Do not issue to the soldier two items that serve four functions when it is possible to issue to them one item that serves no purposes and weighs three times as much. US Army Ordnance Corps General Order #87.
@51WCDodge4 жыл бұрын
We have devloped this gadget that will halve the weight an Infantary soldier needs to carry! General Staff: My God! Waht can we disevise to replace the lost weight?
@davidbrennan6604 жыл бұрын
This is normal for all Armies and the designers the that would never have to use the wonder device.
@andreww20984 жыл бұрын
multiple items that do the job well or 1 item that does none of them well at all and makes you try and find the obsolete equipment because if this item breaks you can't do any of the jobs it was meant to do poorly
@PobortzaPl4 жыл бұрын
@@51WCDodge More ammo.
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
@@PobortzaPl that's the default answer.
@AsbestosMuffins4 жыл бұрын
its like the ordinance guys sat around a table going "That's notta knife!" while pulling out increasingly dumber bayonets until one accidentally got stamped off for approval
@skeetsmcgrew32824 жыл бұрын
"So what did you guys end up picking for our new bayonet" "Uh what do you mean sir, you approved the Bowie last week..." "That's ridiculous, I would never... wait was that Thursday night?" "Yes sir, why?" "Um no reason, but if anybody asks tell them whiskey is banned from the premises."
@lubtp71334 жыл бұрын
Not to be outdone Australia created the Mk1 Machete Bayonet.
@OGSontar4 жыл бұрын
Kind of reminds me of the current "taticool" trend, where the more BS you hang off your gun the scarier you think you are, and the better you think you shoot, whilst actually your gun is so out of balance you're not likely to hit what you aim at, and your opponent will probably do themselves more damage by laughing so hard than you will by slinging lead all over the place.
@Voimakas4 жыл бұрын
"Yes Mr. Wick, we have some old surplus available...."
@JamesThomas-pj2lx4 жыл бұрын
john would do some werk with dat knife.
@benfurriel45194 жыл бұрын
We need a john wick scene for each forgotten weapon
@dak44654 жыл бұрын
I signed that petition
@Apexarenas234 жыл бұрын
Please Mr.Wick I need this
@MrDmitriRavenoff4 жыл бұрын
OMG that would be so great. John Wick with a Kraig and a Bowie bayonet. Lol
@lukaszpokoju4 жыл бұрын
Proof that "nonsense accessories" isn't the exclusive preserve of modern Shot Show.
@infantilepillock16874 жыл бұрын
If you ever read Aldo Leopold's "A sand county alamanc", he mentions the same thing in one of the latter chapters. And we wrote it in 1949. So nonsense stuff seems to be part of human nature :)
@rotwang20004 жыл бұрын
Lucky the Russians didn't know about it. "Did you hear Nicholas, Amerikanski put glaives on their rifles !" "Well then Grigori, we shall put a bardiche on our mosins !!!"
@allangibson84944 жыл бұрын
Just wait until you see the French saber bayonet... (yes, it was a full length saber).
@grafknives95444 жыл бұрын
Full length bayonet on full length mosin almost makes it a pike
@ArifRWinandar4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile the Japanese put katanas on their pistols.
@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming4 жыл бұрын
They did make their spacecraft survival rifle (which was in use until recently in return capsules) that would have a hatchet attach as the butstock to save space in the kit
@ErebosGR4 жыл бұрын
Imagine WWI but like Dynasty Warriors.
@douglasgault25784 жыл бұрын
The Bowie knife would be great as a sod cutter. For stacking sod earth works and a lot less digging. Just cut and stack it up. As the military had last completed the Indian campaign on the High Plains, where sod was a common building material. I'll bet this was their intention as a trenching tool. Being a gardener I'm using a knife all the time to clear out the sod.
@huntclanhunt96974 жыл бұрын
That makes more sense. Thanks.
@redaethel46194 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Dig deep enough and there's always a reason for these things to exist.
@DETHMOKIL Жыл бұрын
totally made up theory based on a guess.
@RobinP5564 жыл бұрын
When I was in the Army we referred to this as “tools designed to do more than one thing very badly”.
