K98 Bayonet Cleaner Up-er

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I never really understood why the bayonet wasn't phased out after the first world war, I mean, with the invention of the Machine gun the massed rush that bayonets were useful against was pretty much obsolete. Plus IIRC, actually fitting a bayonet made the rifle less accurate, and yet IIRC us Brits still had bayonets in the 1950s! :hmm:

Close quarters fighting, when you don't have time to reload that clip or magazine not to mention the psych factor.