I still think the Japanese Arisaka 99 bayonet was superb. It handles a lot like a machete, with a heavy spine and a very sharp 18-inch blade. It's a very well-made piece of steel.
The British copied the Type 30 when designing the P07, seen in this vid as a repro on the SMLE. As for sharpness of the Type 30, point of fact, (pun intended), it should only have about 8" of LIGHTLY sharpened edge on the true edge. If it's exceedingly sharp, and/or sharpened all the way along its length, it was done by someone post-issue and the value is vastly decreased.
The bayonet has it's uses. Other than sticking people with it, it tells you "you are going into combat, and Combat is brutal, you never know what will happen ". It also gives you confidence. Why? Because your Country has prepared you for everything, even the possibility of hand to hand Combat. If you are prepared for that, you will be ready for anything. Scared, yes. Anyone who isn't afraid of Cold Steel piercing their flesh, is a liar and a fool.
Absolutely. Even if massed charges are largely a thing of the past, its value as a psychological weapon (bolstering for you, pant-shitting for the other bloke) is irreplaceable and it is ultimately still an option when you need it. The fact insurgents in Iraq and Taliban in Afghanistan have died at the point of a bayonet proves that much. The only thing I'd be less inclined to throw away as "useless" would be my rifle itself.
A UK infantry unit did a bayonet charge in 2004...hand to hand combat...they killed like 30 insurgents...only took 4 casualties. They were out of ammo and went Redcoat!
I personally love the Type 30 bayonets. finding a factory matching type 30 bayonet and type 38 Arisaka rifle is a great combo. its well balanced and extremely deadly.
In my opinion, a modern bayonet should be a good combat knife first, serves both as a tool and as a handheld weapon well, then the function of fixing it to the end of the barrel should be only an additional bonus. The AKM bayonet was more or less the first generation of bayonets that adopted this philosophy.
This was essentially the line of thinking coming out of ww2. The British spike bayonets weren’t favoured as they were moreso another piece of material to lug around in additional to a more utilitarian knife. The US on the other hand would spend quite a bit per knife to equip marines with Kabars and Army and others with the M3 fighting knife if not equipped with the M1 Garand bayonet. The post war M4-M7 bayonets would go on to try and make a more affordable, all purpose knife for bayonet drill, fighting, and utility purposes. The Russian bayonets would design a little more for utility purposes (see saw back and wire cutter in the video). Most of the early WW1 bayonets were so long and unwieldy as they were still produced with cavalry in mind.
I think the SKS bayonet deserves an honourable mention. While it doesn't double as a combat knife, and as a standalone bayonet it doesn't belong in the top five, it's implementation on the gun is genius, in my opinion.
Go look up the microtech jagdkommando, a spiral triangular blade spike. Some Chinese factory put that blade on a bayonet handle, completed with the M7/M9 style bayonet latch and muzzle ring. Pro, It is extremely effective in making huge bleeding holes on big animals. I don't think you can get any more deadlier than that nasty blade shape. Con, it is utterly useless for any other purpose. You can hardly open an MRE with it.
Gosh, you have the best video camera among all the firearm TH-cam reviewers! So smooth and clear. Boque is also very creamy. Video stabilization is also perfect.
In New Zealand the Lee Enfield sword bayonet was used as a pig hunting knife for many years. You basically get you dog to bail the wild boar up in a corner, then kill it with the bayonet.
Most pig hunting in NZ was done with a Lee enfeild for along time just because we had lots in surplus cause you know if you were born in NZ and male well you went to war cause that was your only way off the island at the bottom of the world. Thankfully the British empire had no shortage of wars for us to go sightseeing in and around the worlds finest trenches which were actually often dug by our legendary pioneer corps (yes the real "diggers" you australian credit theives). " Anyway we just cut them down and lightened them and boom a very effective pig gun with your own pig sticker. Lee enfields from all down the ages through all Britain's wars. I have a no4 mark 1 and i love the old thing.
I thought I would see the Type 99 Arisaka bayonet but I still like your choices. I actually own a K31 but never bought a bayonet for it. I think you motivated me to do so.
Sincerely Alex, this subject deserves a Top 10/15!!! Nobody goes there, thanks. Depending on the epoch, the bayo meant different things to different troops; for this reason the Arisaka should have made the cut. A "banzaï" charge on Guadacanal is SYNONYMOUS with this hellish device.
IIRC the pattern 1907 was modelled after the Type 30 arisaka bayonet. The british liked the design and copied it, altering it later because the hooked quillion was found to get stuck on barbed wire fast. They also added the oil hole later. If you find a real 1907 with a hooked quillion is worth quite a bit of money.
