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	Bayonets History & German Bayonets with Military Knives History
		The bayonet stems directly from the various forms of polearm, it was obviously inappropriate to have a firearm-bearing soldier encumbered by a pike, yet there was need for a polearm to stand off cavalry and for hand-to-hand encounters when ammunition was gone or when there was no time to reload.
		It was a plug bayonet, a spear-like blade to which was attached a long conical steel plug inserted directly into the muzzle of the soldier`s musket, a collar lodging against the barrel to prevent it sliding too far in.
		The difficulties of fixing bayonets in the heat of the battle led some armies to adopt permanently-attached bayonets which folded above or below the barrel of the weapon and could be released and locked into place very quickly when required.
	www.ebladestore.com /history_of_bayonets.shtml (615 words)

	Bayonet Summary
		While still a formidable weapon, the plug bayonet was imperfect, as the gun could not be fired with the knife in it, and it was often difficult to remove the sharp blade.
		Bayonets provided a useful addition to the weapon-system when an enemy charging to contact could cross the musket's killing ground (a range of approximately 100 yards/metres at the most optimistic) at the expense of perhaps only one volley from their waiting opponents.
		Most modern bayonets have a fuller (visible on the top half of the blade shown above), which is a concave depression in the blade designed to reduce the weight while keeping the blade's stiffness blade.
	www.bookrags.com /Bayonet (2158 words)

	Spike bayonets
		Most bayonets that have been used when close combat was a probability rather than a possibility have used a spike bayonet.
		and attach to the bayonet lug at the pommel.
		Not to mention, of course, that the old WWII paratroop squad leaders who trained me in bayonet work, told me that the use of the bayonet in trenches and fortifications eliminates shooting through your enemy and into the buddy who is in close combat on the other side of the room.
	www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/Bayonets.html (1382 words)

	Bayonet - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bayonet fighting was taught in the first half of the century, but after the Second World War less and less emphasis was paid to it.
		Statistics showed that bayonets were rarely used to injure or kill on the battlefield; even going back as far as the US Civil War (1861-1865) bayonets seem more to have been a psychological weapon than an instrument of death.
		Throughout the century the bayonet retained a ceremonial importance beyond its actual battlefield worth; regiments and units afforded the ancient privileges of Freedom of the City considered it an honour to be permitted to parade "with bayonets fixed" and infantry regiment colour parties still used the unsheathed bayonet to guard their precious Colours.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Bayonets (1195 words)

	Bayonet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The essence of bayonet fighting as taught in the Corps is to spring forward from a modified crouch and thrust the blade into the enemy.
		The main reason for this is that the bayonet has a negative effect on long-range accuracy, both because the weight of the weapon alters the rifle's balance and because its profile protruding beyond the muzzle disturbs the airflow around the bullet as it exits.
		Despite the limitations of the bayonet, many modern assault rifles retain a bayonet lug and the weapon is still issued in many armies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bayonet (2066 words)

	A la bayonet
		Viewed in isolation a one-pound (454 gram) bayonet does not seen unduly heavy, but when soldiers often acquire and carry general purpose knives to make up for the bayonet’s deficiencies, it may actually represent a much greater part of the soldier’s load.
		The understanding of bayonets, and bayonet training, will always be worlds apart between the participants and the observers.
		Bayonet wounds treated were inclusive to the 1.02 per cent miscellaneous casualties and accidents.
	members.tripod.com /~RegimentalRogue/papers/bayonet2.htm (1520 words)

	Bayonets on assult rifles ? - Military Photos
		Fixing bayonets is a good sign of intent it is very psychological for both attackers and defenders.
		Rifle even without a bayonet can be used as an effective hand-to-hand weapon too using very similar techniques, for example sticking with just only a flashider does nice too bayonet fixed or not.
		Fixing bayonets as you said does have a psychological impact on both sides.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=80290 (1041 words)

	Octopodial Chrome
		fixed bayonets and charged an outnumbering rebel force in Iraq, the first British bayonet charge since the Falklands.
		After radioing for back-up, they fixed bayonets and charged at 100 rebels using tactics learnt in drills.
		The last bayonet charge was by the Scots Guards and the Paras against Argentinian positions.
	latakia.dyndns.org /blosxom/blog/etc/scottish-bayonets.html (313 words)

	Fight at the bridge
		Charging repeatedly with fixed bayonets, fl troops forced the Texans back to the creek's edge.
		Bayonets and swords became almost useless in close hand-to-hand fighting as fierce wrestling and brutal fistfights broke out.
		Using muskets with fixed bayonets, they pressed the rebels back and forced them off the banks.
	home.earthlink.net /~joebeancreek/page10.html (405 words)

