[prophetic]

I've never heard of a bayonet charge in this day & age!!!

Great going soldier!!

[Always A Marine]

I've never heard of a bayonet charge in this day & age!!!

Ask the Argentines. The Brits used bayonets with great effect in the Falklands campaign, and word quickly spread among the panicked Argentines. When combat get in close quarters, bayonet fighting is an essential and rewarding skill.

[TooBusy]

Those old outdated bayonets seem to be quite effective

Bayonet Brits kill 35 rebels (Brits Go Hand To Hand 5 to 1)

OUTNUMBERED British soldiers killed 35 Iraqi attackers in the Army?s first bayonet charge since the Falklands War 22 years ago. The fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stormed rebel positions after being ambushed and pinned down.

Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara.

The battle erupted after Land Rovers carrying 20 Argylls came under attack on a highway.

After radioing for back-up, they fixed bayonets and charged at 100 rebels using tactics learned in drills.

Charge ... tactics from drills

When the fighting ended bodies lay all over the highway and more were floating in a nearby river. Nine rebels were captured.

An Army spokesman said: ?This was an intense engagement.?

The last bayonet charge was by the Scots Guards and the Paras against Argentinian positions.

[archy]

I've never heard of a bayonet charge in this day & age!!!

Great going soldier!!

Don't get around the Gurkhas much, do you? The use of cold steel still plays a place in modern combat, particularly at night, when the muzzle flash of an automatic weapon is a universal message in any language for *Throw grenades here....*

During a classic rescue mission in Afghanistan, the Tora-Bora caves to be more precise, two weeks ago involving SAS Soldiers, 4 were injured, and two SAS soldiers have been awarded the VC (Victoria Cross). It is the first for a long time, anyone to be awarded the medal and survived.This is the first awardings of the Cross in this Century, it is also the first time the Cross has been awarded to living members of the British forces. The two soldiers cannot be named due to their continued service within the Regiment or for the first time be let known to what they did to even earn it. The story of Cpl. Labalaba in Oman never received one for his courage because it is expected of all members to do the sam in that situation. However I can only point out that if two members of the SAS have received (first to receive in this millenium) this medal, their work must of been extraordinary. But, as it is stated no information will be realeased as of yet or in the near future. Congrats to the men and the Regiment.

An excerpt from "The Sun" description of the SAS' battle that won them their Victoria Crosses follows. Story goes that one of the *knives* involved was a Gurkha kukri:

"The SAS engaged in Hand-to-Hand fighting with al-Qaida fighters inside caves. They fought only with knives, killing enemy and rescuing colleagues."

-The Sunday Sun