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Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Originally posted by butcherguy
You are pretty snarky for a moderator.
Originally posted by masqua
reply to post by butcherguy
I guess you missed that bit about a 'bayonet' being something being attached to the business end of a rifle and used much like a spear. These days, with automatic weapons, it's far easier to just shoot a few rounds rather than sticking your assault rifle into an enemy combatant and then having to do the 'struggling to pull it out again' dance.
That's why bayonet drills were dropped from training.
You can call a knife a bayonet if you like, though.
Maybe you can take a break from that and read up on bayonets. I posted a link.
They still mount on the end of a rifle,
They are multiple-function tools.....
And they still call them, get this......
Bayonets.
Why do you think they manufacture them with the ability to mount them onto a rifle? It is to use them as a spear.
They aren't just knives.
I'm a veteran of the Army and NO we do not use bayonets...case closed.
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by DZAG Wright
Originally posted by butcherguy
You are pretty snarky for a moderator.
Originally posted by masqua
reply to post by butcherguy
I guess you missed that bit about a 'bayonet' being something being attached to the business end of a rifle and used much like a spear. These days, with automatic weapons, it's far easier to just shoot a few rounds rather than sticking your assault rifle into an enemy combatant and then having to do the 'struggling to pull it out again' dance.
That's why bayonet drills were dropped from training.
You can call a knife a bayonet if you like, though.
Maybe you can take a break from that and read up on bayonets. I posted a link.
They still mount on the end of a rifle,
They are multiple-function tools.....
And they still call them, get this......
Bayonets.
Why do you think they manufacture them with the ability to mount them onto a rifle? It is to use them as a spear.
They aren't just knives.
I'm a veteran of the Army and NO we do not use bayonets...case closed.
jesus, i hope not!....one question...do they train you in close-combat situations with a hand-held all-purpose knife?
Originally posted by ColeYounger
Obama's remarks were undignified in the extreme and unbefitting a president.
"We have things called aircraft carriers that planes land on." It was immature, really bush-league.
Our society has become so ignorant that rude, snotty, and mannerless people are looked upon as "assertive" or "confident".
Seriously...it was like watching some smarmy, know-it-all college brat.
Originally posted by illuminated0ne
reply to post by SrWingCommander
President Obama never claimed anyone stopped using bayonets. He said we use less bayonets, which is true.
Bayonets are generally for close quarters fighting. War has changed, and tactics have changed, weapons have changed, and fighting from a distance has become the norm. So there is less and less close quarters fighting, and less need for a bayonet.
Originally posted by illuminated0ne
reply to post by Vitruvian
...and what is the point of your post? Obama didn't say nobody uses bayonets. He said we use them less.
Originally posted by Vitruvian
Fix bayonets! -
BHO talks like a fool! 2nd only to Joe Biden! I guess they learn fron each other
Perhaps the Chinese know more about the subject of BAYONET warfare than does BHO - Do they looked outdated to you? Oh I get it - they are for decoration only - right ?
And it looks like the Marines were using bayonets in the Gulf War
Originally posted by redtic
reply to post by buster2010
I was going to post about this because I was incensed, but not surprised, by the ignorant spin the right tries to put to these types of comments. Here's what Eric Cantor said:
Mr. President, for the thousands of Virginians in the Navy family, cutting our naval forces isn't a game of battleship.
It's obvious to anyone half-intelligent that the president was referring to the changing requirements - technology has changed, situations have changed, so the requirements for what constitutes a strong navy have changed - it's not just about numbers. Romney obviously looked at the numbers and said "umm, less is bad", without understanding what those numbers actually mean. But, like I said, I shouldn't be surprised. All of what Obama said on this subject last night was a valid retort to the uninformed comments that Romney made.
Originally posted by Vitruvian
Fix bayonets! -
BHO talks like a fool! 2nd only to Joe Biden! I guess they learn fron each other
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by Vitruvian
Fix bayonets! -
BHO talks like a fool! 2nd only to Joe Biden! I guess they learn fron each other
Assuming you didn't understand what Obama was saying then. yep.
no electric can openers for you.
Should he have said broadswords and chain mail armor in order for you not to get lost in the example and completely miss the point?
Well, most of America got it...the fringe rarely gets jokes though. (either side)
Originally posted by Vitruvian
Originally posted by SaturnFX
Originally posted by Vitruvian
Fix bayonets! -
BHO talks like a fool! 2nd only to Joe Biden! I guess they learn fron each other
Assuming you didn't understand what Obama was saying then. yep.
no electric can openers for you.
Should he have said broadswords and chain mail armor in order for you not to get lost in the example and completely miss the point?
Well, most of America got it...the fringe rarely gets jokes though. (either side)
Actually it would have been far better for him to have kept his foul and arrogant mouth shut. He dug his hole deeper yet in trying the denigrate and to mock the FUTURE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Originally posted by DZAG Wright
reply to post by Vitruvian
Who know's if the Chinese use bayonets...we don't.
And that photo of U.S. troops doesn't look like a deployed unit too me. They appear to still be in training.
WE DON'T USE BAYONET'S!!!
As someone else said, when was the last time the order "Fix Bayonet's" was given?
I never heard it...
Looking at the photo again...actually the Chinese bayonets do appear to be decoration. They appear to be at some ceremony. Those are not their battle weapons...edit on 24-10-2012 by DZAG Wright because: To add on
reply to post by DZAG Wright
And that photo of U.S. troops doesn't look like a deployed unit too me. They appear to still be in training.