During my research and study into all things FAL/L1A1 I have come to the realisation, like with most fields of collecting that some terminology, designations or models can be fanciful especially when it comes time to have things written down in book form.
In FN literature their bayonets are simply referred to as TYPE A, TYPE B, TYPE C Bayonets. Each is a totally separate style of bayonet, with a number of variations within the TYPE.

Basically I'm not a “Bayonet collector”, my interests only deal with the L1A1/FAL rifles and their accessories, accruements and support items therefore I have limited bayonet book references to check through (Skennertonicon, Janzen's Notebook 1997 and Kiesling 2009). But since I have such a narrow field I can study, examine and compare the hell out of it to come up with these perplexing questions.

My puzzle relates to the designation that has now become the 'Standard' for the following FN made FAL Bayonets in books and on the WWW, which are:-
M1953
M1963
M1965

Can anyone tell me which book/Author has the earliest use of these terms?
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