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.
Just like how napalm didn't burn enemies to death, it just pulled the air out of the area causing them to choke. Also, how WP is used to melt armored vehicles, if those vehicles happen to have people in them..well.
@@BenCDBrown Now you're too far in the other direction. Napalm's main purpose (whether dropped as an aerial bomb or sprayed from a flamethrower) isn't to kill enemies at all, but to deprive them of shelter by destroying buildings and forcing them to flee from fortified positions like trenches. It absolutely can kill people by burning or suffocation if they're dumb enough to stick around, but that's not really the point. As for WP, it's mainly used for smokescreens with the incendiary effects being secondary; it can't penetrate an armored vehicle at all (it doesn't burn hot enough; to melt through steel, you'd need thermite or magnesium munitions, not WP), but will happily burn exposed flesh if the droplets land on an enemy. When it comes to military weapons, the goal is to render the enemy unable to fight, not to cause unnecessary suffering for no good reason.
I like the Imperial Guardsman/Astra Militarum. But the strengh of a common Guardsman armed with fixed bayonet lasgun won't be effective enough in CQB against thick skinned flesh and carapaced enemies such as the Orks and Tyranids or durable metallic Necrons on one on one. When you faced these enemies with the bayonet, the only method to strike them effectively is to thrust it on their most vulnerable and softest weak points.
@@justin_isaac_rada44 true but as a reminder most of the battles in M41 are probably still fought primarily by humans on both sides or xenos with similar physiology like tau, genestealers or some of the lesser known ones
How bayonets work Buba you can only have one affixed to your rifle or just a different attachment for example if you have an m203 you cannot fix a bayonet however if you have a bipod on your M4 you can still do that and you cannot fix a bayonet to a light machine gun and Chainsaw bayonets are not real don't believe Gears of War
I feel that. One of my best games ever was in napoleon. A huge bloody campaign in eastern france/western germany. I used diplomacy, invasion of neighbors, and naval blockades to destroy their economy. And then when most their forces had been diverted to the meat grinder, I invaded Spain with little resistance and then went on to France. Ended up chasing Napoleon to a final stand on Corsica. Such a poetic ending.
Try playing Empire Total War with the minor factions unlocked mod. I am currently playing as Dagestan, a faction that doesn’t even start with a school.
@@fiefdomofumbria6590 The 'How to defend yourself against a man armed with a piece of fresh fruit' sketch from I think series 1. The best way is to release the Bengal tiger! Or drop a 5 ton weight on them.
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
Same in the US Civil War - few soldiers admitted to hospital had bayonet wounds and many of those were in camp quarrels, not battle. Having said that, more troops killed outright who were never treated in hospital might have had bayonet wounds. Causes of death of killed soldiers were rarely if ever recorded so we will never know, unlike hospitals recording the injury types that were treated.
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.
@Aiden Banana i was just thinking: "I'd like to meet the madlad who decided to stick a sword at the end of his rifle 'cause it took too long to reload and created one of the most famous and iconic implements of battle ever"
To be fair, the bayonet took a VERY long time to come to the battlefield. Infantry firearms were used in Europe as far back as the 1200s, with the Matchlock spawning in around 1450. It wasn't until the late 1600s when the idea of stuffing a pointy thing on the end of the firearm started to take off. With how difficult socket bayonets are to make, it isn't really all that surprising that it took as long as it did for them to become standard.
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
In 2004, British soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland highlanders did a bayonet charge against Iraqi positions, they suffered some wounded but no killed, and eliminated many of the enemy.
@@Tom-2142 Turns out a bunch of Scotsmen charging at you with sharp pointy things is terrifying on a very visceral level that automatic gunfire often isn't.
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!!!!!
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.
In reality, it was very rare for soldiers to kill with the bayonet. Most bayonet charges were decided before any actual melee combat took place, due to psychological barriers that make it extremely hard to plunge one into another human being. when melee combat did occur, most soldiers instead flipped their weapons around and used the butt of the musket/rifle as a club, or slashed at opponents with other bladed weapons. For a deeper dive on this, I recommend the book "On Killing," by LTC Dave Grossman.
It's used to turn screws from a distance when making repairs or doing maintenance, because of Soviet machinery being so dangerous to operator and enemy alike.
