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British infantryman in 1941 with a Pattern 1907 bayonet affixed to his Lee–Enfield rifle.. A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combat.
Modern bayonets are often intended to be used in a dual role as both a combat knife and knife bayonet. [4] Improvised edged weapons were extensively used in trench warfare of the First World War ; for example, an entrenching tool might be modified to take an edge and be used as a melee weapon.
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Pages in category "Bayonets of the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. M4 bayonet;
M16A4 rifle with M7 bayonet affixed M7 Bayonet mounted on a Mossberg 590A1 shotgun. The M7 bayonet is very similar to the older M4 bayonet with the Korean War era plastic grips for the M1/M2 carbines except that the M7 has a much larger muzzle ring. The M7 has the same two-lever locking mechanism as the M4, that connects to a lug on the M16 ...
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 .
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