@JAB63224 жыл бұрын
I think I can hear the battle cries of my Filipino ancestors seeing that bolo knife Mabuhay, Ian! Thanks for showing a piece of history from my country!
@salavat2944 жыл бұрын
Ya, the Bolo bayonet looks a lot more intimating.
@WingMaster5624 жыл бұрын
Gotta love bolos, perfect for bush wacking, digging, and cutting open buko. Praktikal kung sa praktikal.
@Clown_the_Clown4 жыл бұрын
Screw the Philippines
@adamschizo4 жыл бұрын
@@Clown_the_Clown you must be the life of the parties
@jehoiakimelidoronila54503 жыл бұрын
As a filipino, that's downright racist. How about I say "screw america"? What would that make you feel?
@colbunkmust4 жыл бұрын
Are you a US soldier who always dreamed of being a French voulgier during the Hundred Years War? Then boy do we have the bayonet for you!
@walrusgumbootable4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for Forgotten Weapons’ diligent research and your clear presentations.
@IceWolfLoki4 жыл бұрын
"What was really practical was the natives bolo knife" ... I can already see where this is going.
@armvex4 жыл бұрын
I like to see too.
@antarcfroze4 жыл бұрын
Where to may i ask
@ejcruz35204 жыл бұрын
Filipino guerrillas do love them, not sure about the ppl on the recieving end tho
@armvex4 жыл бұрын
@@ejcruz3520 I guess feeling is mutual across many nationality.
@stevenm98134 жыл бұрын
US military good idea fairy: "wouldn't it cool if...." Literally everyone else: *how many times to we have to beat you old man*
@ArifRWinandar4 жыл бұрын
The US army sounded like that guy who spends too much time optimizing a task and ended up spending more effort than if he just did that task.
@jamesb34974 жыл бұрын
At that time period, that's probably an excellent... well, not even a metaphor, just a description of the ordinance department as a guy.
@moosemaimer4 жыл бұрын
Spend enough time planning and you don't have to do any actual work.
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what BuOrd's job was, to optimize the task and tools for that task.
@CAMSLAYER134 жыл бұрын
Well the trick with that Is weighing how much time you spent working out how to be as efficient as possible and how often you do the task. The US government trials department seems like it's not great at that.
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
@@CAMSLAYER13 it certainly wasn't back in the day. Sometimes they get it right, like having time and motion men work out where the various crew positions and ammo boxes should be. And sometimes they get it horribly wrong, like when Studler was in charge of BuOrd.
@nonamesplease62884 жыл бұрын
The US looked at what the Europeans were doing, and decided it was time for an old fashioned bayonet measuring contest. The US was obviously going for width....
@skeetsmcgrew32824 жыл бұрын
Girth
@ianfinrir87242 жыл бұрын
360 on the perimeter. You know hoes like diameter.
@themanformerlyknownascomme7775 ай бұрын
makes me curious if making thid as long as the European counterparts would have made it any better (the bolo bayonet suggests maybe)
@HariGtt4 жыл бұрын
"It was a good idea, so it couldn't last without being challenged". The science mayor in me sees this as natural. The former History mayor and programmer in me sees this as tragic.
@cympimpin204 жыл бұрын
You were elected as both mayor of Science and History? Damn, not bad.
@HariGtt4 жыл бұрын
@@cympimpin20 Non native speaker, i supose is major?
@Brawl8474 жыл бұрын
@@HariGtt Yeah, major is the correct term here. Science major/History major/etc.
@ОлегКозлов-ю9т4 жыл бұрын
"we don't want to issue two things to a soldier when we can issue one thing that would suck at both jobs"
@odinvik78214 жыл бұрын
I was at a antique store today, there they had a Krag-Jørgensen carbine, and a saber bayonet for same, I've never wanted to buy anything more in my life
@gregorstamejcic23554 жыл бұрын
the bolo turns the rifle not into a spear, but a glaive! Honestly, i imagine those would be quite effective, as the main purpose of bayonet is not stabbing, but intimidation. couple that with actual utility, and you're getting something.
@planescaped4 жыл бұрын
Intimidation yeah, unfortunately the second one uses it like a glaive they're likely to either snap the bayonet off or bend the gun barrel. :P
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
Man, I want a bolo bayonet for an M16...