My favorite has always been the very rare nowadays American Model 1915 bolo bayonet, basically just a 15-inch-blade bolo machete with a bayonet mount and muzzle ring. They were so popular with army scouts stationed in the Philippines that when they were taken out of service the troops refused to give them up unless they were given regular bolos to replace them. My number two favorite has to be the French MAS 36 bayonet; being able to use your bayonet lug as a sheath is neat, and they look really cool when you draw and fix it in place.
Hey i just watched your bayonet video. I personally own a pre ww1 Swedish Mauser bayonet. My grandpa captured a platoon of old ww1 vets during ww2 who were guarding a bunker. They were starving and immediately surrendered. One officer traded him a bayonet that he obtained during ww1 for 2 packs of lucky strike. At some point this weapon was blued and the old bluing has turned a rich chocolate color after all these years making it a one of a kind. I'd post a picture if i could. When my grandpa gave it to me he said "this blade has killed quite a few f*@&ing nazis" two days later he shot himself in my car. Not to end on a downer but thats just part of the history of the weapon.
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I hate how people see the bayonet is out dated, and use less in modern warfare. However while we will never see the bayonet fights of he napoleonic era again, places like afghan and Iraq have proven there useful tools in the confines of urban warfare.
+Grenadier 658244-526455 (Krauss) yeah my dad meet a guy who had burn marks across his hand, because he had to grab hold and move the barrel of a Taliban fighters AK as he got a bit to close. He wasn't able the bring his weapon up to deal with it, so I'm shore you can imagine how he ended that meeting.
Considering its been since the second world war anybody has gone up against bayonet V bayonet, it really is pointless, even more so that its dangerous more to the user then anybody, and even with that singular use of bayonets in the middle east by the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Regiment.....they where unable to engage anybody WITH their bayonets and it was a downright dumbass thing to do. Do you know what you do when you are charged with bayonets in a modern military? move LMG forward, sweep left to right at hip level, if this was anybody but a insurgent force the soldiers would have been slaughtered....even back in the second world war, if you affixed your bayonet your commander was pretty much saying "I am ok with most of you dying."
+Redneck Fury well the hole concept of actually charging is out dated and useless. However if you actually read my comment you would know I'm not saying that bayonets are good in that role any more. However they are still very good for such things as room clearing and places like the afghan green zone where the enemy can jump up straight in front of you. Hell if I was a British soldier with nothing more then a bolt action number 4, doing room clearing in ww2 I'd shore as hell have my pig sticker attached. And it would be the same if I was in afghan with an SA80.
Gunfire is scary, but A well trained soldier will not route because of it. The best way for an infantryman to flush an enemy out of their position is hand to hand combat with bayonets
Swiss: Making weapons is an art... We won't fight anyways. Russians: Has to be versatile. capability > good looks Germans: We will fight and the equipment has to be as good & intimidating as ourselves. British: I have a sword... I have a rifle... *uhh!* I have a... bolt action rifle action sword... 😎
"Each nation's approach to how to poke their opponents to death.." All I could think when I heard this was the old Worms game and poking worms off cliffs.
I used to have several of those. I would go to this one "authentic' military surplus store. I say that, because the owners were about 5 military vets from world war 2 on, who sat in the back talking all day. They had mostly antique military surplus. But these bayonets, some of which were from world war 1. were in a bucket on the floor, selling for ten to twenty dollars. Later I sold one of the ten dollar ones for $80. I still have that typical world war 2 green bayonet with hard case.
Cruciform bayonets were designed specifically to deal with all forms of undead enemy. A particularly rare form is the silver x bayonet which was only issued in areas where you might encounter werewolves
I personally think the type 30 bayonet is a pretty good design as well. The non-Late-War models had a quillion to catch enemy bayonets in a bayonet fight, plus it had a length of the SMLE's bayonet. They were also made by Toyoda, which is pretty interesting as well
My dad has a Japanese airisaka rifle with a bayonet. That thing is ridiculously heavy and long. I can't imagine a small, malnourished Japanese kid wielding a 7 foot rifle/bayonet and being effective with it.
I thought the "butcher blade" only referred to the sawbacked bayonet used by German engineer units. Forgotten weapons did a video and apparently they are surprisingly good at cutting wood when fixed on the end of a rifle.