	Racks & Stacks
		The soldiers more than likely lined up facing one of these structures, fixed bayonets, then "grounded" their firelocks, resting them barrel-side down on the cross-beam.(4) This type of rack held seven or eight muskets on each side for a total of 16, so each full company would have needed two.
		By stacking the arms with the bayonets fixed, a musket and its matching bayonet would always be kept together, otherwise, if the "wrong" musket were grabbed in an emergency, the soldier's bayonet wouldn't necessarily fit the musket he picked up, thus rendering the weapon useless for close-quarters fighting.
		If done properly, stacking arms doesn't put any undue strain on the bayonet or bayonet lug, but to be on the safe side commanding officers should inspect the bayonets to be sure they fit well and there aren't any loose lugs.
	www.serve.com /rbriggs/couriers/4-96/racks.html (1454 words)

	Manchu Belt Buckle
		At the battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican War the 3rd Infantry led a brilliant bayonet charge, and in 1922 the regiment requested permission to pass in review for ceremonies and parades with bayonets fixed.
		It was the usual practice in the nineteenth century to have fixed bayonets at dress parades.
		It was amended on 14 Sept 1989 to revise the description and clarify the symbolism.
	www.manchu.org /linage/CarlsCollection (2141 words)

	Bayonets obsolete, or just another myth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The bayonet was necessary during the early years of firearms because it was slow to reload muzzle loading weapons.
		Tell them that during a real bayonet charge, there would be a high level of fatigue and this is what you are trying to overcome.
		Constantly telling troops to not use their bayonets under any circumstances is creating psychological resistance in the mind of the troops to using them in combat as well as in training.
	www.combatreform.com /bayonets.htm (5182 words)

	Pea Ridge NMP: The Infantry - Tactics
		This way, the attacker was able to compensate for the smoothbore musket's short range and poor accuracy by concentrating the maximum amount of lead into the enemy to ensure that some of the bullets would hit.
		Many times, bayonet charges stalled or were repulsed before the attackers could get within range to charge (Gettysburg NMP, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP).
		Military leaders held so tightly to the idea of the massed bayonet charge that during the First World War they advanced shoulder-to-shoulder, with fixed bayonets, just as Napoleon did 100 years earlier at Waterloo, even though they were facing an enemy armed with modern repeating rifles, machine guns and airplanes.
	www.nps.gov /peri/inf2_tac.htm (938 words)

	3rd Georgia Equipment - Bayonet & Scabbard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Pictured at left is an M1855 triangular (cross section) socket bayonet for a Springfield musket and leather scabbard with 7 rivet belt frog.
		Older era muskets sometimes have short swords as bayonets, attached to a side stud on the barrel of the musket.
		Marching with bayonets fixed is a pretty sight.
	www.3gvi.org /ga3eqbay.html (237 words)

	North Carolina and the Civil War : Explore - Audio Excerpts
		During the two last attacks, I had not a round of ammunition in my brigade, and all I could do was to stand in line of battle with bayonets fixed, determined to receive them in that way if they should break the line before me..
		Ask your father if he stood on picket in the war of 1812 with fixed bayonets and no powder, within four hundred yards of the enemy.
		The expedition of Jackson's Corps from the Rappahannock to Manassas and thence to this place is the most daring and extraordinary in the history of wars.
	ncmuseumofhistory.org /exhibits/civilwar/explore_section3_3a.html (220 words)

	Knarrnia: Fix Bayonets! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On the 7th of December, 2004, he ordered his company to fix bayonets and charge a trench that the Brits were taking fire from under a hail of RPGs.
		It sounds like he took his squad, flanked the Iraqis, and in an effort to not alert the other trench, fixed bayonets and killed all but eight.
		Corporal Mark Byles was a soldier for 13 years and after that bayonet charge, he's firmly on my 'hero' and 'people not to fuck with' list.
	www.knarrnia.com /archives/001943.html (241 words)

	Stony Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Half after 11 o'clock, being the time fixed upon, the whole moved forward, the van of the right consisting of 150 volunteers, properly officered, who advanced, with unloaded musquets, and fixed bayonets, under the command of Lieut.
		Fleury; these were preceded by twenty picked men and a vigilant and brave officer, to remove the abbatis and other obstructions.
		The van of the left, consisting of 100 volunteers, under the command of Major Steward, with unloaded musquets and fixed bayonets, also preceded by a brave and determined officer, with twenty men, for the same purpose as the other.
	www.americanrevolution.org /stonypoint.html (260 words)

	Charles A. Lindbergh
		Soldiers with fixed bayonets were unable to keep back the crowd.
		Two companies of soldiers with fixed bayonets and the Le Brouget field police, reinforce by Paris agents, had held the crowd in good order.
		The crowd crushed about the aviator and his progress was halted until a squad of soldiers with fixed bayonets cleared a way for him.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/98/09/27/specials/lindbergh-welcome.html (2056 words)

