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A knife that turns your gun into a spear when bullets run out.
means A blade attached to the muzzle of a rifle, turning a firearm into a thrusting weapon for close combat.
from Named for Bayonne, the city in southwestern France near the Basque country, where these blades were reputedly first made or used in the 17th century. The French 'baïonnette' carried the city's name into battle and then into nearly every European language. The link to Bayonne is widely accepted, though the precise tale of its first use there is more legend than documented fact.
- origin
- Named for Bayonne, France, where it likely emerged
- still issued
- Modern armies train bayonet charges today
- last big charge
- British fixed bayonets in Iraq, 2004
- plug problem
- Early ones jammed in barrels, blocking firing
for instance
m1 garand bayonet — standard issue for us rifles in wwii and korean war, 16-inch blade