The Socket Bayonet 

Directions on a bayonet: 1. Stick them with the pointy end 2. Repeat

Gf: ugh, he’s probably thinking of other girls Him: “the purpose of a bayonet was to bring a knife to a gun fight”

“Fix Bayonets” The last command a soldier wants to hear

Other wise known as "Stabby Stabby"

Commissar: "Fix bayonets!" Guardsman: "I already did!" Commissar: "Then fix another!"

The cruciform bayonet was not developed for the purpose of inflicting more damage. The cruciform design was used to strengthen long bayonets by in effect making an I-beam to prevent lateral bending or breakage.

Imagine charging in to a line and the bayonet falls off before impact :(

"Then will you teach us about pointed sticks?" Drill Sargent: Shut up! Simple History: We will!

The bayonet is like a spiritual successor of the spear, the most popular weapon in ancient history. Long pointy stick to long shooty pointy stick.

People laugh at you for bringing a knife to a gun fight Bayonet: let me introduce myself

This takes me back to my younger days when i play Empire Total War. took forever to research in the Campaign

Narrator: 17th century to present Me: oh yeah that's co- Me: wait, to present? Me: *civil war flashbacks*

Soldier in 18-19 century: •runs out of ammo* Also soldier in 18-19 century: BANZAI!

Who's counting how many times he says "nasty", "nastier"' or "nastiest"?

"Guardsmen, affix bayonets!"

In Napoleonic War Officer : Fix Bayonets! Soldiers : Yeah, time to show them what we're made of! (A few centuries later) In the Great War *Artillery starts pounding *Machine guns firing Officer : Fix Bayonets! Soldiers : (chuckles) glad to know y'all, lads.

I remember using the bayonet in call of duty world at war. Very nostalgic.

Everyone: No you can’t put a knife on a gun, you use your hands Some crackhead: Haha bayonet goes poke poke

Fun fact the people that say ‘First’ they didn’t watch the whole video.

Fun fact: During the Napoleonic Wars casualties suffered from bayonet wounds were found to be of very low quantity compared to the casualties suffered from artillery or muskets. Still a bayonet charge often ended the battle rather quickly as it was found out the charge had a severe pyschological effect on the enemy, and either the attackers broke or the defending infantry would

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Fun Fact: The last time a bayonet charge was executed was in 2004 by british troops in Iraq.

Nice. I always researched this first in Empire: Total War.

0:07 the animation is really good, it seems like real.

So, thanks to the invention of the bayonet, you could now have a rifle, a sword, a spear all and a tool all in one. Sounds pretty cool.

I was literally thinking about bayonets around an hour ago

"There's two kinds of bayonet fighters: The quick and the dead." I remember, Drill Sergeant.

Japan in WWII : banzai Japan today: hentai

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I remember these bayonets from Battlefield 1 and how dozens of players would run across the map bayoneting everyone they see

Simple history's animation of charging soldiers with an bayonet is completely hilarious

When you too early to see people begging for likes

This sounds like a simple improvement but Empire Total War makes it an eternity to research this

“Is there a Pocket Bayonet?” 😃

I've actually wondered this question myself thank you SH

When you’re so early there’s no comments to see

Who will win in a fight: A solider or Some long metal stick

Interesting video! I can't really envision a situation now when the bayonet would be overly useful outside of being a multi tool due to automatic weapons but the fact they still have them shows there must be a use

I have always loved your history videos, especially war videos or medieval

Honestly if you've practiced with it and know how to use it the bayonet is a really useful tool especially ones like the OKC 3 and the M9 American bayonet along with the Soviet akm bayonet.

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Man the last time I was this early my girlfriend was disappointed.

The animation is this is terrific! Keep up the great and educational content :D

This video is really cool! You should make a video on The Battle of Acton with MinuteMen Captain. Isaac Davis and his attack on the oncoming British forces! Bayonets played a crucial part of that battle! Captain Davis was also a gunsmith who insisted his troops to be trained with fixed bayonets in a firing range that Captain Davis constructed himself on his own farmland!

0:40 taking in the region of 20 seconds but they shoot like every 3 seconds

*Me getting flashback of Battlefield 1*

I'd like to see more pacific videos like guadicanal, peleliu, midway etc Love your work guys!

Keep it up with great history!

Britain: LONG LIVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE FRANCE: VIVE LA FRANCE

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Commander: did ur bayonet fall off. Solder: maybe Commander: why Solder: ummm because we are in the 17th century and can’t lock them.

