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UK or US from when and fits what? I've no idea but; it looks military to me.

Discussion in 'Small Arms and Edged Weapons' started by Totenkoph, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. Totenkoph

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    jagdpanther44 Battlefield wanderer

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    It's a MkII British Lee Enfield No4 rifle bayonet, also known as a Pig Stabber.
     
  3. Marmat

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    The Savage-Stevens Co. of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, made approximately 1.25 million No. 4 Mk. II bayonets during 1941 and 1942. These were provided to Britain under the Lend-Lease Act. Savage-made bayonets are much cruder forgings than those made by either Singer or Long Branch.
    The Savage-Stevens plant in Chicopee Falls was where New England Westinghouse produced Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifles in 1915-1917 under contract to the Imperial Russian government.



    Savage marked their bayonets with the letter "S". Five distinctly different markings were used:

    2 mm. deeply-struck "s"
    2 mm. lightly-struck "s"
    4 mm. "S"
    4 mm. "S" inside a square
    5 mm. "S" inside a square

    Savage was the only other maker to follow Singer's pattern of marking the spring plunger. Savage used variations of both a plain "s" and an "s" inside a Square


    More at: Britain - No. 4 Spike Bayonet



     
  4. urqh

    urqh Tea drinking surrender monkey

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    Fiiiiixxx...BayOnets....What'd he say? He's kidding right..The Raf response.
    Fiiiiixxx...BayOnets....Eh...? Have we got rifles then..The Royal Navy response.
    Fiiiixxx....BayOnets....Wait for it wait for it....Army response...
     
  5. Totenkoph

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    Thanks to Jagdpanther 44 for telling me what it fit, to Marmat for giving me its history, and to Urgh for the joke though I didn't really understand the army response. I salute you all. Totenkoph
     
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    totenkoph, on the army response,if the order to fix bayonets is given, you are about to receive a whole sh**storm of unfriendly guests. a good example is in the movie "ZULU"
     
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    My german is freakishly bad...Is that Deathshead?
     
  8. Totenkoph

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    Yea man.
     

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