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AK-47 Bayonets
The 4 major
Types of AK-47 bayonet are described in more detail below
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AK47
Type Spear point blade, with ears to go around barrel
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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 OK, 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pattern Polish Bayonet |
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Pattern Bulgarian Bayonet |
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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 tang 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. |
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Korean AK-47 Bayonet |
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This is the only true AK-47 in our collection with a clip point
seem in almost all the AKM-47 styles. |
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AKM
Type 1 Has a bowie blade with wire cutting facility
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| 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. |
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Model AKM-47 Russian |
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German AKM-47 Type One Bayonet |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Romainian
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 |
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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. |
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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.
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AKM
Type 2 Also early AK74, Heavy square hilt, with wire cutter
and sawback
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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. |
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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 |
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Went
to the plastic Scabbard |
AKM
Training Has a sprung loaded plunger instead of a blade
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| 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
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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. |
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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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