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The
4 major Types of AK-47 bayonet are described
in more detail below |
AK47
Type Spear point blade, with ears to go around
barrel |
AK47
Pattern - straight
spear point blade, no wire cutter, ears for
going around barrel instead of a slot (or
ring) for bayonet lug, resin scales attached
by 2 screws through the handle and a straight
metal scabbard usually with a web hanger
permanently attached. These were made by
Russia, Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland (with
light colored leather hanger), Korea and
China (with wood scales) |
Soviet
First Model AK-47 Bayonet
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| This
one is Good, looks real close to the Chinese
version, but seems better made.
Carbon steel blade
Cast metal handle ·10-7/8"" overall
Cast metal scabbard
No wire cutters yet |
1st
Pattern AK-47 East German Bayonet
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1st
Pattern AK Bayonet with Scabbard
Carbon steel blade
Wood handle with cast metal fittings
12"" overall
Cast metal scabbard. |
Chinese
First Model AK-47 Bayonet
looks
real close to the Soviet version, but the
Soviet seems better made.
Carbon steel blade ·Cast metal handle ·10-7/8"" overall ·Cast
metal scabbard
No wire cutters |
1st
Pattern Polish Bayonet
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1st
Pattern Bulgarian Bayonet
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North
Korean AKM - this
is often mistaken for an AK47 bayonet at
first glance. The scabbard is straight metal
with a permanently attached web hanger with
a leather strap that goes around the knife
handle like an AK47 scabbard. No wire cutter.
The handle of the bayonet is full whiteg
with resin scales like an AK47 handle but,
there are no ears to go around the barrel
and instead there is a bayonet lug slot and
lock button like on any other AKM bayonet.
The blade is Bowie style and has a blood
groove on each side which are not at the
same point in the width of the blade. There
is no wire cutter provision. |
North
Korean AK-47 Bayonet
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AKM
Type 1 Has a bowie blade with wire cutting
facility |
AKM
Type I - this bayonet
has a Clip Point (Bowie Blade), a bulbous
resin handle of various colors depending
on country of origin with a slot for the
bayonet lug, is set up to be used as an insulated
wire cutter in conjunction with the scabbard
and there is a wrist strap which is canvas
or leather of various colors depending on
country of origin. The scabbard is metal
and has an ~8 cm long rubber insulator installed
around it at the throat of various colors
depending on country of origin and a wire
cutter attachment at the point, the hangers
are usually attached by a snap hook and are
leather of various colors depending on country
of origin. Romanian & Hungarian hangers
for this bayonet have a wide leather strap
which goes around the insulator and is fastened
with two thorns and this strap is riveted
to a wide belt loop of three possible materials.
These are in order of earliest to latest,
leather; green cotton webbing; and green
Nylon webbing. These were made by Russia,
East Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania. |
1st
Model AKM-47 Russian
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East
German AKM-47 Type One Bayonet
Designed for tactical use by commandos, it fits any standard AK-47 barrel.
The protective coated steel Scabbard hooks onto the Bowie-style blade
to form a wire cutter. Handle and Scabbard are made from a rugged
non-electricity-conducting synthetic. hefty, sharp 5 3/4" carbon
steel blade with serrated spine. Scabbard with belt loop Measures
10 3/4" weighs 1 lb.
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Hungarian
AKM-47 Type One Bayonet
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Fits
any standard AK-47 barrel. The protective coated
steel Scabbard hooks onto the Bowie-style blade
to form a wire cutter. Handle and Scabbard
are made from a rugged non-electricity-conducting
synthetic. hefty, sharp 5 3/4" carbon
steel blade with serrated spine. Scabbard with
belt loop Measures 10 3/4" weighs 1 lb. |
Romanian
AKM-47 Type One Bayonet
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Fits
any standard AK-47 barrel. The protective coated
steel Scabbard hooks onto the Bowie-style blade
to form a wire cutter. Handle and Scabbard
are made from a rugged non-electricity-conducting
synthetic. hefty, sharp 5 3/4" carbon
steel blade with serrated spine. Scabbard with
belt loop Measures 10 3/4" weighs 1 lb. |
Polish
AKM-47 Type One Bayonet
Fits
any standard AK-47 barrel. The protective coated
steel Scabbard hooks onto the Bowie-style blade
to form a wire cutter. Handle and Scabbard
are made from a rugged non-electricity-conducting
synthetic. hefty, sharp 5 3/4" carbon
steel blade with serrated spine. Scabbard with
belt loop Measures 10 3/4" weighs 1
lb. |
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AKM
Type I Transitional - the
knife is as an AKM type I but the scabbard
is resin of various colors (not metal)
depending on the country of origin and
does not need a rubber insulator. Only
East German and Russian variations.
Transitional
Bayonet = Old handle / New Scabbard
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AKM
Type 2 Also early AK74, Heavy square hilt,
with wire cutter and sawback |
AKM
Type II and early AK74 - the
knife has a handle with a squared off metal
butt cap with the lug slot in it, a clip
point (bowie) blade with wire cutter slot
(Chinese don't have wire cutter) and a wrist
strap which is canvas or leather of various
colors depending on country of origin. The
scabbard can be either as described for the
Type I or the Type I transitional depending
on country of origin. For Russia, East Germany,
Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia the resin scabbard
with wire cutter is used, for Poland and
Egypt the metal scabbard is used and for
China the resin scabbard without wire cutter
is used. |
AK-74
Soviet / Russian Bayonet
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Soviet/Russian
AK-74 bayonet with Izhmash logo of triangle & arrow,
black (dark red) plastic furniture,
Blade hardness: 52.5-53.5 HRC (AK74)
clip point blade with sawback and wire cutting capability.
