To kill. Yes, originally once a musket was fired the Bayonet was plugged into the end of the barrel, the muzzle, converting it into a spear or pike. When the musket became reloadable the bayonet was altered so that it fitted around the barrel on a lug and allowed the weapon to be refired with the bayonet attached.
Bayonets can be used in several ways:
They were are used as a melee attachment for musket rifles, in the 17-1800 era, and still used in the twentieth century attached to modern rifles.
Bayonets are blades that are specifically designed to be attached to the end of a rifle, turning the rifle into a type of 'polearm'. Most bayonets, however, can be used as a standard knife when not attached to a rifle, although some are permanent fixtures of the rifle and cannot be removed easily.
So basically, when the bayonet is attached to the rifle, it is used mainly as a thrusting weapon, although slashing certainly is possible.
When not affixed, it is used as a standard knife.
Bayonets were used to turn the long smoothbore rifles of the seventeen and eighteen hundreds into a spontoon or half pike. The bayonet either inserted into the barrel as a plug to fitted over the barrel to allow continued firing. The principle intent of bayonets was to kill opposing soldiers in close in fighting. They were needed as the long muskets could fire only one shot without a tedious reloading procedure, which left the soldier undefended.The bayonets were also a useful tool for finishing off (coupe de grace) wounded enemy combatants after a battle (or soldiers pretending to be dead on either side who planned on escaping further battle) , and cheaper and quicker than wasting ball and powder.
Although many bayonets could be used as small swords once detached from the musket large numbers were spike bayonets with triangular bladed stabbing points for the musket. These were populate during the American Civil War.
As weapons progressed the overall rifle length decreased and the firepower went up. This reduced the number and effectiveness of bayonet charges against the enemy and alternate uses were incorporated into the bayonet such as a more knifelike blade length and a more utilitarian handle. Some bayonets were equipped with a saw back to allow alternate use as utility tool.
bayonets are useful when in close combat, like the trenches.
Bayonets are sword like objects that I believe are used in javelin
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none it came out in the 1800s
I know only of the controversy created by the Maori use of fixed bayonets against German paratroopers on the Greek island of Crete in 1941. It is quite possible that they used their bayonets hand-to-hand somewhere in World War 2. If I find out, I will update this answer.
Soldiers used bayonets attached to a rifle or musket as a spear. When the bayonet was not affixed to the gun, the soldiers used the bayonets as a general purpose cutting tool.
Both sides used bayonets the Allies and the Central Powers.
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They were called bayonets. Bayonets were not limited to muskets, they were used on firearms well after the development of rifles. Early bayonets were placed inside the barrel of the musket, restricting the ability to shoot, but this soon was fixed and the bayonets were attached just below the barrel.
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Bayonets are sword like objects that I believe are used in javelin
A bayonet is a sharp dagger-like weapon that can be attached to a rifle. This is an example sentence: My uncle had an impressive collection of old rifles and bayonets.
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rifles,canons,muskets and bayonets
none it came out in the 1800s