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:ua-cam.com/video/SAu4YuiqN9o/v-deo.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: ua-cam.com/video/8gqYm8NLx08/v-deo.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: ua-cam.com/video/ZhpX_SZutRU/v-deo.html Example of pocket knife: ua-cam.com/video/3ACYqWe-J2M/v-deo.html Example of Modern bayonet: ua-cam.com/video/-dEYiE9j-ks/v-deo.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...
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!
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.
My Dad in 1930 Found a 1816 Twist in Upstate NY while plowing And it still looks like New today.We are Klock Family with Fort Klock around Albany.15 Kids with No twins just on my mom side 47 first cousin
One addition. During the Napoleonic wars actual large scale bayonet fighting was somewhat rare, because once one side was bayonet charging, the other would retreat. So in practice the charging party was gambling on the psychological impact they would cause to the enemy. In the few cases that large bayonet charges did occur in some battles (like austerlitz, eylau, borodino, and some others), the result was grim, the most experienced soldiers with the most training were the least inclined to get scared and flee the battle, therefore they would be victorious.
It was the Scottish highlanders that necessitated the socket bayonet. The Highland charge tactic involved charging the enemy before they had the time to reload or affix a bayonet into the barrel. This necessitated the invention of a bayonet that allowed you to fire while the bayonet was affixed
One of the first commanders to really see the usefulness of the socket bayonet was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who was one of the greatest generals England/Great Britain produced. Under his command in the War of Spanish Succession, the British Army were great early adopters of the weapon, and great innovators of it's tactical uses in open battles. Churchill was also a strong advocate of field battles between armies rather than the fortress and fortified city sieges that had dominated the preceding era of Pike and Shot warfare.
Another drawback of the plug type bayonet was that, with it in place, you couldn't reload the musket. Since the socket bayonet went AROUND the muzzle, instead of INTO it, reloading became possible. The standard procedure, in a European-style field battle, was to fire two volleys, then charge the enemy line with the bayonet
You should do a simple history on napoleonic wars. Bayonets were very useful for the British at Waterloo when they formed squares, Neys cavalry were too afraid to attack the squares
My old man has a Spanish 1916 Short Rifle Mauser with a Weyersburg und Kirschbaum yatagan sword bayonet. That bayonet, wow, yeah I'd engage in some gentlemanly antics
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.
“Triangle bayonet is more difficult to heal from and was deadlier because of it” No, the shape was designed to keep it from bending or breaking as easily as a traditional knife style does at such a length. There are plenty of records, even from the American Civil War, that one could survive being punctured by those triangle types and especially stitching them up, so long as a vital organ was avoided.
Before the bayonet, was the pike or even longer the halberd. Both were highly effective against mounted cavalry. Handheld (short) cannons became (longer) muskets, with bayonets to deal with horse mounted attacks. Best tactic WAS NOT a charging line, but a block of men moving as a group.
The Americans came up with the spade bayonet in the early 20th century. It was well loved by the testers as it looked freaking terrifying and was just as good as a hand spade providing a soldier with both a tool for the stabby stabby times and eliminating the need for the E-tool. Wish it had bern adapted.
Directions on a bayonet:
1. Stick them with the pointy end
2. Repeat
or
1. Club them with the blunt end
2. repeat
Or
1. shoot them
2. Repeat
or
1. Get sticked with the pointy end
2. Try not to repeat
@@noviceleader8745 Trust me, you won't repeat it 💀
It is actually not so easy to kill an enemy with one strike AND quickly get your blade out so you have a weapon to go on
“Fix Bayonets”
The last command a soldier wants to hear
*unless its the japanese
*Flash Backs to ww1 and ww2*
Nah bro it's 'weapon cleaning Friday afternoon..'
Except the Ghurkas, they'd probably be waiting all day frustrated they can't charge in.
US soldiers in nam
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.
Thank you!
Just like how napalm didn't burn enemies to death, it just pulled the air out of the area causing them to choke. Also, how WP is used to melt armored vehicles, if those vehicles happen to have people in them..well.
I'm sure the additional damage was a happy accident... For the attackers, anyway.