The best and sharpest bayonet way the Number 5 bayonet for the Number four Lee Enfield Mark 2. I served in the Irish Reserve and in the early 1980s we still used the Number 4 and the Number 5 bayonet had a scabbard with inbuilt sharpening stones on either side, so that each time you insert or withdraw the bayonet you are sharpening it and giving one hell of a sharp edge and point! I remember on on occasion a fellow comrade while standing at ease putting the point of the bayonet through his tunic sleeve as we were doing a final dress rehearsal for a Presidential Guard of Honour. Luckily he didn't impale himself😂😮
The underswinging M44 Mosin Bayonet is worth a mention - as it is quick to put up or take down while being inseparable from the gun (if you have a post WW1 Mosin M98 you likely have to use a hammer to get the long cruciform spike bayonet on or off - because if it was easy to do, soldiers would take them off and loose them). Another fun note are the examples of spike bayonets with the points twisted into hooks - some for use as a cooking tool and some, rather morbidly, for pulling bodies out from under hedges - as the wounded would often crawl under them and die. Not really a bayonet, but an example of the "fine respect" that soldiers tend to offer their gear.
Feel like the Arisaka Bayonet should have a place on this list. Where the Gewher 98 was vilified during the first world war, the Japanese was for the second. Had to be horrifying to be on the receiving end of banzai charges on Iwo Jima And Okinawa
I have a US kukri style bayonet made for WW1- I found pics of it online - apparently it was for clearing brush in front of your mg and artie but the one I bought at a roadside flea market has strange markings the scabbard is khaki brown and looks like it has been in some kind of liquid - I don't want to say 'blood' but it appears to be. There is a hand made handle on it and there are 5 notches on it.
I have a matching S# bayonet for my mosin nagant. The thing doubles as a screw driver for disassembly. Not trying to argue the list, i dont really know much about bayonets, but thats a pretty clever feature
The K31 bayonet really is a work of art and a great investment. Glad I bought a bunch when they were cheaper. The SIG decendent of it is alright, but just doesnt have the same appeal. Another interesting one - however efficient it was - is the 1938 folding Carcano bayonet.
The Butcher blade originally came with a serrated or saw back and it was called a butcher bayonet simply because it looked like a butcher knife. The reason it was so large is because it was one of the first dual purpose bayonets. It was also a pioneer tool that was to be used to saw wood. The main complaint from the British and French was not the size of the bayonet but the saw back on it.
A good budget option to the bulgarian 6 kh 4 are the east german and yugoslavian copies. Although they aren't made of orange AG4 resin and reinforced with fiberglass, it has a nice black tactical look and right around the ballpark of $50-$80 instead of rus or bulgarian ones that cost $150 or more even. I think I've seen some (true russian/bulgarian ones) go as high as $200 or even $300
1The enfield bayonet was so long because the rifle was so short. An enfield and sword bayonet is a similar length to a WW1 era Mauser 98 and its bayonet.
I have a WW1 era sword bayonet, got it for 125$ recently. It came with the scabbard, and it's in decent condition, ya know, considering it's over a century old.
Australian Light Horse when they charged down the Turks at Beersheba only had their 1907 design bayonets. Although they charged machine guns and Artillery they had very light casualties considering they distance of the charge and the number of entrenched enemy. The bayonet took many prisoners that day. Last hand to hand fighting with bayonets was in Korea.
They had a similar effect in Crete during WWII, when a bunch of Aussies and Kiwis gave 280 odd German mountain troops the old cold steel for the loss of only 24 of their own. The survivors literally dropped kit and ran a mile. 'Obsolete' my foot, I'd be more scared of someone pointing a bayonet at me than someone pointing a rifle in my general direction. Bullets are to whom it may concern, but a bayonet isn't. They're not liable to miss.
I have a chi-com SKS with the eleven inch spike integral bayonet, and as far as I'm concerned it is as good or better than any other ioda applied to them. It is there when you need it, and does not have to be hung from a belt either.
I have a modest collection of bayonets. They are interesting. The most interesting (and the oldest) is a Krag bayonet dated 1900. Just the thing to go mith my M1898 rifle. US bayonets starting in WW2 are all of a type, with very similar blades. The only diff is the handles and mounting systems for the various firearms. The added benefit is that most of them can use the same scabbard (M8, which comes in both steel and fiberglass). The long Garand bayonets were reduced to the common length of about 6.5" by Korean era, and are known as the M5. Coincidentally, the M14 bayo is the M6 and the first gen M16 bayo is the M7 (go figure). The WW2 trench knife was the M3, and the carbine bayonet (M4) had a similar blade shape. This is probably where the nomenclature started.
In the '80s, it was not difficult to get an AK-47 machine gun from the Soviet troops stationed in Hungary, even for a few cartons of Marlboro cigarettes. But the bayonet was not sold for any money!
The French M1842 yataghan bayonet is very aesthetically pleasing and considerably longer than any on this list. Its main drawback unfortunately is the slippery all-brass handle that makes it impractical to use when detached from the rifle. Still cool though and would go on my list.
