Knives

[Worbah]

Does anyone use these? During the years I've played these games I remember two occasions when knives and bayonets have been useful (one was a lucky Dragunov bayonetting in BE5, the other was when I knew i'd get attacked in the bar after the Base-mission in 7.62)

I do get that they're faster than pulling a gun out at point blank range, but... Ok, you're killing the bandit leaders and their crews for the mechanic. You've got a handfull of mercs, and since you get the drop on them, you're getting your knife out. You stab guy number one, but there's more than 2 meters of distance between you and the next guy. And you get shot.

And I just realized the other day that in both games, I'll have a merc keep a throwing knife for a good portion of the game, but never use it. Can they be used from the pockets, like grenades? I'd guess not, but how far can the average merc throw a knife, how often is it a straight kill, etc. ?