Scabbard is insulated for cutting electrical wire and features a quick
release frog. High
carbon steel Bowie type clip blade with sawback
spine, red-brown Bakelite handle with fabric
strap. Black cast metal guard and end cap.
10-3/4" overall. Red-brown bakelite
belt sheath with metal fittings and leather
loop. Marked with the arrow in triangle (Izhmash
production) on scabbard as well as on handle |
| Soviet
2nd Model AKM-47 Bayonet |
Went
to the plastic Scabbard
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| East
German 2nd Model AKM-47 Bayonet |
Went
to the plastic Scabbard also, all black
East German Leather is usually gray colored
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AKM
Training Has a sprung loaded plunger instead
of a blade |
AKM
Type II Training Bayonet -
has handle like AKM Type II but blade is
spring loaded and rubber tipped and will
push back into the handle when used to stab
something. Blade on Polish version is rectangular
cross section metal bar stock and blade on
East German version is tubular.
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AK74
New pattern with double edged spear point
blade, sawback and wire cutter |
Russian/Bulgarian
AK74 Pattern - knife
has a drop point (spear) blade with slot
for use as a wire cutter and resin handle
with finger ridges on the grip. Handle is
resin from butt to cross guard and has slot
for bayonet lug and there is no provision
for a wrist strap. Scabbard is resin with
a wire cutter attachment and the hanger is
leather with a snap hook attachment. |
AKM-74
Soviet / Russian Bayonet
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Soviet/Russian
AK-47 bayonet
Blade hardness: 50.5-52
HRC (AK47)
Original Soviet M83/85 Bayonet
Current issue bayonet. Fits AKM and AK-74 rifles.
Dark plum colored plastic handle and scabbard.
Has wire cutter and saw back blade. |
T81
Chinese with double fullered spear point
blade, no saw no wire cutter |
Type
56 Fixed folding spike used by China - T81
Chinese variation with double fullered spear
point blade, no saw no wire cutter
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KM
87 East German version made in very limited
numbers with tool kit in handle |
East
German KM87 - blade
is classic clip point (Bowie style) with
slot for use as a wire cutter. Blade also
has a clinometer etched on one side and a
linear scale etched on the other side. Handle
is black resin with palm swell and finger
grooves and a squared off metal butt cap
which unscrews to reveal a compartment containing
a small stash of survival items. The butt
cap has a whole for a wrist strap which is
basically a length of black paracord. The
scabbard is black resin with wire cutter
attachment. The hanger is riveted to the
scabbard and is made of grey Nylon web. It
has a black leather strap and black steel
loop closure for the belt loop that allows
the loop to be opened up to reveal a signaling
mirror. The strap that goes around the handle
is also gray Nylon web and closes with Velcro.
There were only about 2500 of these made
before the fall of the wall. |
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East
German KM 87 Bayonet - one of the rarest issued
AK bayonets is the East german Kampfmesser
(KM) 87 - This bayonet was developed in 1987
for use with the East German MPiAK74 . There
were only 2000 of these bayonets produced before
the "fall of the wall" and the collapse
of East germany. These were designed as a survival
knife as well as a bayonet. The pommel unscrews
and reveals a small plastic capsule - inside
capsule is one each 3mm, 4mm, 4.5 mm and 5
mm diameter split lead shot weights, two 10
mm long fish hooks, two 15 mm long fish hooks,
two red over green flare matches, one green
over red tip flare match, three iodine water
purification tablets, two 40 mm long straight
sewing needles and one sterile suture kit.
The lid of the capsule contains a plastic magnifying
lens and under a round leather plug in pommel
there is monofilament fishing line. The blade
itself has a protractor on one side and 5 cm
scale on the other. The belt loop contains
a piece of polished steel signaling mirror.
It also comes with a small instruction booklet. |
Egyptian
AKM Type 2 AK47 Bayonet |
The
Egyptians never made an AK74 rifle, so this
is the only type of bayonet they produced
in large quantities. I hav eheard of a red
AK74 bayonet by only in pictures not in person.
These
are not the highest quality but have become
quite rare. They have a brown plastic grip
and low quality materials all around. Made
for the Maadi rifles
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| 1980s
Indian INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) bayonet |
The
INSAS is part of the Kalashnikov family - as
such it's covered in the definitive book, "Kalashnikov
Bayonets - The Collector's Guide to Bayonets
for the AK & its Variations" by Martin
D. Ivie. No Commonwealth, Indian or AK series
collection is complete without one. These bayonets
are very rare beasts, and are not currently
available in bulk anywhere on the surplus market,
as they are still Indian current issue. The
INSAS is an interesting bayonet - it looks
like the product of an unholy union between
a Chinese AK, a British L1A3 and an American
M9. Its blade, pommel end, crosspiece and scabbard
tip are acid-blackened, with the rest finished
in a thick layer of orangey-brown insulating
plastic paint. The overall quality of workmanship
is very low, even by Indian standards, but
this is how they left the factory! It's got
a tool scabbard, with wire cutter, screwdriver
and beer-bottle opener! However, if you want
to play with these tools, be aware that the
blackened finish is very fragile, as is the
paint.No maker's mark is in evidence. There
is no belt hanger - this bayonet is factory
fresh, part of a production overrun - the hangers
were from a different manufacturer and meant
to be added later.
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