Fort Jackson, 1967, basic training... "What is the spirit of the bayonet?" "To kill, to kill without mercy!"

Better to have them and not have to use them than not have them when you need them

Hand-to-hand combat will always be around, so will the bayonet.

My favorite bayonet story came from when Marines were clearing houses in Ramadi. A marine was going down a flight of steps and saw the barrel of an RPK poke around a corner in the darkness and he instinctually grabbed it and pushed it away from him. At the same time he pulled his knife and stabbed roughly where the insurgents neck was but it met resistance in the dark, the marine thought it was body armor. He put all his muscle into it and slowly pushed the blade into the screaming insurgent until he went quiet. Another marine rounded the corner and illuminated the insurgent with his tac light. The Marine was unaware the insurgent was lower as he was going down the stairs and in the darkness had driven his bayonet into the insurgents skull.

Bayonet charges offers shock value in storming positions even if there isn't many casualties from the boyonet itself. You can find examples of this all over ww2

So eliminate the bayonet, then watch how your enemy responds with more close quarter fighting.

Even now, I carry a bayonet for my Mossberg 590. Still great for backup when ammo is short

.the bayonet attack separates "children" from warriors. the army that does not train its soldiers to attack with a bayonet is a lost army ...

For multiple times, when my rifle jammed after repeated trigger pulling, the very first thing came into my mind was "I still have grenades and the bayonet.". A sharpened bayonet is the best tool for survival, and the silent weapon for an ambush. No high tech gear can replace that, ever. 😎

" Maggot what is the spirit of the bayonet ? " "To kill kill kill with cold blue steel Drill sergeant !!!!" " Maggot what makes the grass grow ? " " Blood Blood Blood !!!!!! "

The bayonet is a security blanket for when all else fails!!

Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

When you're out of ammo, but you still have your rifle with the bayonet fixed in place, you still have a formidable weapon in your hands

NCIS Gibbs' Rule #9 Never go anywhere without a knife .

Blood makes the green grass grow

My slumber this night is secured by these ruff 'n tough young men between me and the enemies of America. There is no place for political correct social experimenting in war fighting.

In Desert Storm I did POW collection and transport, when moving them onto and off transport we had fixed bayonets. When you fix a bayonet to the end of your weapon your whole attitude changes, you can instantly feel a spike in aggression. The bayonet needs to stay in the inventory of the Army and Marine Corp.

"why does American military still use the bayonet" Because every other nation uses the bayonet and a bayonet/bayonet lug combined weigh maybe 2 pounds and don't require much servicing to maintain lethality and increase CQB lethality and cost maybe 100 bucks per units and can last decades. Plus all the utility of a knife. Saved you 8 minutes.

One of the most terrifying orders a Soldier can get is FIX BAYONETS !! CHARGE !!

Why a bayonet? Because supply has a very hard time keeping you supplied with ammo. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

A rifle without a bayonet, is like a day without sunshine.

Screaming "FIX BAYONETS!!!" to your soldiers, or in any onset of a fire fight, scares the living shit out of everyone who hears that command!

You ever run out of ammo you'll want that pointi stick

Ka-Bar is pronounced "KAY-bar." Bayonets are still useful as all around tools and, since rifles run out of ammo and resupply isn't always immediately possible, by fixing a bayonet you can still use the rifle as a deadly weapon to make holes in the enemy, albeit at close quarters.

Maybe the item that turned a one shot weapon into a pike is still in use today and will be for the foreseeable future is because it is still effective, even if as a psychological weapon.

" What's the purpose of the bayonet ?? To kill , kill , kill". Semper Fi

Never been in a battle, or fired my weapon in anger, but by God, I'd rather have a bayonet then not. Guns jam, ammo runs out, radios fail, satellites are now vulnerable, that arty might not get there, air support may be late. Even in my home, my weapon of last resort is a Zulu assagai. Nah, if they didn't issue me one, I'd get one some how.

When you run out of shells, a strong knife is a God send!

All my rifles have a bayonet for them. Never know when you'll have to make that grass grow.