@@BenCDBrown interesting. I did not know that
@@BenCDBrown Now you're too far in the other direction. Napalm's main purpose (whether dropped as an aerial bomb or sprayed from a flamethrower) isn't to kill enemies at all, but to deprive them of shelter by destroying buildings and forcing them to flee from fortified positions like trenches. It absolutely can kill people by burning or suffocation if they're dumb enough to stick around, but that's not really the point. As for WP, it's mainly used for smokescreens with the incendiary effects being secondary; it can't penetrate an armored vehicle at all (it doesn't burn hot enough; to melt through steel, you'd need thermite or magnesium munitions, not WP), but will happily burn exposed flesh if the droplets land on an enemy. When it comes to military weapons, the goal is to render the enemy unable to fight, not to cause unnecessary suffering for no good reason.
Other wise known as "Stabby Stabby"
I like to call it my pokey stick
I called mine long sharpy stick
I call it the "boom spear"
Or the "pig sticker"
I called mine, Le Stab Stick
Gf: ugh, he’s probably thinking of other girls
Him: “the purpose of a bayonet was to bring a knife to a gun fight”
“how can i stab someone while shooting someone”
Crystal Math lmao!!!
For how long?
Yikes
R/showerthoughts
Commissar: "Fix bayonets!"
Guardsman: "I already did!"
Commissar: "Then fix another!"
Don't fix it if it "ain't broke"
I like the Imperial Guardsman/Astra Militarum. But the strengh of a common Guardsman armed with fixed bayonet lasgun won't be effective enough in CQB against thick skinned flesh and carapaced enemies such as the Orks and Tyranids or durable metallic Necrons on one on one. When you faced these enemies with the bayonet, the only method to strike them effectively is to thrust it on their most vulnerable and softest weak points.
@@justin_isaac_rada44 true but as a reminder most of the battles in M41 are probably still fought primarily by humans on both sides or xenos with similar physiology like tau, genestealers or some of the lesser known ones
F o r k
How bayonets work Buba you can only have one affixed to your rifle or just a different attachment for example if you have an m203 you cannot fix a bayonet however if you have a bipod on your M4 you can still do that and you cannot fix a bayonet to a light machine gun and Chainsaw bayonets are not real don't believe Gears of War
Imagine charging in to a line and the bayonet falls off before impact :(
There's a sexual joke here....
I hate it when this happens
@@MandalorV7 dirty mind
VIVE LE FRAAA... ou.... excusez moi... un second...ok. AAAAAAA
And then you get hit with canister fire from a canon.
This takes me back to my younger days when i play Empire Total War. took forever to research in the Campaign
I feel that. One of my best games ever was in napoleon. A huge bloody campaign in eastern france/western germany. I used diplomacy, invasion of neighbors, and naval blockades to destroy their economy. And then when most their forces had been diverted to the meat grinder, I invaded Spain with little resistance and then went on to France.
Ended up chasing Napoleon to a final stand on Corsica. Such a poetic ending.
Pretty sure that's how I learned Plug Bayonets existed in the first place
@@KarlPHorse as Napoleon, I conquered all of Europe.
Try playing Empire Total War with the minor factions unlocked mod. I am currently playing as Dagestan, a faction that doesn’t even start with a school.
I liked how in Empire, researching technologies were very important and gave you some really neat toys to play with.
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.
Guns with bayonets are the spiritual successors of rocks and sticks
Sharp stab stick and fast thrown rock
"Then will you teach us about pointed sticks?"
Drill Sargent: Shut up!
Simple History: We will!
why do people spell Sergeant like Sargent?
Is this a monty python reference
@@thevetolinist8462 yes and its from the most underrated skit from the flying circus
@@fiefdomofumbria6590 The 'How to defend yourself against a man armed with a piece of fresh fruit' sketch from I think series 1. The best way is to release the Bengal tiger! Or drop a 5 ton weight on them.
People laugh at you for bringing a knife to a gun fight
Bayonet: let me introduce myself
Yeah it's BANZAI time👺
I remember using the bayonet in call of duty world at war. Very nostalgic.
My favourite thing to do after using flamethrower
Tenno Heika Banzai!
That one day when you complete a stage with using only bayonet. Beautiful
@@noviceleader8745 this is a flammenwerfer it werfs flammen
@@Lineandsinker87
this is a panzerschreck it schrecks panzers.
Narrator: 17th century to present
Me: oh yeah that's co-
Me: wait, to present?
Me: *civil war flashbacks*
10 years army have done training with bayonets and I have a bayonet that goes on a ak47
Welcome to the middle east boi screw modern warfare
Yes people keep using bayonet in modern guns in a venezuelan army training vid they show soldiers charging at targets with bayonets.
Bayonets are still used, just not as much.
