Myanmar Army

[KraVseR]

Modern myanmar soldier use dha? What cold weapons used by Myanmar Army also?

[Nathaniel]

Basic bush/ jungle utility knife...good for clearing jungle vegetation, cooking or constructions tasks. Usually each house will have one.

[KraVseR]

And how it is called? Not dha?

[Nathaniel]

Oh, it is a dha, I just didn't use the Burmese word...I was just describing how this is a very common machete/bush length knife.

Dha = single edge blade/ Knife...similar as in Chinese, Dao = single edge blade

http://dharesearch.bowditch.us/GlossaryFrame1Source1.htm

dha: (Thai/Shan/Lao/Burmese) blade, or knife (also, dah).

dha-lhut: (Burmese) dha-shay worn without a scabbard (lit. "loose/free dha"); in the past, not all soldiers were well-equipt, and some were armed only with a dha without a scabbard.

dha-hmyaung: (Burmese) dagger.

dha-lwe: (Burmese) dha-shay worn in a scabbard, over the shoulder.

dha-ma: (Burmese) chopper, cleaver.

dha-mauk: (Burmese) paring knife, utility knife.

dha-shay: (Burmese) long dha, curved sword

[Nathaniel]

Many people will have these for some backyard pruning. I've used mine to trim up some smaller branches and it works quite well. I've even used them on 2-3 inch softwood limbs without much problem.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5163

[Nathaniel]

Not to get too political...but here you can also see Burmese police/military also using cane shield, and club (or dha?) on protesters... :(