No More Bayonets

[V]

Youthful exuberance and confidence are good to have, but they are no match for experience.

But because you're a friend, I promise I will end you quickly and with little pain.

[PHEDG]

8:06

[Timothy225]

8:06

That's the one scene.. the one scene... that creeps me out the most in the whole flick. Just harrowing and stays with ya long after the film ends. Good call, Fej!

[gravedigger]

Ed...

Everything that is issued to you has a use, and yes... my comrades and I used bayonets on occasion.

When all else fails, it's nice to have an eight inch blade on a 26 inch long rifle.

Now you have a sharp spear with a 32 inch reach... combine that with the normal 72-74 inch fighting reach the average man has, and you can kill anyone inside of 8 feet.

I like that math...

Reactionary gap!

[V]

HIGH FIVE!

[IggytheBorg]

Bayonets, while excellent when fixed to a rifle, are not the best choice for a knife fight.

I'm curious: why is that?

[V]

I'm curious: why is that?

Bayonets are mostly designed to stab, not cut. You can't really cut anything with a tool not designed to hold an edge.

[Ed Hocken]

Mmmmm, stabby

[BillyG]

To quote a certain Springfield crime lord "I don't get mad. I get stabby."

[Ed Hocken]

There was also the stab bot in Futurama.