I have the German (butchers blade), the K31, the Enfield SMLE, the No4 spike, the SLR bayonets in my collection along with the rifles to match apart from the SLR which was banned :>( here in the UK
I noticed in the start that you also had a Swedish m/1896 (Swedish mauser) bayonet in your collection =). (for those who dont know it its the all metal bayonet in the middle of the screen at 0:50 I have a few myself and while it might not be the prettiest of bayonets they are pretty nice. And i also like the design of it since its very rugged (being all metal) and i find it interesting that the Swedes went to the short type of bayonet right away (in the 1890s) where as most of the major nations used longer bayonets during ww1 and then went to shorter designs before ww2.
As far as full length bayonets go, the russian Mosin Nagant cruciform bayonet is by far the strongest, simplest and most effective bayonet out there. It makes the French bayonets look like twigs that'll snap on first stab. Plus, it doubles as a screwdriver in a pinch.
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I still think the Japanese Arisaka 99 bayonet was superb. It handles a lot like a machete, with a heavy spine and a very sharp 18-inch blade. It's a very well-made piece of steel.
The British copied the Type 30 when designing the P07, seen in this vid as a repro on the SMLE. As for sharpness of the Type 30, point of fact, (pun intended), it should only have about 8" of LIGHTLY sharpened edge on the true edge. If it's exceedingly sharp, and/or sharpened all the way along its length, it was done by someone post-issue and the value is vastly decreased.
Love the AKM bayonets, work great as a budget survival knife even today.
@Vadim Mikhailov and it looks small
What would _you_ need a survival knife for?
@@FunBoysGamingwhat a stupid question
I will pay an exorbitant amount of money to watch a sushi chef serve sushi with a K31 bayonet
Same. Not a big fan of sushi but Id go if that was happening
"Making your enemy more deader" LOL. XD
Number one: the Glock pistol bayonet.
There’s the door.
Get out of here STALKER.
Surpised Japan didnt invent it
The Webley No1 service revolver had a bayonet for trench fighting
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And if it's refit to an Automatic it can be repurposed as a blowback powered turkey carver!
It should be included there and the bayonet on the Czechoslovak submachine gun model 58 .58 is also an excellent returning weapon
I like how he just has an fg-42 chilling in his house
Shit is dope dude.
+TFB TV is it original? Or a quality repro
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+TFB TV oh well it's still dang sexy, I one day wish to pick one of those up
+TFB TV It's quite strange to hear you speak in that manner, given your professional attitude presented in your videos.
The bayonet has it's uses. Other than sticking people with it, it tells you "you are going into combat, and Combat is brutal, you never know what will happen ". It also gives you confidence. Why? Because your Country has prepared you for everything, even the possibility of hand to hand Combat. If you are prepared for that, you will be ready for anything. Scared, yes. Anyone who isn't afraid of Cold Steel piercing their flesh, is a liar and a fool.
Absolutely. Even if massed charges are largely a thing of the past, its value as a psychological weapon (bolstering for you, pant-shitting for the other bloke) is irreplaceable and it is ultimately still an option when you need it. The fact insurgents in Iraq and Taliban in Afghanistan have died at the point of a bayonet proves that much. The only thing I'd be less inclined to throw away as "useless" would be my rifle itself.
i dont have any experience, but personally having a bayonet would make me want to charge the enemy when i probably shouldnt ;)
Or he is a gurkha
A UK infantry unit did a bayonet charge in 2004...hand to hand combat...they killed like 30 insurgents...only took 4 casualties. They were out of ammo and went Redcoat!
I personally love the Type 30 bayonets. finding a factory matching type 30 bayonet and type 38 Arisaka rifle is a great combo. its well balanced and extremely deadly.
But can you unscrew any of the pommels to end your opponent rightly?
Good one.
OMG!!! The Skall stalkers! They're everywhere!!! :)
why is this still a thing, it's spreading like zika
You can never have too many opponents ended rightly.
its spreading to other channels
In my opinion, a modern bayonet should be a good combat knife first, serves both as a tool and as a handheld weapon well, then the function of fixing it to the end of the barrel should be only an additional bonus. The AKM bayonet was more or less the first generation of bayonets that adopted this philosophy.
The modern USMC bayonet is probably the best example of a bayonet/fighting knife.
@@poolee77 The M9 bayonet feels so great in the hand.
This was essentially the line of thinking coming out of ww2. The British spike bayonets weren’t favoured as they were moreso another piece of material to lug around in additional to a more utilitarian knife. The US on the other hand would spend quite a bit per knife to equip marines with Kabars and Army and others with the M3 fighting knife if not equipped with the M1 Garand bayonet. The post war M4-M7 bayonets would go on to try and make a more affordable, all purpose knife for bayonet drill, fighting, and utility purposes. The Russian bayonets would design a little more for utility purposes (see saw back and wire cutter in the video). Most of the early WW1 bayonets were so long and unwieldy as they were still produced with cavalry in mind.
