Kalashnikov
Bayonet Types
Chapter
One
There are four basic knife
types found for AK bayonets plus some variations, which do
not fall in these categories. There are also three basic
scabbard types. Combinations of these types are what allow
for identification of the country of origin for these bayonets
and the type of AK they were originally used with.
In this
book the bayonets have been classified into four basic
knife types as follows:
AK47 Type -
characterized by ears on the pommel, which go around the
barrel of the rifle to aid in mounting; a handle with a scale
on each side; and a long, straight spear point type blade
with fullers on each side. (See figure 1 .A.)
AKM
Type I - characterized
by a large bulbous handle of plastic material, which has
a slot for a bayonet lug for attachment to the rifle and
a hole for a wrist strap and a Bowie type blade with a
clip point and sharpened only on one side and without any
fullers. (See figure 1.B.)
AKM
Type Il/Early AK74 - bayonet lug and a hole for a wrist
strap; a solid plastic handLe; and, again, a Bowie type
blade with a clip point and sharpened only on one side
and without any fullers. (See figure l.C.)
AK74
Type - characterized
by a return to a solid plastic handle without a steel pommel
but with ridges which substitute for finger grooves; and
a return to a spear point blade with a very unique sharpening
pattern and again no fullers. (See figure 1 .D.)
The
other knife type variations include the East German KM87
bayonet for their AK74 variant, the MpiKM(S)74, the distinctive
knives North Koreans used for their late AK47 and AKM type
rifles, the bayonets used by the Finns for the Valmet series
of rifles, the bayonet used by India for the INSAS Rifle,
the Czech CZ58 bayonets and the Chinese Folding Spike and
Type 81 bayonets. These will be shown and discussed in
the relevant chapters.
From
Page 3 Kalashnikov Bayonets
© 2002
by Martin Ivie
Reprinted with permission of the author
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Collectors' Guide to Bayonets
for the AK and Its
Variations
Author: Martin D. Ivie
Publisher: Texas Diamond Eye Publications
2002
ISBN: 0972120939
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