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Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sword_bayonet&action=edit">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">introducing citations to additional sources</a>.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Sword+bayonet%22">"Sword bayonet"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Sword+bayonet%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Sword+bayonet%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Sword+bayonet%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Sword+bayonet%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Sword+bayonet%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2009</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>sword bayonet</b> is any long, knife-bladed <a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">bayonet</a> designed for mounting on a <a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">musket</a> or <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifle</a>. Its use is thought to have begun in the 18th century and to have reached its height of popularity throughout the 19th and into the early 20th centuries. When unmounted from a musket or rifle, sword bayonets with their typical <a href="/wiki/Hilt" title="Hilt">hilts</a> and long blades also could be wielded as <a href="/wiki/Short_sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Short sword">short swords</a>. While modern military bayonets typically have <a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">knife</a> blades, they are usually too short to be called sword bayonets and are more akin to <a href="/wiki/Combat_knife" title="Combat knife">fighting/utility knives</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_bayonet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg/220px-Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg/330px-Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg/440px-Japan_bayonet_Type_30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Japanese <a href="/wiki/Type_30_bayonet" title="Type 30 bayonet">Type 30 bayonet</a> (made between 1894 and 1945), an example of a straight-edged sword bayonet.</figcaption></figure><p>Sword bayonets originated for use with muzzle-loading rifles. A typical example of an early sword bayonet is the 58 centimetre (23 inch) blade variety designed for the <a href="/wiki/Infantry_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry rifle">Infantry rifle</a>, later called the <a href="/wiki/Baker_rifle" title="Baker rifle">Baker rifle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic era</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. </p><p>In the modern British "Rifles" regiment, all bayonets are referred to as swords.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> would routinely keep bayonets fixed to their inaccurate smooth bore muskets throughout a battle. Close order ranks and <a href="/wiki/Infantry_square" title="Infantry square">squares</a> presented a hedge of bayonets to the enemy, which was especially useful for deterring <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>. But a fixed bayonet - a pound (1 lb (0.45 kg)) or so of extra metal on the front of a firearm - seriously affects a firearm’s balance and hampers accurate shooting. However, <a href="/wiki/Mosin-Nagant" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosin-Nagant">Mosin-Nagant</a> rifles using cruciform and dagger bayonets were arsenal zeroed with them affixed (or extended) as they affect point-of-impact via barrel harmonics, and in the case of Imperial Russian and Soviet battle doctrine dictated they were always affixed (with few exceptions). A rifleman usually fought without a fixed bayonet since accuracy was the whole purpose of their rifled weapon. He therefore required a side-arm that could be drawn and used instantly in an emergency so his bayonet had a cutting edge and a grippable hilt. That such bayonets were far heavier than standard socket bayonets was not a disadvantage since they were rarely fixed. Most riflemen found it worked better for cutting brush and roasting meat over a fire (See Rifleman Harris, Costello's, Simmons's diaries). </p><p>On occasion riflemen did form up in close order. Since rifles were shorter than muskets their bayonets needed to be longer to produce the same total length; the sword bayonet answered this need. </p><p>As well as rifle regiments, other soldiers whose battlefield role did not involve standing shoulder to shoulder in ranks, notably <a href="/wiki/Sergeants" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeants">sergeants</a>, also came to use sword bayonets. By the end of the nineteenth century all infantry had become riflemen and the sword bayonet had become the standard infantry bayonet. </p><p>Bayonets lost their popularity after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. While sword bayonets can be effective as <a href="/wiki/Short_sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Short sword">short swords</a>, they proved to be too unwieldy in cramped quarters in <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a>, although spike bayonets continued to be used throughout most of the 20th century. A shorter version of the sword bayonet, the <a href="/wiki/Knife_bayonet" title="Knife bayonet">knife bayonet</a>, was developed. Today, the majority of modern bayonets are knife bayonets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_bayonet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:French_bayonet_charge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/French_bayonet_charge.jpg/220px-French_bayonet_charge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/French_bayonet_charge.jpg/330px-French_bayonet_charge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/French_bayonet_charge.jpg/440px-French_bayonet_charge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="856" data-file-height="506" /></a><figcaption>A photograph showing a <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> bayonet charge taken just before the <a href="/wiki/Great_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Great War">Great War</a>. Note the long needle-like <a href="/wiki/%C3%89p%C3%A9e" title="Épée">épée</a> bayonet, for the French <a href="/wiki/Lebel_Model_1886_rifle" title="Lebel Model 1886 rifle">Lebel Model 1886 rifle</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the appearance of the hiltless sword bayonet, such as the <a href="/wiki/Bayonet_mount" title="Bayonet mount">socket-mounted</a> variety, their use on the end of the musket or rifle also became a hindrance during the reloading of the <a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">muzzle-loaded</a> <a href="/wiki/Long_gun" title="Long gun">longarm</a>, (a common problem to all muzzle-loading infantry weapons). A bayonet of similar style and dimension was used on the <a href="/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" title="Lee–Enfield">Lee–Enfield</a> rifle of the early 20th century. </p><p>The advantages of sword bayonets over spike bayonets are evident. Where a <a href="/wiki/Spike_bayonet" title="Spike bayonet">spike bayonet</a> turns the rifle into a spear, a sword bayonet turns it into a <a href="/wiki/Glaive" title="Glaive">glaive</a>. Unlike spike bayonets, which can be used only for thrusting, sword bayonets can also be used for slashing, except for the <a href="/wiki/%C3%89p%C3%A9e" title="Épée">épée</a> bayonets. Twisting a sword bayonet in the wound was especially lethal. Before the advent of modern medicine after World War I, a soldier struck by a sword bayonet was very unlikely to survive. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword_bayonet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While most sword bayonets have straight blades, a popular variant in the 19th century featured sinuous, S-curved blades like those found on <a href="/wiki/Kilij" title="Kilij">Ottoman sword</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Yatagan" title="Yatagan">yatagan</a>. 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style="width:1%">Prehistory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_sword" title="Bronze Age sword">Bronze Age sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khopesh" title="Khopesh">Khopesh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_sword" title="Iron Age sword">Iron Age sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpe" title="Harpe">Harpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladius" title="Gladius">Gladius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiphos" title="Xiphos">Xiphos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopis" title="Kopis">Kopis</a>/<a href="/wiki/Falcata" title="Falcata">Falcata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makhaira" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_sword" title="Chinese sword">China</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jian" title="Jian">Jian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dao_(Chinese_sword)" title="Dao (Chinese sword)"> Dao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hook_sword" title="Hook sword">Hook sword</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khanda_(sword)" title="Khanda (sword)">Khanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urumi" title="Urumi">Urumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruval" title="Aruval">Aruval</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval and modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firangi_(sword)" title="Firangi (sword)">Firangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastane" title="Kastane">Kastane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talwar" title="Talwar">Talwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulwar" title="Pulwar">Pulwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam_vaal" title="Kayamkulam vaal">Kayamkulam vaal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pata_(sword)" title="Pata (sword)">Pata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western and<br />Central Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prehistory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_sword" title="Bronze Age sword">Bronze Age sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khopesh" title="Khopesh">Khopesh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_sword" title="Iron Age sword">Iron Age sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acinaces" title="Acinaces">Acinaces</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parthian_Long_Sword&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parthian Long Sword (page does not exist)">Parthian Long Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiphos" title="Xiphos">Xiphos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopis" title="Kopis">Kopis</a>/<a href="/wiki/Falcata" title="Falcata">Falcata</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sasanian_Sword&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sasanian Sword (page does not exist)">Sasanian Sword</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Post-classical_history" title="Post-classical history">Post-classical period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_sword" title="Arab sword">Arab sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scimitar" title="Scimitar">Scimitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamshir" title="Shamshir">Shamshir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilij" title="Kilij">Kilij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turko-Mongol_sabers" class="mw-redirect" title="Turko-Mongol sabers">Turko-Mongol Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatagan" title="Yatagan">Yatagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mameluke_sword" title="Mameluke sword">Mameluke sword</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early modern period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qama" title="Qama">Qama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kindjal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kindjal">Kindjal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Indonesian_Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Indonesian Weapons">Indonesia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandau_(knife)" title="Mandau (knife)">Mandau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niabor" title="Niabor">Niabor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parang_(knife)" title="Parang (knife)">Parang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balato_(sword)" title="Balato (sword)">Balato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gari_(sword)" title="Gari (sword)">Gari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surik_(sword)" title="Surik (sword)">Surik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keris_bahari" title="Keris bahari">Keris bahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klewang" title="Klewang">Klewang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalis" title="Kalis">Sundang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langgai_Tinggang" title="Langgai Tinggang">Langgai Tinggang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parang_Nabur" title="Parang Nabur">Parang Nabur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikin_Panjang" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikin Panjang">Sikin Panjang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filipino_weapons" title="Template:Filipino weapons">Philippines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balasiong" title="Balasiong">Balasiong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangkung" title="Bangkung">Bangkung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banyal" title="Banyal">Banyal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barong_(sword)" title="Barong (sword)">Barong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batangas_sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Batangas sword">Batangas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicuco" title="Bicuco">Bicuco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Binagong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Binagong (page does not exist)">Binagong</a> (Binangon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolo_knife" title="Bolo knife">Bolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahong_palay" title="Dahong palay">Dahong palay</a></li> <li><a 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