"Handguns suck" next video "Top 5 bayonets" I freaking love this channel.
I think the SKS bayonet deserves an honourable mention. While it doesn't double as a combat knife, and as a standalone bayonet it doesn't belong in the top five, it's implementation on the gun is genius, in my opinion.
When shopping for a bayonet I would look for the one that makes my enemies the most deadest or as you put it, more deader.
You are a wise man sir.
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Go look up the microtech jagdkommando, a spiral triangular blade spike. Some Chinese factory put that blade on a bayonet handle, completed with the M7/M9 style bayonet latch and muzzle ring. Pro, It is extremely effective in making huge bleeding holes on big animals. I don't think you can get any more deadlier than that nasty blade shape. Con, it is utterly useless for any other purpose. You can hardly open an MRE with it.
More deader? Talking like Phuc today, huh?
Hell no. Last time that little bastard came over he stole a gun and cut it up into pieces with an angle grinder.
It fucking holds zero!
hahaha best comment I've seen in a while!
U.S. Army: Get learned to make stuff more deader
It's a technical term...
The Australians with the SMLE in North Africa prove the worth of the long bayonet
I have a photo of an australian soldier who tied a 3 foot machete to his rifle. Fuckin badass
I love the swiss bayonets, so well made. I've ordered a 1914 Swiss pioneer sawback bayonet, I can't wait to do a review of it.
I have a Bayonet for my G3 clone, I find it very interesting how it mounts over the barrel instead of under it. It looks pretty damn cool too.
Gosh, you have the best video camera among all the firearm TH-cam reviewers! So smooth and clear. Boque is also very creamy. Video stabilization is also perfect.
In New Zealand the Lee Enfield sword bayonet was used as a pig hunting knife for many years. You basically get you dog to bail the wild boar up in a corner, then kill it with the bayonet.
And if you hunt with a .303 you could use it as a boar spear too
Most pig hunting in NZ was done with a Lee enfeild for along time just because we had lots in surplus cause you know if you were born in NZ and male well you went to war cause that was your only way off the island at the bottom of the world. Thankfully the British empire had no shortage of wars for us to go sightseeing in and around the worlds finest trenches which were actually often dug by our legendary pioneer corps (yes the real "diggers" you australian credit theives).
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Anyway we just cut them down and lightened them and boom a very effective pig gun with your own pig sticker. Lee enfields from all down the ages through all Britain's wars. I have a no4 mark 1 and i love the old thing.
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The definition of a Kiwi is a bird so full of shit that it cannot fly.
I thought I would see the Type 99 Arisaka bayonet but I still like your choices. I actually own a K31 but never bought a bayonet for it. I think you motivated me to do so.
The Marines still issue a bayonet to the infantry called the OKC 3S.
It should have been on this list.
Sincerely Alex, this subject deserves a Top 10/15!!! Nobody goes there, thanks.
Depending on the epoch, the bayo meant different things to different troops; for this reason the Arisaka should have made the cut. A "banzaï" charge on Guadacanal is SYNONYMOUS with this hellish device.
"The design earns it some points."
Fuck me, that's a good pun.
IIRC the pattern 1907 was modelled after the Type 30 arisaka bayonet. The british liked the design and copied it, altering it later because the hooked quillion was found to get stuck on barbed wire fast. They also added the oil hole later. If you find a real 1907 with a hooked quillion is worth quite a bit of money.
I just picked up an M7 bayonet for my AR and I'm satisfied
My favorites are the American M1905 and the French Mle. 1886. The British P'07 is great, too.
4:12 "cruciform design to make your enemies more bitter" lol
My favorite has always been the very rare nowadays American Model 1915 bolo bayonet, basically just a 15-inch-blade bolo machete with a bayonet mount and muzzle ring. They were so popular with army scouts stationed in the Philippines that when they were taken out of service the troops refused to give them up unless they were given regular bolos to replace them. My number two favorite has to be the French MAS 36 bayonet; being able to use your bayonet lug as a sheath is neat, and they look really cool when you draw and fix it in place.
My personal favorite is the Swiss PE57 bayonet. They are truly beautiful pieces.
"making your enemy more deader" made me truly laugh out loud.
I own a bayonet myself, it was my great uncles. It was made during the Vietnam war era.
