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Posted: 6/24/2018 1:10:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2018 1:29:22 AM EDT
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Not that I'm that old, but the few times I had one issued, I had an M7, which I attached to the keeper on the old wooden handle E-tool I carried because the modern one sucks as a e-tool.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 5:32:33 AM EDT
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'cuz the ramrod went away. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Bayonet lug on the side was the predominant way to mount a sword or knife bayonet for a number of decades. In the late-19th century they changed to mounting it underneath for some reason. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 6:25:48 AM EDT
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Left side on belt of 782 gear |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 6:31:41 AM EDT
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Pretty much this. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ours were never let out of the Arms room. Funny thing was, I never saw any racial hatred. The fight was over possession of the coolaid. Only guys I ever saw screwing around knife fighting, were Mexicans. Mexican vs. Gurkha knife fight would be worth watching. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 6:54:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: M7 has the same tang as the M9. I've made several M7s. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/180428c-539518.jpg |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 6:58:35 AM EDT
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We wore ours on the support side rear just before one of your canteens. We kept them on our LBE at all times.
This was the Army Way. Except the bayonet would be on the other hip for a right handed shooter.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 7:30:34 AM EDT
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Apparently Marines carry theirs on the end of their rifles... http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FallujahMaster022.jpg  |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 7:33:25 AM EDT
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Mine was carried on the top shelf, right hand side, in my locker in the team room.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 8:25:53 AM EDT
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I carried mine in my large ALICE pack, only pulling it out to cut something (usually MRE's) and then put it away.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 9:39:20 AM EDT
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That was for Weapon Retention during Fallujah and crowd control. The 101st used theirs with very effective results too. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Apparently Marines carry theirs on the end of their rifles... http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FallujahMaster022.jpg |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 9:55:55 AM EDT
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I am from an older time and we carried our M8 on our cartridge belt on the left side. I carried a Kbar on my suspenders for the cartridge belt. We always went into the field with a bayonet. The only time I really used it was to pick up trash and riot control. I never had the opportunity to stick someone though. I have friend who used their bayonets on “Possum Patrol.”
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Posted: 6/24/2018 10:11:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/24/2018 10:19:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 11:08:57 AM EDT
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That bayonet charge was movie fiction. It did not happen in real life. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 12:59:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess you never heard of Sgt. David Falconer of the British Army. The US hasn't done a Bayonet Charge since Korea, but the Brits did one in Iraq. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 1:07:55 PM EDT
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11b from 2007-2011 they weren’t carried they lived in the arms room. It’s a good looking bayonet but I think the m7 is more practical.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 1:15:27 PM EDT
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i didn't know there was a link between Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus and american history, cool Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: American History. And family History. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 1:28:59 PM EDT
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M7 has the same tang as the M9. I've made several M7s. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/180428c-539518.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: The m9 is weak because of the tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/170028/880FFC03-C133-4DEC-9537-DD12EBFF2D04-584235.JPG I believe the m7 has a full tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/180428c-539518.jpg |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 3:35:06 PM EDT
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They don’t have the same tang. His picture was of a m7 tang and m7 grip panels which the m9 doesn’t have. There is a itty bitty threaded bit extending from the blade then that screws into a rod that runs through the tubular m9 handle acting as the tang versus the m7 pictured with a full tang where grip panels screw into the tang. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: The m9 is weak because of the tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/170028/880FFC03-C133-4DEC-9537-DD12EBFF2D04-584235.JPG I believe the m7 has a full tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/180428c-539518.jpg |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 9:50:42 PM EDT
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It's interesting that the MARS-L for New Zealand made by LMT features a side mount bayonet lug. What's old is new again! |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 3:11:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Food location to avoid launching grenades into the back of your bayonet. |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 3:27:15 PM EDT
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I guess you never heard of Sgt. David Falconer of the British Army. The US hasn't done a Bayonet Charge since Korea, but the Brits did one in Iraq. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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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. |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 4:53:19 PM EDT
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on second thought, maybe I did have one. do/did these have a sharpening stone on the back side?
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Posted: 6/27/2018 10:05:25 AM EDT
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@Kali_Refugee I was going by the stamp in his picture which clearly has M9-XM stamped on it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: The m9 is weak because of the tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/170028/880FFC03-C133-4DEC-9537-DD12EBFF2D04-584235.JPG I believe the m7 has a full tang. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/180428c-539518.jpg There was another experimental model (developed for the USMC) which used a full-length tang, but had the standard M9 grip. It was not adopted either. Kali_Refugee is correct that all the issued M9 bayonets had the short threaded tang with a grip support rod threaded on. That's why the M9 is the weakest US issued bayonet. Most of the early (uncoated blade) production models also had problems with the stainless steel being too brittle. They thought it was the weight reduction cuts and fuller, but it turned out to be the steel quality. They omitted the cuts on future M9 production anyway. |
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