Lithgow HT Sniper Bayonet

[Lithy]

In Skennerton and Richardson's British and Commonwealth Bayonets there was a reference to Owen bayonets being issued to riflemen in Korea.

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[Melanie_Daniels]

The joke with the so-called Owen-bayonet (also fitting for the SMLE) is, that is first was made in 1943. The attachment for this bayonet on the Owen first was made in the second half of 1944. So this bayonets first weré made for the SMLE - the first really Owen-Byonet is shown on the first photo below.

And the second photo below shows, that Aussies had no problems with mixing the different bayonets and handguns: Four Owens - two with the short bayonet, two with the long bayonet. Some discussions seam to be really German.

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