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When you want to use a melee weapon but you have taped a knife to a musket:stonks

Hmm. Note to self: Develop gun that shoots knives...

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“Gona shoot you with knife hon hon” French after putting bayonets on the muskets

Great work with sound historical information (to the best of my knowledge), as always. I like the reload animations, with a movement for every step in the process You forgot to mention a major problem with the plug bayonet is the inability to shoot and stab at the same time. A longgun can be loaded and fired plus have a socket bayonet fixed, it's not exclusive one or the other like a plug bayonet. Having a shot ready during a bayonet charge or defending barricades etc would be very useful, although reloading a muzzle-loader with a bayonet fixed is more difficult and a bit dangerous lol I'd have shown people striking from up high with the bayonet to, like in ochs in longsword etc. We see this strike in bayonet manuals etc, not just thrusting from the hip. Example at 7 mins:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SAu4YuiqN9o.html 20 seconds per shot (3 per minute) is a good/standard rate of fire, some were able to fire 4 or more shots per minute. I'm no expert on antiquated firearms (especially black powder muzzle-loaders) tho, so I'll only say that you should have said that rate of fire was standard for infantry. Your words made it sound more like a ceiling or very close to the physical limit, when it's just what's expected of every real shooter in the army I carry 2 blades with triangular cross sections like bayonets. It aids in blade stiffness for penetration, the hollow ground flat side reduces friction and potential of getting stuck, causes increased bleeding with the wider area disrupted, and makes bleeding that's more difficult to stop. The downside is they forfeit a great deal of cutting capability, which is fine on dedicated thrusting weapons like these. My triangle blades: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8gqYm8NLx08.html A Modern bayonet for an AR or AK isn't the size of a pocket knife (Spyderco's or Cold Steel's small models like the AK47 folding knife). Modern byonets are the size of a combat knife (USMC kabar.) Trust me, I've tried to carry my kabar (same size as my Bulgarian Circle 10 AK bayonet) like a pocket knife or even just conceal it on my EDC (everyday carry.) It's not easy and doesn't work well, maybe if the knife was the only weapon on me, and not number 6. Bayonets and combat knifes fit (at most) half in the pocket, relying on a cover garment for concealment and a belt etc. for attachment Combat knives and bayonets are almost full sized kitchen knifes, like a small (original) bowie knife. Not pocket knives I'd have said bayonets evolved to become like Modern sheath/combat knifes, rather than pocket knives. A sheath knife is like a full size duty pistol (Glock 17, Beretta M9, 1911, etc.), a pocket knife is like a compact or sub-compact pistol (Bond's Walther PPK, S&W Shield, snubby hammerless .38 special revolvers, baby Glocks, etc.) Example of sheath/combat knife: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZhpX_SZutRU.html Example of pocket knife: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3ACYqWe-J2M.html Example of Modern bayonet: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--dEYiE9j-ks.html See the different size categories of the weapons (to use DnD terms)? It's like D4 instead of D3 damage lol I'm not a knife or bayonet expert or not trying to be pedantic, just saying that nobody puts a blade like a folding 3 or 4 inch pocket knife has on their rifle - even in the Modern world. A 5-6+ combat knife or bayonet from a sheath would be a big advantage over a dinky little folding pocket knife in a fight, and is the kind that gets hooked to guns these days I've seen a looot of fights on camera, and I agree with John at ActiveSelfProtection that not only do we essentially never see folding pocket knives used for anything but crime; but they actually make pretty poor weapons for self-defense. This is due to knives in general (especially dinky little pocket folders) not being able to do enough damage fast enough to stop a threat fast enough and exposing the user to maximum danger when attacking; while being the preferred weapon of criminals and attackers because it's basically perfect for their purposes - cheap, disposable, ordinary, silent, instinctive to use, easily concealable and obtainable, primally intimidating, and is a good weapon for getting close up to take things from people. A pistol isn't a great weapon for getting up close to take things from people, because it's so vulnerable to being disarmed once in base contact, unlike a knife, which is much more difficult to take away and deflect. So many people hate guns and think they're evil. No weapons are good or evil, but IMHO if one type was- it would be folding pocket knives. Pistols and AR15s etc have been used by innocents to defend themselves (almost always successfully, I might add...), while the 1 time I've seen someone try to fight back with a knife (large kitchen knife taken from restaurant table to deal with an attacker armed with a combat knife) it turned out very badly for the defender (mutual death and bloody mess as the 2 combatants stabbed each other several times and fell down to die on the same Brazilian street outside a restaurant). Pocket folding knives are tools for everyday use and great weapons for evil people, they have almost nothing good to do for self-defense. Anyone relying on a folding pocket knife or even a sheath/combat knife as a primary weapon seriously needs to up their arsenal...