@edwalmsley14014 жыл бұрын
@@ScottKenny1978 dude that would look horrific on an AR 🤮
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
@@edwalmsley1401 would actually be useful as a utility blade, and a bigass chunk of sharp steel on the end of a rifle is usually pretty intimidating. It looking fugly is probably accurate, but immaterial.
@edwalmsley14014 жыл бұрын
@@ScottKenny1978 what ever you into man....though practical bayonets are very much a reality 👍
@genericpersonx3334 жыл бұрын
I don't think the US Army meant the bowie blade to replace shovels for digging field fortifications. Rather they were acknowledging a common practice of cowboys and other American frontier people using bowie knives to do small digging tasks like make shallow latrine pits or burying rations to keep them cool or safe from animals.
@markkeyser4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I owned a bolo bayonet that was stamped '1918'. It came in a green canvas-wrapped wooden scabbard (also stamped '1918') with a leather-wrapped end. The scabbard was set up with 'wires' that would affix it a cartridge belt. (Had one of those as well.). The bayonet was also stamped 'Plumb' (a company that made axes). It was purchased at a surplus store in Muskegon, Michigan in the late 1950's. Unfortunately, the entire setup was stolen from a storage unit when I was moving from one State to another.
@johncashwell10244 жыл бұрын
Ian, this is exactly the sort of item I would expect to see on your wall. Like me, I expect, you may not have a specific interest in collecting bayonets, as a general rule, but collecting the ones that were specifically made for weapons in your collection is a different proposition. Adding the "Original", "Bowie" and "Bolo" style bayonets to your display wall, under your Krag, would look very nice indeed, especially considering the rarity and oddness of the latter two. If you decide to bid on them, I wish you the best of luck.
@lloritoovidexequield.86094 жыл бұрын
As a Filipino, I approve of the Bolo Knife. We use the Bolo to clear vegetation, or in urban areas, as a general purpose tool (cutting open coconuts to harvest the meat and coco-water), for example. =)
@WingMaster5624 жыл бұрын
It works so well except not as a bayonet.
@genghiskhan68092 жыл бұрын
@@WingMaster562 this.
@JamesThomas-gg6il4 жыл бұрын
Very nice Ian, especially for those of us who collect baypnets and knives. The style of the bolo bladed krag bayonet lived on the in the 1910/ 1917 type bolos as just a utility knife/machete. Even the handle kept the same shape. Id love to find either of those that you have there.
@Bamdd54 жыл бұрын
“How about we strap some big-ass knifes to the rifle?”
@glennhuinda97834 жыл бұрын
Original Bolos was actually multi-purpose farming knives. There are also bolos that were as long as a regular machete and really they're good for chopping vegetations and as well as using it as a short sword for close quarter combat. An until now the Philippine Military, and the Marines is still using it.
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
A good knife design is timeless. Though I think I prefer the kuhkri over the bolo for field work.
@Joshua_Finbarr4 жыл бұрын
Finally after 2 years watching Ian's videos my country has been mentioned for the first time in firearms history. Kudos Mr. Ian Mccollum!
@markknife14 жыл бұрын
Not really the first. There are excerpts of that in the "bolo bayonet" for the 1903 Springfield. And others. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKqbnqtnYqitnpI He also did a video on the colt 1902 "Philippine" model kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHTMZXh_mcuHb6M
@mohammedcohen4 жыл бұрын
HO-LEE shit!!! You just identified the bayonet my dad had in the cellar in our home in NJ...I used'ta 'play' with it when I was a young boy in the 50s & 60s...didn't know what it was then - I wasn't the collector I am today...but that scabbard is unique!!! Thanx!!!
@hansheden4 жыл бұрын
Fighting AND digging? The trench-shovel says "Hi!".
@skeetsmcgrew32824 жыл бұрын
Ah, but can you throw it back and forth between your hands and then motion for an enemy to attack you? I think not. Wait that's how most hand to hand combat goes down, right?
@FolgoreCZ4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. From what I read from various sources, time and time againg, soldiers were more than happy to smack a c**t with a good ol' regular, single-purpose shovel. No need to try anything fancier than that, you can't kill them harder when they are already dead.