They are knives you put on the end of a gun, they are cool, and when the time comes to say fuck it, bayonets work a treat in last ditch efforts.

Why? Cuz being able to stick somebody with the pointy end on a long rifle beats using your hands if you run out of ammo

Opening MREs and breaking down boxes, that hit home......because of MOS 92g....

Any soldier who ever served with Colonel Robert Lee "COLD STEEL" Powell knows why we need the bayonet.

Nothing more scary than to hear a Black Watch Sergeant shouting "FIX BAYONETS"!

I've read in several military history books that the bayonet has been poo-pooed and called obsolete many times. Every time the US army has gotten involved in a war the TROOPS have demanded a pointy thing to put on the front of their weapons. Who would you listen to?

You’re missing the point. Most people are more scared of knives and they are of guns. The reason is most people have experienced the pain of being cut. But they haven’t experienced the pain of being shot. So they have a visceral fear reaction to seeing a bayonet. Psychological intimidation

I mean, you never know you if you're ever gonna need an additional stab on the enemy in close quarter combat with a rifle.

I heard using the bayonet is a good way to check if a dead body is still alive.

It breaks my heart seeing all those A2s reduced to trainers. I personally prefer the M7 bayonet. No finesse; just a sharp blade to gore your enemy.

I never had a bayonet jam on me....

When there is hand to hand encounter, bayonet is the last to get enemy to ground instead of using more bullets.

I went through Infantry (OSUT) in 1990, we spent a lot of time on bayonet drills and had a course we had to run through and bayonet tires or targets. It is very simple when you run out of ammo or your position gets overrun bayonets are valuable along with fighting skills. There area cases in many US battles were baronets were used.

Correction: Why America's Marines Still Uses Bayonet?

This video helps to explain how training for combat sets a mindset that may seem abstract at the time, but will kick in later on. I know from experience

Well I'm no expert but seems to me that you'll probably never use the bayonet, but if you do need it you really need it.

British army fixed bayonets for company platoon section charges in the Falklands war, Scots Guards ,2 Para, in fact numerous bayonet charges seemed to have occurred from reading various personal accounts . Lt Dytor from Royal marines , sensing his platoon were starting to run out of ammunition when a stalemate had occurred during an assault against argentine Hill, stood up on his own with bayonet fixed , and charged up the hill screaming Zulu Zuu Zulu ! , inspired his platoon got up and followed . and in Iraq Afghanistan also on occasions

it’s for close combat

there has been more use of bayonets the the two uses mentioned

He did it. He called it the pointy stick😂😁😁

Surprise, the US Army does not provide Bayonet training in Basic training nor do they issue Bayonets to solders. Check your data and your video title for click bait.

Well, it's a matter of opinion! I actually used mine in Grenada, glad I had it when my rifle jammed.💪👍

I was trained in 1968 at Fort Ord, CA in the US Army. We trained with M-14 rifles with bayonets, ala' Korea and WWII. I got to Vietnam in 1969 with the second version of the M-16 rifle. We were told we would not be issued bayonets, even though the M-16's had mounting lugs, because the barrel was so flimsy that if you planted the bayonet in the enemy it would bend the rifle barrel, rendering it useless. Inspired great confidence in the black plastic rifle!

Bayonet training is only partially about the physical training. It is more about instilling the aggressive spirit to the fight where and when needed.

I thought we learned our lesson about eliminating our options! In Vietnam they built our jet fighters without machine guns. "We didn't need them anymore" BIG MISTAKE. They soon returned. Bayonets are a wonderful tool, its a multitool with many uses. "Its better to have one and never need it than to need one and not have it" Lets not learn the hard way again!!

