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Old 10-28-2010, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
The Germans, while not as bayonet-happy as the French (is anybody more bayonet-happy than the French?), believed that the bayonet would overpower the rifle.
The Japanese, at least through WWII, were quite bayonet-happy, as the common soldier considered their bayonet their katana. Worth mentioning that Japanese bayonets were quite large, even for the period.
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