Bayonet Charges are as recent as 2004 and 2012 by the British in Afghanistan.
Who's counting how many times he says "nasty", "nastier"' or "nastiest"?
Zachary Durocher lol
Pretty sure he only said it like twice
3-4 times
He said it 3 times
"Guardsmen, affix bayonets!"
For the Imperium! The Emperor protects!
Unless you're Krieger Guardsmen, then it would be "Affix entrenching tools!"
Let's charge that carnifex... best idea ever
@@danielthompson6207 Krieg Guardsmen: *Happy muffled gas mask noises*
Soldier in 18-19 century: •runs out of ammo*
Also soldier in 18-19 century: BANZAI!
FIX BAYONET
_COWABUNGA IT IS_
HAZZZZAAAAAAA
*TENNO HEIKA, BANZAI!*
When you know everything about bayonets but watch to support simple history
You just said that to get a like lol
BD*ZABIR* BANGLADESH *You Just replied to this JUST TO LIKE UR OWN COMMENT*
Don't Read My Profile Pic that’s exactly what you’ve done you mug
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
Same in the US Civil War - few soldiers admitted to hospital had bayonet wounds and many of those were in camp quarrels, not battle. Having said that, more troops killed outright who were never treated in hospital might have had bayonet wounds. Causes of death of killed soldiers were rarely if ever recorded so we will never know, unlike hospitals recording the injury types that were treated.
0:07 the animation is really good, it seems like real.
It is
@Joseph Stalinyeah
@EMILIANO BARRIOS CHAVEZ stfu
@Cryptiid nah fam I'm pretty sure the animation budget went up for simple history
The joke flew over sum kids head
Everyone: No you can’t put a knife on a gun, you use your hands
Some crackhead: Haha bayonet goes poke poke
Nice
Native americans: you don't fight fare use melee weopon not boomstick
europeians *invent the bayonet*
Natives : hey man I was joking dude
Funny.
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.
Yeah, that WAS suicide going into machine gun fire
@@samdumaquis2033 yeah well that happened though even untill WW2.
Interestingly, bayonets were actually more commonly used in defence of a trench rather than attacking.
@@adivtayudhatama3926 this please Japan
Fun fact the people that say ‘First’ they didn’t watch the whole video.
WHAT????? NO WAY BRO!!!!!!
I used to that and I can confirm this is true
Well I used to do that so thats true. But now I don’t do the first thing anymore.
*Every 60 seconda in Africa, a minute passes.*
Ruota CanaleYT wow how do you know that???
I was literally thinking about bayonets around an hour ago
@Aiden Banana he was horny
Aiden Banana why are you worrrying why the guy was thinking about Bayonets about an hour ago?
@Aiden Banana i was just thinking:
"I'd like to meet the madlad who decided to stick a sword at the end of his rifle 'cause it took too long to reload and created one of the most famous and iconic implements of battle ever"
@@Johnny.Picklez *She was Horny* Wait, That Means!? She would.... OmG!!!
@@rafiqulislamfaruk1892 (;;
This sounds like a simple improvement but Empire Total War makes it an eternity to research this
To be fair, the bayonet took a VERY long time to come to the battlefield. Infantry firearms were used in Europe as far back as the 1200s, with the Matchlock spawning in around 1450. It wasn't until the late 1600s when the idea of stuffing a pointy thing on the end of the firearm started to take off. With how difficult socket bayonets are to make, it isn't really all that surprising that it took as long as it did for them to become standard.
Fun Fact: The last time a bayonet charge was executed was in 2004 by british troops in Iraq.
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 remember these bayonets from Battlefield 1 and how dozens of players would run across the map bayoneting everyone they see
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
In 2004, British soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland highlanders did a bayonet charge against Iraqi positions, they suffered some wounded but no killed, and eliminated many of the enemy.
@@Tom-2142 Turns out a bunch of Scotsmen charging at you with sharp pointy things is terrifying on a very visceral level that automatic gunfire often isn't.
When you too early to see people begging for likes
Kein found one
You're, use proper grammar heathen.
Don’t like it. It’s at 69 likes.
DONT RUIN IT
@@andrewclark3649 you're the type of person to remind the teacher for homework.
@@mr.bombastic413 96 likes now.