@benn4544 жыл бұрын
@@FolgoreCZ Why fiddle with a knife when an E-tool will take their head clean off their shoulders?
@geodkyt4 жыл бұрын
"Makes a good field knife." *Literally* the 2nd most important feature of a good bayonet (the first being a good bayonet latching system to easily and securely mount it).
@jiffnjelly14 жыл бұрын
Why is Ian talking slower than he normally does? **realizes I have my video set to 0.75x**
@samajamadomyfuc69174 жыл бұрын
hehe, watch ben shapiro show on 0,5x :))).
@andrewcrump34994 жыл бұрын
My grandpa has one of those krag bowie bayonets, I’m glad you were able to find more information than I could, now I can send this to him.
@andythem320guy94 жыл бұрын
In the Puerto Rico invasion all of the invation force where armed with trap doors Springfields. It was 6 days after the invasion that one regiment recived Krag rifles. They saw action only at the end of the campaign.
@ADITADDICTS4 жыл бұрын
I got ripped off when I got my Krag Jorgensen because it didn't come with one of those machetes!!
@jack61164 жыл бұрын
At least you even got a Krag bro. I would kill to get a old military bolt action rifle.
@ADITADDICTS4 жыл бұрын
@Craig Scott I was wondering why my grandfather gave it to me! Lol
@ADITADDICTS4 жыл бұрын
@Dalle Smalhals Ikr? 😁
@johnkelinske14494 жыл бұрын
@Craig Scott Yes, great numbers of FRNs if in good shape.
@rickb19734 жыл бұрын
Some strange twists of fate, almost 30 years ago, resulted in me being given a Krag, dated 1900, and also being given a bit of a proper education on what the Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection meant to history. This era has fascinated and infuriated me to this day...The beginnings of America's global empire building, the first foreign counterinsurgency, the beginning of the mistakes that we still keep trying to make...And very few people talk about, or know about, how it all started.
@richardthorpe88894 жыл бұрын
I can remember years ago being at a Canadian Remembrance Day celebration at Canadian Legion Hall, we had some American guess that he come up from the American Legion to remember with us. At one point during the evening we had a fundraising event where we were shaving a gentleman's beard for donations and one of our American guests pulled out one of those Krag Bowie bayonets when it was his turn. Even for a room full of vets we're all instantly speechless!
@JerryEricsson4 жыл бұрын
My father had an old bayonet laying on a ledge in our entryway out on our home place not sure which gun it was for but it was marked US and was a standard type, probably for an 03. He used it only when butchering hogs, and only then for what he called "sticking the pig" where he would stick the bayonet through the throat of the hog, then pull the hog up by a hoist on his back legs to drain all the blood before proceeding with the butchering. I used to play with the big old thing when I was able to find a chair to put up against the wall and reach the bayonet, I have no idea where it went though when dad sold the place and we moved to town so my two sisters (RIP) could attend High School. Didn't do much good though both sisters dropped out in their second year, I made it to year 4 before I dropped out because I got married when a Junior in High School. They said it could not last, but we celebrated our 51st anniversary last month, 4 days before my lovely bride passed away from the cancer that ate at her body for 6 months of hell.
@wizzzer13374 жыл бұрын
the thing about getting stabbed is you suddenly realize how warm your body is supposed to be when a foregin object feels so cold in...
@geodkyt4 жыл бұрын
I have a hard time seeing that so called "Bowie" style actually surviving use as a bayonet.
@Cristian-nn5jj4 жыл бұрын
The Krag is so underappreciated....
@axelpatrickb.pingol32284 жыл бұрын
Primarily because it was outshot by the Mauser and its more powerful 7mm cartridge in Cuba while serving normally in N. Europe...
@Cristian-nn5jj4 жыл бұрын
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 More power doesn't necessarily mean better. There's a reason why Ian think the Carcano carbine was the best bolt action rifle of WW2. I agree with you though, better in every way. II just think it's cool and people forget about it a lot.
@Cristian-nn5jj4 жыл бұрын
@Jake Roberts That's so cool. Keep it in good condition so we don't lose them please.
