Bayonets: Stick 'em with the Pointy End.
A discussion of the bayonet, its changes and development through time, using British bayonets as a case study.
Links:
All about the yataghan blade:
• The Ottoman and Balkan yataghan sword/knife
All about bayonet fighting:
https://www.youtube.com/user/scholagl...
Images:
Tercio - Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Re enactors – Kweniston - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Spanish Plug Bayonet – Geni - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Plug Bayonet – Geni - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Plug Bayonet – Andrewbottomley - http://www.andrewbottomley.com/x-x-x-...
Snaphance – Hatchetfish - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Baket Bayonet – Tennants - http://www.tennants.co.uk/Catalogue/L...
Baker Rifle – Sharpes Waterloo - http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Sharpe's_Wa...
Cutlass bayonet – Gunstar - https://www.gunstar.co.uk/19th-centur...
Chassepot – Rama - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Sawback bayonet – Bayonetsplus.com - http://www.bayonetsplus.com/ArmNovDec...
Martini bayonet – RSACollectables - https://rsacollectables.com/2014/12/0...
1907 bayonet – jaybe militaria - http://www.jaybe-militaria.co.uk/brit...
No4 bayonet – jaybe militaria - http://www.jaybe-militaria.co.uk/lee-...
SA80 Bayonet - Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Trowel Bayonet – Pet Peoples Place - http://ns2.petpeoplesplace.com/petsto...
Ramrod bayonet – The Truth About Knives - http://www.thetruthaboutknives.com/20...