I've actually wondered this question myself thank you SH
When you’re so early there’s no comments to see
fishy
Matthew Soileau fishy army
@@Tillfailure190 yus
When your so early you see comments that says "when your so early you see no comments"
Imagine if the bayonet was a glued butter knife
I am a simple guy, that's why when I read something named “Simple”, I
C L I C K
Simple history's animation of charging soldiers with an bayonet is completely hilarious
Who will win in a fight:
A solider
or
Some long metal stick
ghostcreeper 243 to be fair, it was the 18th century which meant no good armor and it was a sharp triangle shaped bayonet
Im sorry
Well the soldier win because a long metal stick is no match for a walking
Sentient flashbag
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!!!!!
You have a new member :)
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.
“Is there a Pocket Bayonet?” 😃
Yeah man it’s called a knife
Simple history has made a redemption with this Wholesome content
Britain: LONG LIVE THE BRITISH EMPIRE
FRANCE: VIVE LA FRANCE
Japan: TENNO HEIKA BANAZI
RUSSIA/USSR: ЗА РОДИНУ!!!
Germany: FÜR DAS VATERLAND
America: God Bless ‘Murica! *shoots Garand into the air*
@@shaftoe195 The Bullet is a fool and the Bayonet is smart - Russian Proverb
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.
Nobody:
Simple History: Upload a video
me: C L I C K
More like C L I C C
This weapon came in handy for the British at Breed’s Hill and for the Continental Army at Yorktown.
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
In reality, it was very rare for soldiers to kill with the bayonet. Most bayonet charges were decided before any actual melee combat took place, due to psychological barriers that make it extremely hard to plunge one into another human being. when melee combat did occur, most soldiers instead flipped their weapons around and used the butt of the musket/rifle as a club, or slashed at opponents with other bladed weapons. For a deeper dive on this, I recommend the book "On Killing," by LTC Dave Grossman.
Japan in WWII : banzai
Japan today: hentai
EMILIANO BARRIOS CHAVEZ lol
It's actually the result of cultural changes across the 20th century, combined with the dictated peace that the US imposed on Japan in 1945.
Akane Miyoshi ehh I didn't care when making the comment
Imagine hearing that when some Japanese charges u xd
Weapons of war;
Dagger -> Sword
Sword -> Spear
Spear -> Musket
Musket + Dagger = Bayonet
0:40 taking in the region of 20 seconds but they shoot like every 3 seconds
The standard of performance for the 18-19th century British army was the ability to fire three rounds per minute
Yes, that is a flathead screw driver on the tip of your Mosin 91/30 bayonet and your Chinese SKS.
It's used to turn screws from a distance when making repairs or doing maintenance, because of Soviet machinery being so dangerous to operator and enemy alike.
Man the last time I was this early my girlfriend was disappointed.
I think that can not be evaluated in such a short time
oof
So, you were this early yesterday too?
@@funkymunky6971 al the time
Bro these animations are getting better and better, especially at 1:58
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:ua-cam.com/video/SAu4YuiqN9o/v-deo.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: ua-cam.com/video/8gqYm8NLx08/v-deo.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: ua-cam.com/video/ZhpX_SZutRU/v-deo.html
Example of pocket knife: ua-cam.com/video/3ACYqWe-J2M/v-deo.html
Example of Modern bayonet: ua-cam.com/video/-dEYiE9j-ks/v-deo.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...
Too much information. 10/10
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!
When you want to use a melee weapon but you have taped a knife to a musket:stonks
Imagine the last thing you see is a guy charging at you with a bayonet
Hmm. Note to self: Develop gun that shoots knives...
leave it to this guy(that i see eVerYwEree) to come up with a German level invention!
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.
Fun fact: Simple History hasn’t made a 20th century war video this month
Well that's actually good as I am always waiting for him to create more videos about 18th/19th century.
Good. WWII is oversaturated sometimes.
Field Marshal Ik but they can upload ww1, the Vietnam war, Korean War, and other country conflicts in the 20th century.
Laughs in British same I want them to upload more American Civil War videos because those are interesting to me
Yet so simple one of the greatest inventions for hand to hand combat and war
*Me getting flashback of Battlefield 1*
ahh yes the im out of ammo cant reload me pistol is unable to take out the enemies gonna have to bayonet charge
I never saw a video this detailed about such a forgotten concept
When ur early and make a "when your early joke"
Nah your too late just like me
“Caught lackin boy” -A soldier when the enemy soldier’s plug bayonet fell out of his gun barrel, Circa 17th century
When you "When" because you're too early and got nothing to say
Commander: did ur bayonet fall off.
