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To: skinowski who wrote (20955)	3/19/2010 4:19:34 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 23908

US Army thrusts bayonet aside after centuries of faithful service ...(The) US Army has called time on the bayonet by scrapping basic infantry training with a weapon that has become part of army folklore since its introduction to military arsenals in the 16th century. Although American soldiers do not generally go into battle with bayonets fixed to their M16 or M4 rifles — unlike their British counterparts with their SA80s — bayonet drills have been a vital part of training for decades. Now they are being scrapped as part of the first significant revamp of the army training regime in three decades. Bayonet charges are no longer regarded as relevant in the modern battlefield and the US Army has decided to switch its training to other forms of close-quarter combat — and to teach troops to improvise weapons from whatever is at hand, including lumps of wood or stones. It has also begun to use alternatives to the attached bayonet, including a five-shot, bolt-action shotgun underslung from an assault rifle... timesonline.co.uk Flush Bayonets The Army is turning in their muzzle-end pigstickers for close-quarter combatives and underslung shotguns:... neptunuslex.com Lots of discussion at the 2nd link.

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