bayonets
Muzzle-mounted knives
Bayonets is the plural of bayonet, a blade designed to attach to the muzzle of a rifle, converting it into a spear for close combat.
The weapon saw heavy use in warfare from the 17th through early 20th centuries: The troops fixed bayonets and charged.
As a verb, to bayonet is to stab with one: Soldiers bayoneted the wounded where they lay.
Flat cutting edge
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- musketMuzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- chargeCost or accusation
- thrustForceful forward motion
lunge · fixed · infantry · combat · steel · point · stab · parry
Cost or accusation
- infantryGround combat troops
- assaultViolent offensive act
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
soldiers · regiment · battle · advance · formation · melee · close-quarters · skirmish
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
- musketMuzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
- CrimeaBlack Sea peninsula
Revolutionary War · redcoats · militia · colonial · Waterloo · Somme · WWI · trenches
Hole-boring device
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
- saluteGestural sign of honor
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
presentation · regiment · formation · precision · color guard · marching · rifle team · silent drill
blade
Flat cutting edge
thrust · lunge · fixed · infantry · combat · steel · point · stab · parry · socket
charge
Cost or accusation
warfare · soldiers · regiment · battle · advance · formation · melee · close-quarters · skirmish · ranks
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- NapoleonicOf the French emperor
- musketMuzzle-loaded infantry firearm
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
Crimea · Revolutionary War · redcoats · militia · colonial · Waterloo · Somme · WWI · trenches · Verdun
drill
Hole-boring device
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
- saluteGestural sign of honor
inspection · presentation · regiment · formation · precision · color guard · marching · rifle team · silent drill · ceremony
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Napoleonic EraNapoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Code
- WWI militarytrenches, ANZAC, trench warfare, Tommies, Western Front
- Lexington and ConcordLexington, Concord, minutemen, militia, British redcoats
- arms and armorswords, shields, helmets, daggers, axes
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
bayonetsmissiles
Self-propelled guided weapons
ranged weapons · ICBMs · drone strikes · bullets · artillery
bayonetssmart bombs
Self-directing precision weapons
guided missiles · drones · cyber weapons · nuclear weapons · railguns
bayonetsdiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
peace treaties · negotiations · olive branches · white flags · armistice
- bayonet chargeAssault using rifle-mounted blades
- fix bayonetsOrder to mount blades
- fixed bayonetBlade mounted on firearm
- bayonet practiceTraining in attached-blade combat
- bayonet mountQuarter-turn fastening system