014.) Requirements for the replacement knife, set by the United States Army Aviation Branch, included tests in: *sawing through aircraft skin and acrylic glass windows *cutting *hammering Required features included: *a point used to stab *a hand guard *durability *light weight *holes for tying the knife to a stick to act as a spear Other features, such as an electrically insulated handle, were deemed desirable, but not required. Packaged in the sheath are a special tool for cutting seat belts and a diamond impregnated sharpening disk. The ASEK, made by Ontario, was adopted after trials by United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts.〔 The US Army's Defense Supply Center purchased 11,881 Army ASEKS in 2004 and 2005 for equipping aviation life support equipment (ALSE) vests. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aircrew Survival Egress Knife」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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