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The Pattern 1907 bayonet, officially called the Sword bayonet, pattern 1907 (Mark I), is an out-of-production British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet was used by the British and Commonwealth forces throughout both the First and Second World Wars .
U.S. military bayonets of World War II. Shown are (top to bottom:) the M1905 bayonet (blued version), M1 bayonet, M1 "Bowie point" bayonet (cut down version of the M1905) and the M4 bayonet with leather handle for the M1 carbine. After testing in early 1943, the U.S. Army decided to shorten the M1905 bayonet's blade to 10 in (25 cm).
During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
Ross bayonet: 1905? Stepped guard on early model, flat on later model. Sharpened later models were taken overseas in World War I. P1907 bayonet: 1907: 21 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (550 mm) Used on No. 1 rifle (previously called SMLE) No. 4 MK. II bayonet: 1941: 8 in (200 mm) Used on No. 4 MK. I, No. 4 MK. I* and Sten MK. V M346? 90mm
M2 4.2-inch mortar; M2 Browning; M2 flamethrower; M2 Hyde; M2 mortar; M3 trench knife; M4 bayonet; M7 grenade launcher; M7 mine; M9 rifle grenade; M17 rifle grenade; M18 recoilless rifle; M20 recoilless rifle; M1905 bayonet; M1911 pistol; M1917 bayonet; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning automatic rifle; M1941 Johnson rifle; Mark I ...
US surcharged P1914 bayonets exist and will exhibit the British proofs being cancelled out and US marks applied. The M1917 was used frequently during the several different Banana Wars. The U.S. continued to use the World War I-made M1917 bayonets during World War II because of large stockpiles left over. The new trench guns being procured and ...
The M4 bayonet, like the M3 fighting knife that preceded it, was designed for rapid production using a minimum of strategic metals and machine processes, it used a relatively narrow 6.75 in (17.1 cm) bayonet-style spear-point blade with a sharpened 3.5 in (8.9 cm) secondary edge. [1]