The triangular shape wasn’t to make it more lethal, but rather, so that it wouldn’t bend when running into a target like how a flat bayonet would

-Vadim blayt, need long knife. Like AK -Say no more

You should do a video or videos on the Baker rifle sword bayonet, french briquet and english hangar sword.

When ur early and make a "when your early joke"

When it says 22 seconds ago

French musketman: Hey why don't we just stick our dagger in front of the musket?

Hi, Simple History you're videos are very good and very informative. Please consider the following topics for the next videos: Kokoda Campaign (June 1942 to November 1942) Battle of Plassey North Africa Campaign (10 June 1940 to 16 May 1943) Operation Dragoon (15 August 1944 to 14 September 1944) British Nuclear tests in Maralinga, Australia My teacher made us watch a video on Medieval hygiene from your channel and I already saw the video like a year ago!

Fun fact: Simple History hasn’t made a 20th century war video this month

When you dont know what to say because your early

Soldier: Is 5 meters from the enemy His Bayonet: Falls Soldier: *Chuckles, i'm in danger.

Thank you Simple History for feeding my mind

When you "When" because you're too early and got nothing to say

wait what i thought that the first time a beyonet was used was by king Charles XII

Imagine if the bayonet was a glued butter knife

I always thought a the shape and sizes thought mattered in history and this simple history made my day :3

How to use the socket bayonet: 1. Take your socket bayonet from your backpack. 2. After taking from your backpack, twist its shut onto the socket at your muzzle musket. 3. And then point your musket towards the enemy. 4. Then you do it RUSH B!!!!!

When infantry is charging your artillery position with bayonets. *laughs in canister shot*

The two most dredded words any infantryman can hear in the midst of battle is "FIX BAYONETS"!!!!

Interesting vid as always! Only thing was the massive volume increase when the narrator changed at the end nearly deafened me. Otherwise, love the vids!!

This was why I loved Empire Total War, these were things you could (or could not) research, and you could feel its effect on the battlefield.

Rifle fencing sounds awesome

I never saw a video this detailed about such a forgotten concept

Do more vids I love them

Another exemplary video. Güter job. Ich liebe diese videos

Ahhhhh the "Ahah FIX BAYONETS!!!" Is combing back to me

Weapons of war; Dagger -> Sword Sword -> Spear Spear -> Musket Musket + Dagger = Bayonet

Please do your next video on the Uniforms, Equipment, and Weapons of the Continental Army

When a Knife Attached to a Rifle My mind Brain be like : *BANZAI !*

Yes, that is a flathead screw driver on the tip of your Mosin 91/30 bayonet and your Chinese SKS.

One other detail worth mentioning is that before the Bayonet, armies fought in the "Pike and Shot" style. Pikemen would protect Arquibusiers while they reloaded. The Bayonet just combined the two into 1 unit type so instead of gunners and pikemen, you had infantry with rifles and bayonets.

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You guys should make videos on the Napoleonic wars, that will be awesome!

Bayonets < *r i f l e k n i f l e*

One theory about bayonets is derived from the Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland. This happened in 1689. A government army equipped with plug bayonets was attacked by Highlanders. The need to fit the bayonet prevented the troops from getting off more than a volley or two and they were overwhelmed. After the battle the commander of the defeated troops, Hugh Mackay, is supposed to have invented a version of socket bayonet.

“Caught lackin boy” -A soldier when the enemy soldier’s plug bayonet fell out of his gun barrel, Circa 17th century

Enemy: has Machinegun Captain: *FIX BAYONEEEEEET!*

Great video

When you can't decide whether bring a gun to a close-range fight or a knife to a close-range fight *_So you super glue a knife to your rifle_*

"Okay here me out, gun sword"

Oh I rmember someone talking about the triangle shape design, it was so it didn’t bend a lot or be more durable. I don’t think the wound part was on their mind when making it but simply a effect

Bayonet:*existed* Cavarly: *gulp*

Yet so simple one of the greatest inventions for hand to hand combat and war