The meaning of the REACH attribute on weapons

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I read the entire help menu and there is not a single mention of the REACH attribute for the sword or any other weapon that has REACH.
No information on Google either.
What's the meaning of that value?
Note: I don't know if the previous games had that attribute and if the purpose was the same, so I'm interested in the Shadowrun:Hong Kong version.
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