Solder: maybe
Commander: why
Solder: ummm because we are in the 17th century and can’t lock them.
When it says 22 seconds ago
1 minute here
Chris Hansen Take a seat, young Chris.
The two most dredded words any infantryman can hear in the midst of battle is
"FIX BAYONETS"!!!!
wait what i thought that the first time a beyonet was used was by king Charles XII
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When you dont know what to say because your early
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One addition. During the Napoleonic wars actual large scale bayonet fighting was somewhat rare, because once one side was bayonet charging, the other would retreat. So in practice the charging party was gambling on the psychological impact they would cause to the enemy. In the few cases that large bayonet charges did occur in some battles (like austerlitz, eylau, borodino, and some others), the result was grim, the most experienced soldiers with the most training were the least inclined to get scared and flee the battle, therefore they would be victorious.
tacticians: how much pikemen vs musketmen ratio?
bayonnet: YES
The use of the pike was dropped before the bayonet appeared
Bayonets < *r i f l e k n i f l e*
-Vadim blayt, need long knife. Like AK
-Say no more
It was the Scottish highlanders that necessitated the socket bayonet. The Highland charge tactic involved charging the enemy before they had the time to reload or affix a bayonet into the barrel. This necessitated the invention of a bayonet that allowed you to fire while the bayonet was affixed
I have always loved your history videos, especially war videos or medieval
One of the first commanders to really see the usefulness of the socket bayonet was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, who was one of the greatest generals England/Great Britain produced. Under his command in the War of Spanish Succession, the British Army were great early adopters of the weapon, and great innovators of it's tactical uses in open battles. Churchill was also a strong advocate of field battles between armies rather than the fortress and fortified city sieges that had dominated the preceding era of Pike and Shot warfare.
Another drawback of the plug type bayonet was that, with it in place, you couldn't reload the musket. Since the socket bayonet went AROUND the muzzle, instead of INTO it, reloading became possible. The standard procedure, in a European-style field battle, was to fire two volleys, then charge the enemy line with the bayonet
You should do a simple history on napoleonic wars. Bayonets were very useful for the British at Waterloo when they formed squares, Neys cavalry were too afraid to attack the squares
This is the best youtuber channel ever keep making great videos
Thank you Simple History for feeding my mind
My old man has a Spanish 1916 Short Rifle Mauser with a Weyersburg und Kirschbaum yatagan sword bayonet. That bayonet, wow, yeah I'd engage in some gentlemanly antics
I'd like to see more pacific videos like guadicanal, peleliu, midway etc
Love your work guys!
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.
I have a 1936 Mosin M91/30 with the original twisting bayonet, and it's absurdly long.
I always thought a the shape and sizes thought mattered in history and this simple history made my day :3
“Triangle bayonet is more difficult to heal from and was deadlier because of it”
No, the shape was designed to keep it from bending or breaking as easily as a traditional knife style does at such a length.
There are plenty of records, even from the American Civil War, that one could survive being punctured by those triangle types and especially stitching them up, so long as a vital organ was avoided.
You should do the Cannons from the Civil War and the Revolutionary War
I’m downloading battle field one again just for the nostalgic yell of the bayonet charge
Before the bayonet, was the pike or even longer the halberd. Both were highly effective against mounted cavalry.
Handheld (short) cannons became (longer) muskets, with bayonets to deal with horse mounted attacks. Best tactic WAS NOT a charging line, but a block of men moving as a group.
Essential research project in Empire Total War, ah the memories.
Empire Total War: Bayonet becomes one with the gun
Reality: Falls off by itself
Ahhhhh the "Ahah FIX BAYONETS!!!" Is combing back to me
I remember of a reenactor said that Doctor would rather choose to treat Gunshot Wound then Bayonet Stab
Imagine just waiting for the bayonet charge then putting on plate armor and just merking EVERYONE
early gun mounted bayonets are just the stabby stabby without the slashy slashy
The Americans came up with the spade bayonet in the early 20th century. It was well loved by the testers as it looked freaking terrifying and was just as good as a hand spade providing a soldier with both a tool for the stabby stabby times and eliminating the need for the E-tool. Wish it had bern adapted.
Rifle fencing sounds awesome
Once again simple history doesn’t disappoint me