Hey i just watched your bayonet video. I personally own a pre ww1 Swedish Mauser bayonet. My grandpa captured a platoon of old ww1 vets during ww2 who were guarding a bunker. They were starving and immediately surrendered. One officer traded him a bayonet that he obtained during ww1 for 2 packs of lucky strike. At some point this weapon was blued and the old bluing has turned a rich chocolate color after all these years making it a one of a kind. I'd post a picture if i could. When my grandpa gave it to me he said "this blade has killed quite a few f*@&ing nazis" two days later he shot himself in my car. Not to end on a downer but thats just part of the history of the weapon.
I love my okc. Ontario knife 🗡️. Michael Johnson the. Best. Love ❣️ it number one
I think Pickett summed up the usefulness of the bayonet in modern warfare when he yelled, "charge".
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I hate how people see the bayonet is out dated, and use less in modern warfare. However while we will never see the bayonet fights of he napoleonic era again, places like afghan and Iraq have proven there useful tools in the confines of urban warfare.
Knives are absurdly useful tools. I carry three everywhere I can. (Utility, Food, and that hidden one.)
+Grenadier 658244-526455 (Krauss) yeah my dad meet a guy who had burn marks across his hand, because he had to grab hold and move the barrel of a Taliban fighters AK as he got a bit to close. He wasn't able the bring his weapon up to deal with it, so I'm shore you can imagine how he ended that meeting.
Considering its been since the second world war anybody has gone up against bayonet V bayonet, it really is pointless, even more so that its dangerous more to the user then anybody, and even with that singular use of bayonets in the middle east by the 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Regiment.....they where unable to engage anybody WITH their bayonets and it was a downright dumbass thing to do.
Do you know what you do when you are charged with bayonets in a modern military? move LMG forward, sweep left to right at hip level, if this was anybody but a insurgent force the soldiers would have been slaughtered....even back in the second world war, if you affixed your bayonet your commander was pretty much saying "I am ok with most of you dying."
+Redneck Fury well the hole concept of actually charging is out dated and useless. However if you actually read my comment you would know I'm not saying that bayonets are good in that role any more. However they are still very good for such things as room clearing and places like the afghan green zone where the enemy can jump up straight in front of you. Hell if I was a British soldier with nothing more then a bolt action number 4, doing room clearing in ww2 I'd shore as hell have my pig sticker attached. And it would be the same if I was in afghan with an SA80.
dumbest statement award: "bayonet V bayonet is really *pointless"
Yes~ The love for the P07 bayonet yess :3
I've been waiting for this for a long time
People who claim the bayonet is obsolete don't have a clue what they're talking about.
shit's scary. a gun is one thing, but a shiny pointy stick on the end certainly adds to intimidation, even today
I don't buy a new rifle unless it's got a bayonet lug.
Gunfire is scary, but A well trained soldier will not route because of it. The best way for an infantryman to flush an enemy out of their position is hand to hand combat with bayonets
keep up the good work mate, your channel is awesome
The last American bayonet charge was as recent as Iraq where the Marines put them to good use.
thank you for the information.
"Fix bayonets" was one of the few orders I never wanted to hear!
ssgcmwatsonusa Oh okay
I don't think so
No one does and that means they can work
"And the true number 1 bayonet.... the Mosin-Nagant spike bayonet!"
Pommels are not supposed to be used as hammers. They're meant to be used as throwing weapons to end foes rightly.
I never thought I would ever hear "Bayonet" and "Sushi" in a same sentence :)
My personal favorite is the Swedish m96 due to the fact that it is a perfectly designed bayonet that won’t break and is pretty light
Swiss: Making weapons is an art... We won't fight anyways.
Russians: Has to be versatile. capability > good looks
Germans: We will fight and the equipment has to be as good & intimidating as ourselves.
British: I have a sword... I have a rifle... *uhh!* I have a... bolt action rifle action sword... 😎
"Each nation's approach to how to poke their opponents to death.."
All I could think when I heard this was the old Worms game and poking worms off cliffs.
I too like to make my enemies more deader
"Reflects their military strategy". You sir are quite perceptive as I did not know this and that statement is quite true.
I love the K98 Engineer Bayonet as it has a serrated edge and a wire cutter on the barrel side of the bayonet
I used to have several of those. I would go to this one "authentic' military surplus store. I say that, because the owners were about 5 military vets from world war 2 on, who sat in the back talking all day. They had mostly antique military surplus. But these bayonets, some of which were from world war 1. were in a bucket on the floor, selling for ten to twenty dollars. Later I sold one of the ten dollar ones for $80. I still have that typical world war 2 green bayonet with hard case.
If I had some of the longer ones now, I would be using them for Kali practice. Unfortunately I had to sell them before then.
Nice to the point presentation!
