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British Pattern 1875 Artillery bayonet for Snider (with scabbard) Snider saw-backed bayonet; 1st type; bar on band. manufacturer Kirschbaum, Solingen, 1876; Birmingham proofs and WD marks. Given to donor by Mr Mick Bedrahl who said that von Luckner gave him the bayonet following von Luckner's escape from Motuihe Island, when the Moa was ...
British infantryman in 1941 with a Pattern 1907 bayonet affixed to his 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 combats.
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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 .
In 1939, the Albanian Kingdom was invaded by Italy and became the Italian protectorate of Albania.It participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940, under Italian command. . After the Italian armistice in 1943, German military forces entered Albania and it came under German occupa
The M1905 bayonet has a 16 in (41 cm) steel blade and a 4 in (10 cm) handle with wooden or plastic grips. The bayonet also fits the U.S. M1 Garand rifle. From 1943 to 1945, a shorter, 10 in (25 cm), bladed version was produced with either black or dark red molded plastic grips, and designated the M1 bayonet. A number of M1905 bayonets were ...
The Mark I trench knife was replaced in Army service by the M3 trench knife in 1943 as well as old bayonets converted into fighting knives, [15] while the U.S. Marine Corps issued its own combat and utility knife the same year designated the 1219C2, later known as the USMC Mark 2 combat knife aka the USMC knife, fighting utility. [16]