Mass bayonet charges are no longer viable, but rapid advance on an enemy position is. When you have to rush an enemy position (modernly with friendly suppressing fire and hopefully smoke) you might find yourself in hand to hand combat. A spear length weapon is nicer for that than a knife. Also, close quarters in houses, or bunkers, or jungle, where you could realistically have to fight within ranges of a few feet/meters, a bayonet allows you to have a melee weapon ready without fumbling to draw a knife in the middle of a fight. Additionally, if the weapon malfunctions, it's better than nothing. I recall in the book "Black Hawk Down" the Ranger leader (McKnight I think was his name) wished he'd told his men to bring bayonets during the night fighting because of how close the enemy came to overrunning their position (they were practically in the same house on several occasions), and how close they came to running out of ammo. Bayonets fall in the category of "You probably won't need it, but if you ever do, you will REALLY need it."

Does anyone remember, on national tv, Obama telling Romney that the military does not use bayonets anymore?

A GOOD BAYONET WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE , BETTER TO HAVE A BAYONET THAN NONE AT ALL! I CARRY BAYONET AND A K-BAR! RUN OUT OF AMMO , GET INO A TIGHT SPACE FIGHT MY B WILL SAVE YOUR 6.

I loved my bayonet and carried one always when I had a rifle.

When I was in service in the mid 80's they issued us the M7 bayonet for our rifles. I can tell you this from experience, if you ever want to be completely worn out tired, run the bayonet course..great work out lol. You start out on fire "KILL KILL KILL!" and are dragging ass near the end of it lol. I still have my M7 bayonet. Although it might not ever be used for it's original purpose I always found it really comforting to have it on my side anyway..kind of in the same way maybe carrying a good stick or club might be. Just extra insurance. I'll carry it hunting sometimes lol. Like the the guy in the vid says though , I eventually became an M203 Grenadier and couldn't mount the bayonet on my weapon anymore..but I still found all sorts of uses for it in the field anyway. I hope our military always continues to issue the bayonet to troops. Better to have a weapon and not need it than the other way around.

The reason the bayonet is still around is for psychological reasons. You always have a way to defend yourself from the enemy if your weapon malfunctions or you run out of ammo.

Somewhat useful, sometimes somewhat useful is just what you need...

In close combat using your bayonet is way faster than reloading.

Modern bayonets are basically combat knives that can be stuck on a rifle as an added feature, knives will always be useful in combat because they always work they can kill when needed or be used for any number of different things. Also interesting point to note studies have shown that people are more intimidated and show more fear when confronted with someone carrying a rifle with affixed bayonet than no bayonet on the rifle.

Crowd control. Karan won't believe you will shoot until after she starts bleeding. The bayonet can be moved slowly forward and non-combatants will move back. In combat, carry 6 ounces more ammo or another battery instead.

As my SOI instructor put so eloquently, you may never need to use a bayonet, but having one lets the enemy know you're willing to take it to that level

Bayonets aren't just a backup. They're incredibly useful for "crowd control" confrontations during civil unrest when shooting would not be an option. As long as men fight each other, there will be instances in which they come face-to-face. And when they come face-to-face, "fix bayonets!"

And next, someone behind a desk is going to say that duct tape is going to be obsolete in the 21st century !

Trying to yell aggressively whilst wearing a mouth guard. 😁🇦🇺

While in the Canadian Army in the 1970s, I remember being trained on bayonet fighting with our FN C1s. Our instructor, a Sergeant who was a Korean War vet held up the bayonet and said that nobody really likes the thought of sticking this cold hard piece of steel into another man’s guts, except maybe for some psychopath. Just remember that the other guy has received the same sort of training as you did, and if you don’t kill him he’ll certainly kill you. So, you need to get over that apprehension by stabbing other things. We used hay bales, and later a pair of mechanic’s coveralls stuffed with hay. We never used tires, but that does seem to be a better and longer lasting target as the coverall dummy was unusable after about 30 guys went at it.

Good old MCRD San Diego. .. pt. field next to the airport's runway!

in 1974 summer of, at Ft POKE LA.the drill SGT told us anytime they tell you to A-fix bayonets you're about to do something stupid .

You don’t attach the bayonet YOU ATTACH THE GUN

Great vid! I still remember my course. Nothing unlocks the warrior spirit like the call to "fix bayonets" and picture yourself trusting it into the enemy, even if the enemy is just a tire lol.

the British bayonet charge resulting quite impressive, you still have the courage and discipline of waging a bayonet charge to win the battle. those part remain the same

Its something good to have if you run out of ammo!

