Marine Bayonet

it is manufactured by Ontario Knife Company - Same company that has contract for M-09 Bayonet

OKC3S Marine Bayonet with Scabbard

NSN: 1095-01-506-3424

here is link: http://www.ontarioknife.com/milissue.html

Hope this helps.

John

It's called the M10.

Basically they took a Ka-Bar and put a mounting ring on it since you'll use the bayonet 3,425 times for opening MREs and stuff to the 1 time you use it as a bayonet.

"...you'll use the bayonet 3,425 times for opening MREs and stuff to the 1 time you use it as a bayonet..." And it's too small for chopping wood.
A Swiss Army knife is far more useful than any bayonet. Everything on a Swiss Army knife works, including the saw. Especially the can opener. Trust me. I wouldn't go anywhere without mine.

I was told that the new USMC was specifically designed to get the bayonet back to what it was originally intended to be, a weapon. For too long, the military had wrongly considered the bayonet more of a field tool that could be used to spear someone, than a spearpoint that could also be used for simple cutting around the base.

With the longer blade, it does give an impressive profile. I would also note that quite a few third-world countries consider a smaller blade, like we all prefer for utilitarian purposes, to be feminine or not for a full-grown man. This might have played a part in the USMCs decision to lengthen their bayonets.

The Corps is also experiencing a resurgance in knife, bayonet, and h2h training. They have even gone to a "belt " system much like the major martial arts, to signify the levels of training. Indeed, I fully agree with my brothers-in-green, that you should not only carry every weapon possible, but be able to kill with them all.
And, for anyone who doubts the relavence of bayonets in the digital age, I seem to recall a couple of months ago the Brits Argyle Division had to settle things with insurgents using cold steel. (Unfortunately the link in the Sun is archived and I can't find it.)

Alas, the famous bayonet charge was made using bullpup rifles. That just seems so wrong, so short and clumsy. Well, that's their business. I do remember Willy and Joe giving advice, circa 1944 "If you're close enough to stick 'em, you're close enough to shoot 'em."

Bart Noir

As I recall from that (awesome) article, our British friends were pinned down by the insurgents, and got rather fed up with it; the OIC ordered the men to affix bayonets and they charged, killing 30 some-odd insurgents while only receiving three wounded in return.

Hint: If a pissed-off Scot with an assault rifle with a big ol' knife on the end of it is charging at you, run away. Far, far away.

~Slam_Fire

One thing I have noticed about the new Marine Bayonet is rather troubling fact it has a serrated edge, and such things have been banned by the Geneva Convention under article 35, along with such things as barbed lances and such.

The good:
-They are "Bored" Marine proof. One thing we never did, was to place an empty coke can on top of something (or just a tree) and throw our bayonets at it. For hours. Never Happened, none broke. They are tough.
-Better sheath, doesn't fall off or walk away.
-Unruly types act better around bayonets, they know where the not shooting/shooting line is drawn, but they don't about getting stabbed.

The bad:
-It's heavy and bulky. There's no good really good way to attach it to an interceptor or molle vest.
-Marines that don't have them love to steal them from Marines that do and say "hey look at what I found"