Bayonets

thumb| British infantryman in 1941 with a Pattern 1907 bayonet affixed to his [[Lee–Enfield rifle]] A bayonet (from Old French , now spelt ) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be utilized as a spear in close combat.

pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife

is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

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bayonet used with the US M1917 Enfield rifle and later with US Army combat shotguns

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WWII German knife and bayonet

Soviet bayonet

bayonet with a pointed spike rather than a more conventional blade that is attached to a firearm for use as a bayonet and limited usefulness as a handheld weapon