Because at some point you run out of bullets. When you do you can't just yell at the enemy to stop fighting till you get a resupply.

Several countries still use the bayonet.

When you find yourself from bootcamp last year on the intro

If your out of ammo or if your enemy is on top of you or if you need a tool use the bayonet

Why does the bayonet still exist in a short version: Ran out of ammo? : bayonet Enemy attack from 2 feet away: bayonet Need to cut anything? : bayonet Do you need to kill without mercy? : bayonet

it’s less of a tactical thing of learning to use the bayonet, and more of a mental thing. having a platoon or a squad charge you with a bayonet screaming at the top of their lungs is way scarier than some guys shooting near you

Soldiers and Marines will always need knives to open care packages from home

We still have bayonets in active service in Denmark. It's a great weapon.

Wow that’s another Bayonet

The reason,they still use it,is because it's phycological warfare,while it's not very usefull in a fight,the enemy sees that knife and it instils fear in them,similar too a flaming arrow did in medieval times.

We don't do this in the Army. When I was company armorer, my CO and I counted our bayonets, made sure it matched the number on his property books, placed them in tough box, wrapped two thick metal bands with clamps around the box, used 2 serialized military approved locks AND 2 serialized metal band seals just to ensure their was no tampering with his property. We thin typed a memorandum stating the total number of bayonets in the box, Commander signed it, and I taped memo to outside of tough box. Nobody touched them shits until 18 months later when we got a new CO and did it all over again.

I was in for 8 years (USAR 11B infantryman). The only time I ever used a bayonet was in basic. After that, nope. Sure we had knives but we put the bayonet into the conex box.

That’s my Platoon from boot camp in the beginning. Thats crazy, Fatal Fox

1776: *Charges after firing 1 bullet with bayonet* 2030 WW3: *Charges with bayonet with M16s against 600 people with 7.62 rifles*

A bayonet says I care enough about you to get up close and personal

1 Bayonets have the second lowest failure rate of all weapons. The lowest rate of failure has been Atomic Bombs. 2 when dealing with rioters or POWs a bayonet is the perfect weapon for obtaining compliance without resorting to lethal force. 3 When I was training Recruits we also had Pugil Sticks to augment Bayonet training. They were the best combination for approximating the mental state of true, personal combat. When under fire for the first time the new soldiers were less likely to freeze or cower because they had previously been through the same stress and it was familiar to them.

The M1905 bayonet was pretty much a short sword at 19 inches. Not so useful as a bayonet but awesome as a sword or machete. They cut them down later into something more bayonet like at 11 inches.

I’m korean who used to serve in ROK Marine corps, we also trained how to use bayonet but only in Boot camp. We don’t use bayonets in real combat these days.

US Army basic training stopped teaching the bayonet years ago. Just as well since that was the only time in 5 years and two deployments that I was ever issued one.

I went to Parris Island in 1968. The bayonet & its Use were taught & emphasised as the last ditch weapon ( an entrenching tool was also An option!) Finally, The Corps combined the bayonet & the K-bar!! To This day I still carry a bayonet/ K-bar when hunting, fishing, or around The ranch. A fighting knife Or both, or the combination Of both ( now issued) Seems as normal to put on as a pair of boots! Maybe I am Old Corps, but I had Rather have " The blade" With me in the case that I Need it/ rather than need It & not have it!

Nothing says "shits about to get real" better than "fix bayonets" the M16 just looks sexier with them on too

My kid is in now 11B & I asked him about this a few weeks ago & he said they don't really teach much about bayonet fighting anymore, it's a damn shame.

I believe a man with a rifle with a bayonet attached can stand against all predators on the earth.

In Phil. Marine Recon, they have "Barong" a 22 inch one sided bladed sword. It is useful for hand to hand combat. It can stab ,cut,slash and beheaded enemy combatants. Gruesome but deadly effective.

Because sooner or later the enemy will get the point.