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SOG Specialty Knives, Inc. (commonly known as SOG) is an American knife and tool manufacturing company famous for their reproduction SOG Knife from the Vietnam era. [1]SOG manufactures a variety of knives other than the original military inspired designs, many designed for everyday carry (EDC).
The SOG Knife was designed for, and issued to, covert Studies and Observations Group personnel during the Vietnam War. It was unmarked and supposedly untraceable to country of origin or manufacture in order to maintain plausible deniability of covert operators in the event of their death or capture.
SOG Knife, used by U.S. armed forces; SOG Specialty Knives, US manufacturer; Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG or SOG), clandestine US special operations group 1964–1972; Spear Operations Group, an American private military company responsible for assassinations in the Yemeni Civil War
The Studies and Observations Group (also known as SOG, MACSOG, and MACV-SOG) was a top secret, joint unconventional warfare task force created on 24 January 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as a subsidiary command of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV).
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Strider Knives has manufactured modern versions of classic military designs such as the V-42 stiletto, the Marine Raider stiletto, the SOG Knife, the USMC Fighting Utility Knife, and the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. These versions have the same profile as the originals, but incorporate modern steel and materials in their designs.
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As the action arm of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, SAC/SOG conducts direct action missions such as raids, ambushes, sabotage, targeted killings [14] [15] [16] and unconventional warfare (e.g., training and leading guerrilla and military units of other countries in combat) as an irregular military force. SAC/SOG also conducts special ...