Bayonets: Are they practical?
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If you were in the right sort of conditions at the right time i suppose it could have it's uses.
As many others have said, sometimes.
Not unlike a condom, you might not always need it but bayonets are nice to have around when you want to do a little thrusting.
Not unlike a condom, you might not always need it but bayonets are nice to have around when you want to do a little thrusting.
Bayonets were useful in the early days of gun warfare when reloading was slow (during the Civil War, a good soldier could fire three aimed shots per minute). Nowadays, charging with a bayonet against even a low rounds per minute machine gun is a one way ticket to Valhalla (Yes I know the comparison involving Valhalla makes no sense, but it's still awesome)
Yeah, from a gaming stand point, this.MR T3D said:
From a real-life stand point, I doubt it'd be practical if you had to pull it out of leg. I mean, maybe if it was attached to the weapon...
I think the practicality of a bayonet all depends on how well the individual soldier is trained in using spear type weapons.
For example, a bayonet wouldn't be as practical for Western soldiers as it would be for Chinese soldiers, who have more of a tradition of using spears & polearms in their martial arts.
For example, a bayonet wouldn't be as practical for Western soldiers as it would be for Chinese soldiers, who have more of a tradition of using spears & polearms in their martial arts.
Absolutely not!
Carry a sword into battle!
"Any officer not equipped with a sword is improperly dressed." -Mad Jack Churchill, WW2
Carry a sword into battle!
"Any officer not equipped with a sword is improperly dressed." -Mad Jack Churchill, WW2
Back in the day when only bolt-action rifles existed in terms of handheld arms for instance, the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries WWI etc. they were practical, because of the long reload time and the short range of the guns you needed something to defend yourself with while you were reloading and if you were empty you could go ahead and attack an enemy who was reloading, so you didn't have to undergo a stressful "reload race" however with automatic fire and much faster reloads, nowadays not so much.
Well, think about it. If you were in a situation you'd be pulling out your knife, most likely that situation limits your ability to pull out a sidearm. So yeah, I guess a bayonet is pretty good.
Having a knife on your gun means it's longer ranged and safer for the user to engage in melee combat, in cetain cases.
Always keep a knife at your side for close range, though.
Always keep a knife at your side for close range, though.
Holy crap! That was AWESOME.Jamash said:
And I believe the Bayonet is like this.
if you have a knife that can be used as a bayonet, and you need a bayonet right now? Why not use it?
better to have a knife that is capable of being used like that, than a knife that isn't capable of it.
After WW1, France was a little short on men since, y'know, they'd just spent four years getting killed en masse in trenches. Therefore, the men who were left were supposed to give "a few good thrusts" to ensure that France didn't find itself without any men for an army 18 years later (of course, as it turned out, the men they DID have weren't worth much when the Germans came back for second helpings...)Endocrom said: