Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp

Associated Press ^ | Mar 16, 2010 | SUSANNE M. SCHAFER

[ansel12]

In this age I’d figure you’d be more likely to get hung up or even hurt with the thing than ever use it to any advantage. The negatives outweigh the positives at this juncture. I’d rather rely on a knife or my fists.

I don't get that, I have a pretty thorough history of fighting, and have always loved the bayonet, by the time I went into the army we had the M-16 which was shorter than the old German Mauser and it's more traditional bayonet size that I had practiced with as a boy, but nonetheless, I had great confidence in it.

In the right hands, an M-16 with a bayonet on it is a total weapon for hand to hand, with many options and capabilities that are not available to a man with nothing but a knife, and the idea of some normal man trying to survive my bayonet and rifle butt (and don't forget that protruding magazine) with nothing but his fists is just too difficult for me to imagine.

If you have faced knives in fights then you may remember how easy it is to disrupt the attacker with anything in your hands, a light chair, a lamp, almost anything, to actually have a bayonet fixed rifle that you like and are trained with, gives you a huge advantage.

[grunt03]

When I first got to VN I heard we were mounting '06 rifles on mules. I thought - Wow, that's Old Corps.

I busted a gut laughing at that!

Hell...from what the poster above has said, these modern Army troops could probably carry a 106 on their shoulder like a squirrel rifle.

[oh8eleven]

these modern Army troops could probably carry a 106 on their shoulder like a squirrel rifle.
The '06, the mule and six weeks' beer rations.
Semper Fi ...

[Hot Tabasco]

Thank you for your service Captain!

Just curious, when and where did you first receive your commission and where did you conduct your OT?

[RightOnline]

He’s not an idiot, and he sure as hell knows what he’s talking about. He wasn’t awarded a Bronze Star following a long tour in Iraq leading combat troops for nothing.

He also happens to be my son, so watch your language.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

The bayonet is not only a last resort it is also a

“state of mind”,,,

Notice the fact that for years some guns sold in the USA

had the lugs sawed off...Be safe...;0)