Anonymous #1 4w

Bayonets are the toughest invention in firearms history

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Anonymous #1 4w

bayonets are an 18th century french invention

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Anonymous #4 4w

17th century

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Anonymous #4 4w

Invented earlier concurrently in china

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Anonymous #2 4w

That was a chongdao, not a bayonet. A chongdao fits directly into the barrel and prevents firing. A bayonet runs adjacent to the barrel to the firearm can still discharge.

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Anonymous #3 4w

The first european bayonets also worked like this

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