Bayonet Bonanza

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My No 7 does not have those gouges UK
As Sentry stated not worried about how it looks as long as it stays put on the rifle and make them cheaply because they are going to break them, do they admonish you greatly Sentry if it does get busted!
Just my 5c worth

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As Sentry stated not worried about how it looks as long as it stays put on the rifle and does its job then well and good make them cheap because they are going to break them, do they admonish you greatly Sentry if it does get busted!

Certainly not, with the old C7 Nella bayonets on the bayonet training course, if you didn't break your bayonet you weren't fighting the target hard enough. They always have a milk crate full of spares for those days.

In fact, Peter will cringe here, we were never punished for breaking equipment, broken equipment was seen as the spirit of speed and aggression required to be an Infantry Soldier. Rip the cocking handle off a C6 clearing a hard extraction? (I did it) Enthusiastic slap on the back, and you got to keep the souvenir. Bring up the spare gun.

Modern weapons have things done to them that would make collectors cringe, mortaring a C7 rifle to clear a stoppage, kicking bolt handles open on glowing hot MG's, gas system parts separated with blunt instruments, the bolt extension on a C9 gas piston makes a dandy hammer. It's not that abuse to the point of destruction was the order of the day, but either the piece worked, or it was forced to work.

Mostly our peacetime and training equipment suffered the worst, and because it was trained on so often it got worn out, and usually required this sort of abuse upon failure. During my deployment we got all new gear, Inglis pistols out of the cosmo with the decal, C8A3's out of the box, and our rifles were recently rebuilt/upgraded C7A2 models, brought from Canada. Only the C9 LMG's were a bit tired, but they were upgraded a couple years later.

However losing a piece of weapons equipment was not taken lightly, that was considered willful neglect, you could lose a pouch or canteen here or there, but the world stopped turning if a C79 Elcan sight was even misplaced slightly.