Cruciform bayonets were designed specifically to deal with all forms of undead enemy. A particularly rare form is the silver x bayonet which was only issued in areas where you might encounter werewolves
That was a quick and concise video very nice well done
I personally think the type 30 bayonet is a pretty good design as well. The non-Late-War models had a quillion to catch enemy bayonets in a bayonet fight, plus it had a length of the SMLE's bayonet. They were also made by Toyoda, which is pretty interesting as well
The P07 was designed by the British based on the design of the Type 30.
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There were also numerous makers.
My dad has a Japanese airisaka rifle with a bayonet. That thing is ridiculously heavy and long. I can't imagine a small, malnourished Japanese kid wielding a 7 foot rifle/bayonet and being effective with it.
I thought the "butcher blade" only referred to the sawbacked bayonet used by German engineer units. Forgotten weapons did a video and apparently they are surprisingly good at cutting wood when fixed on the end of a rifle.
"They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring"
Stick 'em with the pointy end, Arya. The really fast moving, sometimes not even pointed, end. Then stick 'em with the pointy end.
Eyyyy I'm pretty early, nice work dude love your vids keep em coming
That was good at the end, to make sure they are more deader.
The best and sharpest bayonet way the Number 5 bayonet for the Number four Lee Enfield Mark 2. I served in the Irish Reserve and in the early 1980s we still used the Number 4 and the Number 5 bayonet had a scabbard with inbuilt sharpening stones on either side, so that each time you insert or withdraw the bayonet you are sharpening it and giving one hell of a sharp edge and point! I remember on on occasion a fellow comrade while standing at ease putting the point of the bayonet through his tunic sleeve as we were doing a final dress rehearsal for a Presidential Guard of Honour. Luckily he didn't impale himself😂😮
They are all cool.. But i really like the sks bayonet... Nice sturdy knife for the end of the gun
The underswinging M44 Mosin Bayonet is worth a mention - as it is quick to put up or take down while being inseparable from the gun (if you have a post WW1 Mosin M98 you likely have to use a hammer to get the long cruciform spike bayonet on or off - because if it was easy to do, soldiers would take them off and loose them).
Another fun note are the examples of spike bayonets with the points twisted into hooks - some for use as a cooking tool and some, rather morbidly, for pulling bodies out from under hedges - as the wounded would often crawl under them and die. Not really a bayonet, but an example of the "fine respect" that soldiers tend to offer their gear.
Feel like the Arisaka Bayonet should have a place on this list. Where the Gewher 98 was vilified during the first world war, the Japanese was for the second. Had to be horrifying to be on the receiving end of banzai charges on Iwo Jima And Okinawa
2:08 my fav knife, easy to go razer sharp .. never cut wire with it .. use carve knife to cut natural arak root toothbrush every morning
I have a US kukri style bayonet made for WW1- I found pics of it online - apparently it was for clearing brush in front of your mg and artie but the one I bought at a roadside flea market has strange markings
the scabbard is khaki brown and looks like it has been in some kind of liquid - I don't want to say 'blood' but it appears to be. There is a hand made handle on it and there are 5 notches on it.
I have a matching S# bayonet for my mosin nagant. The thing doubles as a screw driver for disassembly. Not trying to argue the list, i dont really know much about bayonets, but thats a pretty clever feature
I'm Surprised the M1917 bayonet didn't make your list, its got a pretty good history and looks intimidating as hell on a 1897 trenchgun.
I like the Lebel bayonet. Take an unfeasibly long rifle and stick a long bayonet on to make it even less handy.
I have the short British spike bayonet in my kitchen. I use it to pock holes in cans for convenient poring. Works great, ha.
The K31 bayonet really is a work of art and a great investment. Glad I bought a bunch when they were cheaper. The SIG decendent of it is alright, but just doesnt have the same appeal. Another interesting one - however efficient it was - is the 1938 folding Carcano bayonet.
@Toni_1.8 That's a good deal!
The Butcher blade originally came with a serrated or saw back and it was called a butcher bayonet simply because it looked like a butcher knife. The reason it was so large is because it was one of the first dual purpose bayonets. It was also a pioneer tool that was to be used to saw wood. The main complaint from the British and French was not the size of the bayonet but the saw back on it.
I just bought a British sword bayonet for my 1917 Lee Enfield and I can't wait to see it with the bayonet.
A good budget option to the bulgarian 6 kh 4 are the east german and yugoslavian copies. Although they aren't made of orange AG4 resin and reinforced with fiberglass, it has a nice black tactical look and right around the ballpark of $50-$80 instead of rus or bulgarian ones that cost $150 or more even. I think I've seen some (true russian/bulgarian ones) go as high as $200 or even $300
No1 891 Argentine Mauser bayonet ??? Most ornate and aesthetically pleasing bayonet out there by far!!