@ToeJuice4 жыл бұрын
The american version had some problems with the cartridge and the rimmed ammo. however, the Norwegian version which was used by Norway in ww2 used rimless ammo and used 6.5x55 swede, I personally see the Norwegian version as the perfect krag.
@johnkelinske14494 жыл бұрын
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 The Krag wasn't outshot, the Mauser loading system was considered superior for military use ultimately. I have owned and used both rifles and as the 7mm was loaded at the time of the war in 1898, you will not see a substantial difference between it and the .30 US in terms of power, accuracy or much else in the hands of the average shooter.
@TheHylianBatman4 жыл бұрын
You know, I was thinking a little bit ago "The channel's called Forgotten Weapons, not Forgotten Firearms. Where's my forgotten swords and such?" I knew that his focus is mainly guns, but I was hopeful for a non-gun video, and ta-da! Here it is! It's great! I like that! Such strange knives!
@ComradeBenedict4 жыл бұрын
That's not bayoinet, now THIS is a bayoinet
@davidlewis38674 жыл бұрын
@Dalle Smalhals Chief he was referencing Crocodile Dundee
@johnhall38244 жыл бұрын
I love it when he says, “I also have a video on one of those.” I’m waiting for the China Lake grenade launcher video (with live fire)
@GreatgoatonFire4 жыл бұрын
Something about the way these blades looks make me think they belong in Warhammer 40K not reality. The Blades just looks wildly out of proportion to the handle.
@JTawesome924 жыл бұрын
I hate that you're right.
@WoodrowSkillson4 жыл бұрын
im waiting for a kukri bayonet to show up on this channel
@redgreen64364 жыл бұрын
This channel needs more knives and bayonets
@luid26834 жыл бұрын
Standard issue practice is that these 'knives' can also be equipped with a rifle for extra range.
@TagardMC4 жыл бұрын
Surprise Surprise I'm at work and not playing HUNT and Ian comes in with another cool old gun and bayonet.
@Sogard224 жыл бұрын
When the US armory thinks they can out-engineer the Swiss 🤣
@loupiscanis94494 жыл бұрын
Thank you , Ian .
@nightmarechameleon75024 жыл бұрын
Tf2 sniper called he wants his machete back
@thatguybrody48194 жыл бұрын
i see that as more of spy making fun of snipers machete by stabbing him in the back with a machete like knife.
@stephengalindo63404 жыл бұрын
When he does the top down, I thought he had the sharp edge on the Bowie. That's stupid thin
@jameswhite1534 жыл бұрын
you hit anything hard with it (like say, a tree root or a rock), and with bend in a whole bunch of ways and it will have a single huge serration in the blade.
@ajvotto69014 жыл бұрын
Whoever designed that- Never held a good bowie. Thing feels like a weight.
@CAMSLAYER134 жыл бұрын
It does have quite a significant top bevel
@johnkelinske14494 жыл бұрын
I will note it is usually a lot more difficult to find the scabbards for the bayonets than the bayonets themselves. Last good Krag bayonet I bought (still have it- 1903 date) I paid $75 for with no scabbard. The scabbard (again a decent one) came around after quite a bit of looking and was over $100 at the time.
@stvnbryan55424 жыл бұрын
The good idea fairy is back with the Marines. Our current bayonnet is also a field kinfe that replaced the ka-bar.
@Ostenjager4 жыл бұрын
"Clearly, this was a good and effective idea, so it couldn't last without some challenge." Army thinking summed up into a terse footnote comment. The Good Idea Fairy plaguing Uncle Sugar's boys since Valley Forge.
@FAMILYGC694 жыл бұрын
It’s really cool to see those bayonets up close, especially to know they were stabbing “boxers” in the boxer rebellion/55 Days at Peking
@adriaandeleeuw83394 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1960s my father had a bolo style bayonet for a SMLE in Australia.
@Saberjet19504 жыл бұрын
Do you have any photos? This gave me the idea to have one made from my SMLE And I would like some reference.
@widgren874 жыл бұрын
For some reason that Bowie bayonet just screams Texas to me...
@fryzvova4 жыл бұрын
For me that looks like small version of some arabic cutlass swords.
