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Posted: 6/22/2018 4:29:39 PM EDT
Hi guys, i recently found a really nice like new phrobis m-9 bayonet for my LE6921 for a really good price (130 euros, here is a real affair because m9's are extremely rare and, if you find one in like new conditions, you should expect to pay 350-500 euros). That said, i was wondering how the bayonet was carried from US soldiers, attached to the tactical vest, attached to the belt or in some other way? Thanks ;)
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I was never issued a bayonet when I was in the Army. Whether I was deployed or not.
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Mine stayed back in the States.
I did have a fixed blade attached to my plate carrier though. If I was the carry the M9, it would be on my belt. |
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so i assume almost everyone of you had another fixed blade knife on him.. i have never been deployed in a combat zone but i would definitely carry one if i had the possibility to choose.
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I couple guys on my first deployment put them on their IBAs. I kept mine in my tough box.
Supply never even issued them out on subsequent deployments. |
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Carried in large red tool boxes in the arms room. Nice and easy for the inventory reports.
I think that happened after a Captain stuck a turtle with one, once. |
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With super rare exceptions, fixed blades (and folders for that matter) were used to pry open crates and open MRE packages. (after Viet Nam and maybe even not there. )
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so i assume almost everyone of you had another fixed blade knife on him.. i have never been deployed in a combat zone but i would definitely carry one if i had the possibility to choose. View Quote |
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In the bottom of a duffle bag. If it ever left the arms room in the first place. What a shit implement.
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The scabbard clipped onto your web gear belt with an ALICE clip. Usually on the right side behind your magazine pouch and ahead of a canteen pouch. They only left the armory for parades or inspections. We didn't take them when we deployed to the Gulf or Somalia, I can't speak for the post 9/11 era.
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I saw several of them broken at bayo training...did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever.
We were issued the M9 but they never left supply. |
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we use to have to take them out in the field with us until like, 2005. Attached them to our web belts when we had ALICE stuff and then clipped them into MOLLE when we got FLCs. After that never saw them leave the arms room, don't think we even took any to Iraq in 2008.
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The scabbard clipped onto your web gear belt with an ALICE clip. Usually on the right side behind your magazine pouch and ahead of a canteen pouch. They only left the armory for parades or inspections. We didn't take them when we deployed to the Gulf or Somalia, I can't speak for the post 9/11 era. View Quote |
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I saw several of them broken at bayo training...did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever. We were issued the M9 but they never left supply. View Quote |
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I carried mine on my ALICE belt for both my 2000 deployment to Kosovo and my 2002 deployment to Afghanistan. Of course, it was in Afghanistan that I found the one I have now. Some GI did a post poor job of securing his and I found it.
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We had the older m7 bayonets but I don't think I ever used it or carried it.
I did have/use the smaller aircrew survival knife (fixed blade about 5" long), but it was better at opening cans than cutting. ETA now that I think about it, I did obsess about sharpening that silly thing. Still don't think I carried it except to layout for inspection. |
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The m9 is considerably thicker than the m7, the m7 feels cheap and thin compared to the m9. Wonder how that bayonet charge in We Were Soldiers looked like irl. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I saw several of them broken at bayo training...did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever. We were issued the M9 but they never left supply. |
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This is the correct way to carry a bayonet. If used correctly, it'll help the grass grow!
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Quoted: The m9 is considerably thicker than the m7, the m7 feels cheap and thin compared to the m9. Wonder how that bayonet charge in We Were Soldiers looked like irl. View Quote |
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The m9 is considerably thicker than the m7, the m7 feels cheap and thin compared to the m9. Wonder how that bayonet charge in We Were Soldiers looked like irl. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I saw several of them broken at bayo training...did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever. We were issued the M9 but they never left supply. |
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Upside down on your H-harness with a flare taped to it with 1,000-mile-per-hour tape! Yut!
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The m9 is considerably thicker than the m7, the m7 feels cheap and thin compared to the m9. Wonder how that bayonet charge in We Were Soldiers looked like irl. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I saw several of them broken at bayo training...did not intstill confidence in that blade whatsoever. We were issued the M9 but they never left supply. Attached File I believe the m7 has a full tang. |
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Of course! how did you come up with that username, by the way? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I carried mine on my ALICE belt for both my 2000 deployment to Kosovo and my 2002 deployment to Afghanistan. Of course, it was in Afghanistan that I found the one I have now. Some GI did a post poor job of securing his and I found it. Attached File |
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Quoted: Here's a pic of me at Checkpoint 75, a joint US-Russian checkpoint along the Kosovo/Serbian border, playing with a PKM. If you look closely, you can see my bayonet sticking out from my right side, where it was worn between an ammo pouch and a canteen. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/242045/Kosovo_PKM_redacted-584265.JPG View Quote |
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i didn't know there was a link between Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus and american history, cool View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: American History. And family History. -Patrick Henry, 1788 |
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Quoted: “sons of Cincinnatus, (who) without splendid magnificence or parade, going, with the genius of their just progenitor, Cincinnatus, to the plough; men who served their country without ruining it, men who had served it to the destruction of their private patrimony, their country owing them amazing amounts, for the payment of which no adequate provision was then made.” -Patrick Henry, 1788 View Quote |
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In Berlin we used them and they were fracking razor sharp. Here I am at C P Charlie on October 27, 1961. You can see mine on my left side being hidden partially by a my Protective Mask. These blades were so sharp that one f my buddies grabbed his when it was on his rifle at the Queens Birthday parade. He grabbed the blade and it cut a gash the entire length of his palm, and deep. In SE/Asia they were darn useful in heavy follage. However in all the years I saw several B Gys sliced pretty good in Riot Control. I saw one get used in combat to stop an attacker who was close and it stuck pretty deep in his shoulder.
All in all it was mostly used as a knife to slice open ration boxes. Attached File |
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