Download or read book The Handbook of British Bayonets written by Ian D. Skennerton and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Socket Bayonets written by Graham Priest and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the fascinating world of socket bayonets.
Download or read book Handbook of British Bayonet Training for His Majesty s Fleet 1921 written by Lords of the Navy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edited facsimile copy of a handbook issued to British naval officers in the 1920's for the training of sailors in the use of the rifle and bayonet. With over 29 black and white plates and added period photographs. Rare addition for the student of British naval history and collector of British military bayonets. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER SWORD COLLECTING BOOKS FOR SALE ON AMAZON. THESE BOOKS ARE PRINTED ON DEMAND BY AMAZON CREATESPACE PRINTERS.
Download or read book Bayonets written by Martin J. Brayley and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bayonets: An Illustrated History covers the subject from the 17th century to date—providing a full-color introduction to a fascinating military weapon. A short, general introduction examines the history of the bayonet—named after the French town of Bayonne, where it is thought to have been devised around 1650. The book details the technological advancements over the years in the size, shape, manufacture and style of the bayonet. Most of the book is divided into alphabetical coverage on the bayonets of 37 countries, from Argentina to Yugoslavia. This latest book from long time researcher and militaria expert Martin J. Brayley provides an extensive and in depth examination of bayonets from 37 countries from around the world – over 300 bayonets in all. The history of the bayonet is indeed an interesting one, and this comprehensive reference does a splendid job of covering its origin and evolution, as well as the physical description, manufacturing data, service history and effectiveness of each model. Contains nearly 500 supporting color photographs. Bayonets: An Illustrated History is an excellent starting point for the military enthusiast or collector, providing over 500 color images and contemporary illustrations.
Download or read book British Commonwealth Bayonets written by Ian D. Skennerton and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fix Bayonets written by John Norris and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bayonet is an essential item of a soldier's kit even on today's modern hi-tech battlefield. This work examines the origins of this humble weapon and the 'cult of the bayonet' as espoused by the Russian General Alexander Suvorov who asserted that The bullet misses, the bayonet does not. The first bayonets appeared in France in the early 17th century and soon they were being used by every army in Europe. The author examines the spread of this simple weapon and how it led to fundamental changes being made in battlefield tactics. Over 300 years later, in the age of hi-tech warfare and weapons of mass destruction, the bayonet is still in service with armies around the world. British and US forces in Afghanistan regularly have their bayonets fixed. Fix Bayonets illustrates how tactics changed and the design of the weapon, although fundamentally the same, has evolved over the centuries.Much myth and legend surrounds the subject of bayonet charges and the weapon has become an icon of defiance and the determination to do whatever it takes to win. The author examines evidence for the reality of such actions. How did the ordinary soldier feel to be told 'fix bayonets'? John Norris draws on personal accounts of soldiers using bayonets in combat from the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars, various Colonial campaigns, through the World Wars, Falklands War and into the 21st century in Afghanistan. In so doing he explains the seemingly anachronistic survival of this simple weapon on the modern battlefield.
Download or read book Bloody Bayonets written by Squadron Leader R.A. L. Lidstone and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bayonet - a simple but effective weapon - long maintained its supremacy in the British Army, even after it had been superseded by more sophisticated and complex weapons. The secret of its dominance is that it was thought by higher authorities to embody the offensive spirit so essential to successful soldiering. This detailed Second World War booklet is a complete A-Z of bayonet fighting, covering port, thrusts, parries and fencing. There are thirty illustrations.
Download or read book The British Spike Bayonet written by Ian D. Skennerton and published by . This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fixed Bayonets written by Alfred Hutton and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Socket Bayonet in the British Army 1687 1783 written by Erik Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Zeal and With Bayonets Only written by Matthew H. Spring and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image is indelible: densely packed lines of slow-moving Redcoats picked off by American sharpshooters. Now Matthew H. Spring reveals how British infantry in the American Revolutionary War really fought. This groundbreaking book offers a new analysis of the British Army during the “American rebellion” at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system for training the army prior to 1775 was overhauled and adapted to the peculiar conditions confronting it in North America. First scrutinizing such operational problems as logistics, manpower shortages, and poor intelligence, Spring then focuses on battlefield tactics to examine how troops marched to the battlefield, deployed, advanced, and fought. In particular, he documents the use of turning movements, the loosening of formations, and a reliance on bayonet-oriented shock tactics, and he also highlights the army’s ability to tailor its tactical methods to local conditions. Written with flair and a wealth of details that will engage scholars and history enthusiasts alike, With Zeal and with Bayonets Only offers a thorough reinterpretation of how the British Army’s North American campaign progressed and invites serious reassessment of most of its battles.
Download or read book Fixed Bayonets written by Alfred Hutton and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th century was the century of the bayonet, and this book is probably the most complete guide to the correct use of the weapon as it was fixed to the newly introduced British magazine rifle in 1890. Alfred Hutton, whose other works include the aptly titled 'Cold Steel' gives an expert guide to offensive and defensive bayonet lunges, parries and positions, together with glossaries of English, French and Italian terms used in bayonet fencing. Profusely illustrated, this is surely the definitive guide to a weapon which has stubbornly retained its place in the military armoury from its introduction in the 18th century right up till today.This offer expires 21 December 2007
Download or read book A New Manual of the Bayonet for the Army and Militia of the United States written by John Cunningham Kelton and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Military Bayonets from 1700 to 1945 written by Robert John Wilkinson Latham and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bayonet written by Bill Harriman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively long ranges, their slow rate of fire left the soldier very vulnerable while reloading, and early muskets were useless for close-quarter fighting. Consequently, European infantry regiments of the 17th century were composed of both musketeers and pikemen, who protected the musketeers while loading but also formed the shock component for close-quarter combat. The development of the flintlock musket produced a much less cumbersome and faster-firing firearm. When a short knife was stuck into its muzzle, every soldier could be armed with a missile weapon as well as one that could be used for close combat. The only disadvantage was that the musket could not be loaded or fired while the plug bayonet was in place. The socket bayonet solved this problem and the musket/bayonet combination became the universal infantry weapon from c.1700 to c.1870. The advent of shorter rifled firearms saw the attachment of short swords to rifle barrels. Their longer blades still gave the infantryman the 'reach' that contemporaries believed he needed to fend off cavalry attacks. The perfection of the small-bore magazine rifle in the 1890s saw the bayonet lose its tactical importance, becoming smaller and more knife-like, a trend that continued in the world wars. When assault rifles predominated from the 1950s onwards, the bayonet became a weapon of last resort. Its potential usefulness continued to be recognized, but its blade was often combined with an item with some additional function, most notably a wire-cutter. Ultimately, for all its fearsome reputation as a visceral, close-quarter fighting weapon, the bayonet's greatest impact was actually as a psychological weapon. Featuring full-colour artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this is the absorbing story of the complementary weapon to every soldier's firearm from the army of Louis XIV to modern-day forces in all global theatres of conflict.
Download or read book The Hand book of British India written by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bayonet Training Manual Used by the British Forces written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, published in 1917, gives explicit instructions on how to use a bayonet, the fitness required to use a bayonet, and the techniques necessary to kill/seriously injure the enemy. It was first published in a magazine called 'Infantry Journal' that was used by the British forces and then reprinted as part of a series called Van Nostrands Military Manuals.