@widgren874 жыл бұрын
@@fryzvova :-)
@Myhouse694204 жыл бұрын
id like to see one for an 1895 windchester in 30 06. that would be the most american set up i can think of
@axelpatrickb.pingol32284 жыл бұрын
Because its creator, James Bowie, was one of the casualties in the Defense of the Alamo, perchance?
@widgren874 жыл бұрын
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Might be...
@jenpsakiscousin45892 жыл бұрын
Legionnaires carried cut down 1917 bayonets as fighting knives, wish I still had mine. Saw some footage out of mali and a few boys were still carrying them.
@currituck4 жыл бұрын
I just love my 1896 Krag rifle . Very nice condition and shoots great. I have a nice 1896 bayonet with scabbard and frog as well. I will never sell it. Just a fine rifle.
@thorodin23674 жыл бұрын
Look at the Swiss Faschinenmesser 1914! Apparently they copied our good old bayonet, and then later we in turn designed multipurpose useless crap. Development is a circle apparently.
@BillMurray1374 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ian.
@finnmcool24 жыл бұрын
I smell the distinct aroma of the 'design committee'. A dozen people that have never touched a knife or a spear decided that a Bowie knife looked scary and didn't bother to ask why spears never have clip points, and utility knives always have sturdy spines.
@raysmith54244 жыл бұрын
What about the British smachete or the Fairbain fighting knife?
@crawbag03114 жыл бұрын
$34,500. In case anyone was wondering. When I win the Powerball, RIA will quickly be emptied.
@SeanWinters Жыл бұрын
3:38 "a Bowie knife is not a stabbing weapon" What? That was literally the point of the clip point. That's the point of the handguard. It IS a stabbing weapon. What's bad about this PARTICULAR Bowie is that the tip isn't straight, it almost has a cartoon pirate cutlass point, where the tip is bent towards the rear (or "up" when affixed). Also, yes it is a great trenching tool. I literally trench with my Bowie every day(digging for camera wires in heavy brush).
@brokenwishbone4224 жыл бұрын
I have that exact black bayonet. I used to have a really old spike bayonet but someone stole it.
@sh4dowchas3r4 жыл бұрын
ah the Good Idea Fairy, so many improvements that make things worse
@trblemayker51574 жыл бұрын
2:49 "THAT'S a Knoife"
@gustonzimasheen4 жыл бұрын
I'll be on the lookout for this BOLO Bayonet
@davidegaleotti944 жыл бұрын
Do anyone else feel like the krag was a beautiful and elegant rifle?
@johnkelinske14494 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@Maverick-gg2do4 жыл бұрын
I've actually seen someone use a bolo to dig a hole for a fence post here in the Philipines.
@matthaught47074 жыл бұрын
Pre-WWI US military bolos are some of the coolest edged weapons I can think of.
@brokenwishbone4224 жыл бұрын
I saw you hit a 100k for the petition to be in the next John Wick movie! Love it! I really hope you make it, that would be AWESOME. Keep up the great work and videos! I really enjoy learning from you.
@dak44654 жыл бұрын
I signed that
@brokenwishbone4224 жыл бұрын
@Baby Goose that would be even cooler! I would like to be a Puerto Rican gangster character in his movie. It would be an honor to get shot by the Gun Jesus lmao. He would be perfect for a Western movie though, they are my favorites anyways.
@criffermaclennan4 жыл бұрын
Holy cutlery batman
@freeholdtacticalmed4 жыл бұрын
I can see Ian as “Q” in John Wick.
@bighoss11214 жыл бұрын
"Im not sure how this can be used as an entrenching tool" Stares violently in ka-bar
@genghiskhan68092 жыл бұрын
The blade of the bolo bayonet reminds of the Marine medic bolo from WW2 but smaller.
@Sniper58754 жыл бұрын
Honestly if the bolo bayonet was a more practical knife id get one cause it looks just so awesome
@charlesboots65082 жыл бұрын
At the turn of the 20th century, it took the US government 5 years of experimentation to wind up back where they started. On an unrelated note, anyone else wondering how Big Army has now wound up with a modernized version of what they could've had in the '50s if they'd just adopted the FAL in .280 British?
