| The Bayonet is a sharp weapon that go's on the | | | | made the bayonet very useful. Most of the |
| end of a rifle. This weapon can be a spike, knife, | | | | battles with these guns ended with close combat, |
| dagger, or even a sword. This weapon is a | | | | and having a knife on the end of your gun would |
| defiantly a weapon of last resort., and makes the | | | | have be a big help. The first bayonets where |
| gun a very effective spear. No one is really sure | | | | plugs that went strait into the muzzle, so you |
| where the bayonet made its first appearance or | | | | could not fire the gun when it was in. these plugs |
| there it is from. | | | | where used by many French and English |
| The name bayonet I has been around senses the | | | | regimented. Later the ring bayonet was made and |
| 16th century. There is no evidences that what it | | | | this allowed the men to still be able to load and |
| is used for today is that it was used for back | | | | fire there guns and still have the blade on the end |
| then. It could have just been the name of a knife. | | | | of there gun. |
| There really is no hard evidence for what it was | | | | Bayonet started to be made triangular. people |
| used. I think that most of us could guess it was | | | | think the reason it was made this way was to |
| used for military purposes. The legend is that in | | | | make it harder to sew up. This is not true it was |
| 17th century France there was a conflict in a | | | | made this way to make them light and flexible. |
| southern French town called Bayonne. The people | | | | But still strong enough to stab a man. This |
| of this town after running out of ammunition | | | | weapon has gone though lots of changes and put |
| stuck there knives down the muzzle of there | | | | on all sorts of guns even pistols. all thought most |
| muskets and that this was the beginning of the | | | | people think that putting them on pistols was a big |
| bayonet. Others think that the Bayonet was | | | | waist people where, and are fascinated with the |
| made for hunters. The first firearms where not | | | | bayonet. |
| the most reliable firearms, so in moments that | | | | The modern bayonet most of the time is a knife |
| the hunter might be in a vulnerable position, if | | | | shaped weapon and can be found on, or a |
| there where a miss fire, or a missed shot. You | | | | attachment to put a bayonet on. One of the guns |
| could defend yourself from a dangerous animal. no | | | | that you will almost always see a bayonet on is |
| one knows if either of these are true but both | | | | the SKS. You can find knife, cruciform, or |
| seem realistic. There is also a thought that it | | | | triangular shaped blades. With modern war the |
| might come form China. | | | | bayonet has sort of out lived its usefulness. You |
| Later the bayonet was used by the French army, | | | | have almost no chance of being killed with a |
| and was used by most European armies in the | | | | Bayonet. Even thought some military units still |
| 1660s. With the first guns the bayonet was a | | | | train you on how to use them. You will almost |
| great asset. They where very hard to load and if | | | | never get the chance to use this training. People |
| you had the powder and ball in paper the best | | | | still put them on there guns but it is more just for |
| most men could do is 3-4 shots in a minute. This | | | | looks now. |