The Socket Bayonet

Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory 17th Century - How did the 15 inch sized bayonets of the 17th century evolve by the 21st Century into a combat gadget the size of a pocket knife, that is still in widespread use today with armies across the world? Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Script: Conan White Narrator: Bryan Lazlo Beauregard Music Credit: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100875 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: Sword, Lance and Bayonet By Charles ffoulkes, E.C. Hopkinson Bayonet to Barrage: Weaponry on the Victorian Battlefield By Stephen Manning Manual of the Bayonet, United States Army, 1913 By Herschel Tupes