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To: Cobra64
I've never seen a bayonette (a female or small bayonet) on a rifle in recent memory, but the Marine Corps still teaches bayonet drill.

Additionally, there have been several bayonet charges by Coalition troops in the Sandbox - as recently as 2011.

US Marines with fixed bayonets, Fallujah, Iraq, 2004:

The latest autheticated bayonet charge: https://www.forces.net/services/army/bayonet-charge-foiled-taliban The bayonet may be much more limited in use these days, but when you *need* one, nothing else will do and the psychological impact on the enemy is ugly. It's usually a weapon of desperation these days (which is why to increase utility, it's also basically a fighting knife in form now) - out of ammo, out of hope, enemy closing in, likelihood of seeing tomorrow pretty much gone? Affix bayonets and charge. I have heard rumors of Kurd units, perhaps including female YPG squads, affixing bayonets to what they had (usually AKs) and charging home more recently than the above, but never seen any proof. If so... well, I don't think the day of the bayonet is quite over. If it ever will be before energy weapons are introduced to infantry combat.

42 posted on 01/13/2020 1:22:44 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
Thanks for the education! I had no idea. 👍
45 posted on 01/13/2020 2:05:25 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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