@edwalmsley14014 жыл бұрын
The Bowie bayonet turns your krag rifle into a bolt operated halbard
@awolfalone20064 жыл бұрын
Great, now I have some accessories I need to track down for my rifle.
@raphlvlogs2714 жыл бұрын
More blades should appear on this channel.
@surelynottilted4084 жыл бұрын
My great grandpa, used these but, he used the sword to get rid on spirits on a haunted bridge where my grandpas car broke down, my great grandpa, his dad used the knife to get rid of the spirits.
@mikellwehrer4 жыл бұрын
If they were going to issue a bolo knife to jungle-bound troops, I can see putting a bayonet ring on it as an "in case you lose your regular bayonet" sort of thing.
@benfurriel45194 жыл бұрын
"Mr. Wick" suggest Ian, "if you want to take a knife to a gunfight, this is an excellent design.". John Wick goes on to engage, and defeat, a minion armed with a sword.
@TheJianJian254 жыл бұрын
Perfect when used with Elbow Destruction and Power Slap
@WingMaster5624 жыл бұрын
Someone here remembered the basics of CQC and the 1&2,1&2... Btw, dude still making tours and "demos", and its still ridicolous and has comments disabled on his yt.
@Activated_Complex4 жыл бұрын
Soap from Lock Stock must’ve had a great granddad who was a General in the US Army.
@thebigcheese75574 жыл бұрын
I would be really interested in a video describing the differences between the Krag Rifle and Carbine and why today the carbine is more popular with collectors.
@sliph734 жыл бұрын
i liked my 1891 mouser it was my grandfathers bear hunting rifle... it was so perfect for me
@stephengailliot81004 жыл бұрын
Surprising. I'd always thought they'd use a USMC style bowie for the Krag.
@TheDb8844 жыл бұрын
The sharpened section on the back edge of the bowie knife bayonet is quite curious, I wonder what the purpose for that is. It's probably some weird multi-tool style addition that no one ever used.
@ianfinrir87243 жыл бұрын
Looks like saw teeth, if you're talking about the section near the guard
@sigmundfreud79034 жыл бұрын
“Now THIS is ! Is a knife!”
@51WCDodge4 жыл бұрын
High Command We have a new bayonet for you! Soldier in the field 'Hows it at opening bottles and cans?
@lysanderxiii23354 жыл бұрын
In defense of the Rice Trowel bayonet as tested in 1874, many of the officers that expressed a positive opinion on the trowel bayonet (and their were quite a few, 86% BTW), were of the opinion, ". . . the present bayonet is but an almost useless appendage . . ." It seems, they would have rather have had a mediocre digging implement, than a good bayonet. Further, the trowel bayonet "looked mean" and that was enough, as bayonets were rarely used in the intended manner. A typical response is from Captain Daingerfield Parker, 3rd Infantry, "My company...threw up in seven minutes, an earthwork about two feet and a half feet high...sufficiently substantial top turn a bullet..." As to digging with a Bowie knife, their are many reports from the Indian Wars of troops digging firing scrapes with personal Bowie knives, better than using your hands, I suppose.
@worldtraveler9304 жыл бұрын
You do have to admit that the trowel bayonet Does look quite Cool. 😁
@justindunlap12354 жыл бұрын
The bolo looks like it would be a handy little tool, and should you need to fend off a Calvary charge whilst out of ammo I think it would do the job. Once mounted on the rifle you damn near have a poleaxe.
@anthonyrosati75984 жыл бұрын
The way its used as a trenching tool is by holding it by the lower half of the back of the blade. Look it has a cut out to wrap you hand around . It would still suck to dig like that. Looks like the most effective way would be digging doggy stay
@cma454ns4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the first U.S. military repeater the M1895 Lee Navy?
@kevinoliver3083 Жыл бұрын
No, the US Navy used the Remington-Lee M1879 and M1885. Both in .45-70.
@112boki4 жыл бұрын
Co Bao: What bring you good luck? Rambo: *shows her the knife I guess this.
@tedking67904 жыл бұрын
Ian, why did they still prefer such long barrels for service rifles in the era? How did they measure bullet velocity? Was that an important consideration? Or was it just that they clung to tradition? Great video, as always.