FN FAL Type B Bayonet Identification

[Daan Kemp]

Was it supposed to stick out like that? Looks like it will be about 20mm from the body?

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[browningautorifle]

Was it supposed to stick out

They all do, more or less. Thing is Dan as you know...there were lots of countries had grommets in their webbing that could take these. Canada used the M'51 pattern for instance, French had them, UK P'44, Germany had what we evolved to...

Any ways, what I was hoping is there are a couple of FN collectors here that may have insight to be able to sort this? These T48 rifles didn't make it far past trials, I had one in our small arms collection at our Small Arms School. I know we just published a pic of a US soldier carrying one with that little personal helicopter just posted. I know someone here has one of these... I can find sales of these touted to be "The scabbard has the rare wire hooked hanger for U.S. type web belts instead of the common European hook for the bayonet frog." Meaning the button holding the scabbard in a frog.

Here's a link to show several of the other scabbard with the wire M1910 hooks for Africa. FN-FAL Bayonets - Additional FN-FAL Type C Bayonets

[Sapper00]

Daan, good eye, it does make it stick out 2cm or 3/4" ish from the frog to the hanger. You know that would leave a mark when rolling onto your back (or hip) and looking at the stars during a smoke break on an ambush
It doesn't seem like a practical setup, which is probably why you don't see many of them.