	Unique Recognition for Selected Units
		At the battle of Cerro Gordo during the Mexican War the 3d Infantry led a brilliant bayonet charge, and in 1922 the regiment requested permission to pass in review for ceremonies and parades with bayonets fixed.
		On the buckle was an imperial five-toed Chinese dragon encircling a disc bearing the numeral "9," and under the number the motto, "Keep Up the Fire." The buckle commemorates the regiment's service in China in 1900.
		In recognition of the unit's outstanding achievement between "D" Day and "V-E" Day, the port was granted the privilege of marching through the streets of the town and county of Southampton with bayonets fixed, drums beating, and colors flying.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/Unique.htm (459 words)

	1862 Regulations: Parade, Drill & Battle Formations
		A company deployed as skirmishers, is rallied in order to oppose the enemy with better success; the rallies are made at a run, and with bayonets fixed; when ordered to rally, the skirmishers fix bayonets without command.
		If the line, marching or at a halt, be merely disturbed by scattered horsemen, it will not be necessary to fall back on the reserve, but the captain will cause bayonets to be fixed.
		The men composing the group on which the formation is made, will immediately form square, as heretofore explained, awl elevate their pieces, the bayonets uppermost, in order to indicate the point on which the rally is to be made.
	www.usregulars.com /cis03.html (1742 words)

	Whiskey Bar: Liberation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A row of fixed bayonets is a row of fixed bayonets
		The difference in focus from the first to last bayonet adds up, the eyeline from the one soldier's head we can see directs towards the line, the Iraqi mens' bodies face partly toward the camera and the bayonet line.
		The bottom line is, as Billmon says, that this is a lot of troops with fixed bayonets facing down a bunch of unarmed, middle-aged men.
	billmon.org /archives/000253.html (1084 words)

	TIME.com: No. 3 -- Nov. 10, 1941 -- Page 1
		Armed with machine guns, semi-automatic rifles, fixed bayonets, 2,100 soldiers clambered down and took possession of the factory.
		The cold, wet morning and the sight of cold bayonets chilled the ardor of strikers and nonstrikers alike.
		After officially firing every man jack in the place, Colonel Jones and officers of the Air Corps began rehiring workers from the sober crowd which stood outside, picking those who were on the payroll before the strike on Sept. 30, whether union or nonunion.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,851378,00.html (747 words)

	HCC In the News
		The last time we had a serious anti-war movement, the police and the National Guard killed protesting students at Jackson State in Mississippi and Kent State in Ohio.
		Michael Stein, now a professor of fine arts at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, was a graduate student at Kent State on May 4, 1970 as soldiers on campus - with fixed bayonets - fired 67 shots at protestors in 13 seconds.
		Stein's photos show National Guardsmen marching with fixed bayonets on a college campus, firing their rifles at students and wearing gas masks as they hurled canisters of tear gas.
	www.hctc.commnet.edu /gen/news/press/2005/lawTrib_1010.html (559 words)

	Erik Goldstein, The Socket Bayonet in the British Army 1687 - 1783
		The spectacle of English "redcoats" on the attack, relentlessly descending upon enemy lines with fixed bayonets, is one of the most chilling images from European history and the American Revolution.
		The bayonets covered in this book stood side by side with the famous "Brown Bess" as symbols of English military power throughout the world.
		Drawing upon new information from archaeological digs and archival records, the author explains how to identify each type of bayonet and shows which bayonets were used where and with which guns.
	www.manatarmsbooks.com /goldstein.html (262 words)

	The Sag Harbor Express
		White reports that the shot "was not repeated, [because the British could not] determine the cause of the alarm." He continues laconically: "An outpost was immediately carried with fixed bayonets, and the land forces secured." Taking the enemy with silent, but deadly, "fixed bayonets" kept the operation sufficiently quiet that no further alarm was raised.
		The "outpost" White mentions was the British fort, an earthworks with palisades dug into the brow of the hill of the Old Burying Ground.
		We in Sag Harbor have almost forgotten the "fixed bayonets," of the raiders which reflected, in General Washington's words, "much honor" on Meigs' men.
	www.sagharboronline.com /history_files/hist01.htm (1821 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Scotland - Argylls fight hand to hand in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		SCOTTISH troops fixed bayonets and fought hand to hand with a Shi’ite militia in southern Iraq in one of their fiercest clashes since the war was declared more than a year ago, it was reported last night.
		Soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders mounted what were described as "classic infantry assaults" on firing and mortar positions held by more than 100 fighters loyal to the outlawed cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, according to military sources.
		Reinforcements were summoned from the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment at a base nearby.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=559592004 (957 words)

	Movie Info for Fixed Bayonets on MSN Movies
		Fixed Bayonets, Fuller's second study of the Korean War, focuses on a neophyte corporal, Denno (Richard Basehart), who is afraid to take a life.
		He soon learns of what he is truly capable and what he will do to survive: Denno learns to kill.
		Filmed and released during the Korean War, Fixed Bayonets offered audiences no respite from the harrowing, difficult combat.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=24977 (203 words)

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