Bung bayonet
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| Weapon type: | bayonet |
| Designations: | Bung bayonet |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Germany , military |
| Distribution: | Germany |
| Handle: | Wood, horn |
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The bung bayonet is a bayonet which is inserted with the handle into the rifle barrel so that no more shots can be fired.
description
The bung bayonet usually has a straight, double-edged, leaf-shaped blade. The blade comes in different shapes. Smooth, without a central ridge or hollow grind , with a central ridge or with a hollow grind. The handle is mostly made of wood or horn and has a short quillons . The knob is rounded so that the bung bayonet can be inserted into the gun barrel . The handle of the bung bayonet is adapted to the caliber of the respective rifle. The forerunner of the bung bayonet is a hunting weapon . The blade of a boar pen was provided with a handle (see picture info box, left) in order to kill the not yet dead game after a wounding shot . When the bung bayonet was not attached to the rifle, it could be used as a dagger . The first written evidence of the use of a bayonet comes from the armory to Dresden from 1669. There it is described as "the Musqueden belonging knife ". Later the bayonets were attached under the rifle barrel in order to also be able to fire while the bayonet is attached to the rifle.
References
- ↑ Wendelin Boeheim, Handbook of Arms , Nachdr. D. Ed. Leipzig 1890, Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, pages 498, 500, ISBN 978-3-201-00257-8
literature
- Heinrich Müller, rifles, pistols, revolvers: European hunting and war weapons from the 14th to 19th centuries , Verlag Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, 1997, pages 85, 107, 108, ISBN 978-3-89488-124-5
- Christian Beaufort-Spontin , Volume 1 of Harnisch and Weapons of Europe: Military Equipment in the 17th Century: A Weapon History Handbook , Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1982, pages 134, 159, 161, ISBN 978-3-7814-0209-6
- Johannes Erichsen, Katharina Heinemann, Focus of Europe 1704: the Battle of Höchstädt: the Battle of Blenheim , Verlag Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-7995-0215-3