The Baker Sword bayonet looks really cool
1The enfield bayonet was so long because the rifle was so short. An enfield and sword bayonet is a similar length to a WW1 era Mauser 98 and its bayonet.
My favorite bayonet is a Swiss as well, but instead is the Model 1914 Pioneer Sawtooth Bayonet. Issued to select troops to for their K31s.
The Swiss bayonet is very similar to the LEE- METFORD Pattern 1888 British bayonet. Both lovely double edge with raised centre design.
I have a WW1 era sword bayonet, got it for 125$ recently. It came with the scabbard, and it's in decent condition, ya know, considering it's over a century old.
My top 5: M9 Bayonet Doppler FN, M9 Bayonet Gamma Doppler FN, M9 Bayonet Fade FN, M9 Bayonet Lore FN, Bayonet Fade FN
M9 gamma Doppler phase 3 looks dope too
Australian Light Horse when they charged down the Turks at Beersheba only had their 1907 design bayonets. Although they charged machine guns and Artillery they had very light casualties considering they distance of the charge and the number of entrenched enemy. The bayonet took many prisoners that day. Last hand to hand fighting with bayonets was in Korea.
For America maybe. Brits conducted at least 2 bayonet charges in Iraq....to great effect.
They had a similar effect in Crete during WWII, when a bunch of Aussies and Kiwis gave 280 odd German mountain troops the old cold steel for the loss of only 24 of their own. The survivors literally dropped kit and ran a mile. 'Obsolete' my foot, I'd be more scared of someone pointing a bayonet at me than someone pointing a rifle in my general direction. Bullets are to whom it may concern, but a bayonet isn't. They're not liable to miss.
I have a chi-com SKS with the eleven inch spike integral bayonet, and as far as I'm concerned it is as good or better than any other ioda applied to them. It is there when you need it, and does not have to be hung from a belt either.
This is a great video! Your bayonets look mint, have they been reconditioned, are they original?
You should definitely check out extreme ratio fulcrum bayonet. there is desert edition too ...
I have a modest collection of bayonets. They are interesting. The most interesting (and the oldest) is a Krag bayonet dated 1900. Just the thing to go mith my M1898 rifle. US bayonets starting in WW2 are all of a type, with very similar blades. The only diff is the handles and mounting systems for the various firearms. The added benefit is that most of them can use the same scabbard (M8, which comes in both steel and fiberglass). The long Garand bayonets were reduced to the common length of about 6.5" by Korean era, and are known as the M5. Coincidentally, the M14 bayo is the M6 and the first gen M16 bayo is the M7 (go figure). The WW2 trench knife was the M3, and the carbine bayonet (M4) had a similar blade shape. This is probably where the nomenclature started.
Where's the chainsaw bayonet from Gears of War? I can't be the only one wondering, can I?
"More deader" lololol
quillon, to my knowledge, were made so that rifles could be grouped in a triangle, upward
In the '80s, it was not difficult to get an AK-47 machine gun from the Soviet troops stationed in Hungary, even for a few cartons of Marlboro cigarettes.
But the bayonet was not sold for any money!
The French M1842 yataghan bayonet is very aesthetically pleasing and considerably longer than any on this list. Its main drawback unfortunately is the slippery all-brass handle that makes it impractical to use when detached from the rifle. Still cool though and would go on my list.
I have the German (butchers blade), the K31, the Enfield SMLE, the No4 spike, the SLR bayonets in my collection along with the rifles to match apart from the SLR which was banned :>( here in the UK
I believe 20' is the distance that a schooled person with a knife has the advantage over a person with a gun. I recommend a retreat to 25'
I noticed in the start that you also had a Swedish m/1896 (Swedish mauser) bayonet in your collection =).
(for those who dont know it its the all metal bayonet in the middle of the screen at 0:50
I have a few myself and while it might not be the prettiest of bayonets they are pretty nice.
And i also like the design of it since its very rugged (being all metal) and i find it interesting that the Swedes went to the short type of bayonet right away (in the 1890s) where as most of the major nations used longer bayonets during ww1 and then went to shorter designs before ww2.
As far as full length bayonets go, the russian Mosin Nagant cruciform bayonet is by far the strongest, simplest and most effective bayonet out there. It makes the French bayonets look like twigs that'll snap on first stab. Plus, it doubles as a screwdriver in a pinch.
sooo 0:25 wouldn't it be "inversely proportional"? considering that the more leakage would mean the less ability to fight?
Well done!
very good
The spike "pig-sticker" bayonet was far more effective than the sword bayonet. It pierced webbing and equipment with ease.
It is far superior to other bayonets ,and cheap!.
why did i found the K31 Similiar to the G98 ?