Whose Bayonet Was Deadlier? 15 WW2 Bayonets from Germany, the USSR and the USA

When the war began, the Red Army held around 25 million bayonets of one single pattern — a fluted steel spike with no handle, its tip ground flat into a screwdriver. German soldiers bought engraved dress bayonets with their own money. The US Army recalled millions of bayonets just to saw 15 centimetres of steel off each one. Fifteen bayonets, three armies, and one question: why pour so much steel into a weapon that had almost stopped killing? THE WEHRMACHT — S84/98 III — descendant of the first knife bayonet ever adopted — Late-war production with bakelite grips — The S98/05 "butcher" with saw teeth on its spine — A bayonet built for the MP40 submachine gun — The privately bought dress bayonet THE RED ARMY — The 1891/30 spike bayonet with a screwdriver tip — Why the spike was never replaced with a blade — The AVS-36 bayonet — only about 65,800 made — The siege bayonet of besieged Leningrad — Semin's folding bayonet of 1944 THE US ARMY — The M1905 and its 16-inch blade — The M1 — the same bayonet, cut in half — The M1917 — an American take on a British pattern — The M3 trench knife issued instead of a bayonet — The M4: from 16 inches down to 6.75 00:00 Three armies, three approaches 00:39 S84/98 III — the standard German bayonet 01:39 Late-war production: wood versus bakelite 02:29 The S98/05 "butcher" and the sawback scandal 03:19 A bayonet for the MP40 submachine gun 04:04 The dress bayonet, bought with a soldier's own money 05:03 The spike bayonet with a screwdriver tip 05:49 Why the spike was never replaced 06:37 The AVS-36 bayonet — 65,800 made 07:36 The siege bayonet of Leningrad 08:13 The folding bayonet of 1944 09:14 The M1905 — 16 inches of blade 10:04 The M1 — the same bayonet, cut down 10:56 The M1917 — a British design in American hands 11:46 The M3 trench knife instead of a bayonet 12:35 The M4 and three paths of one weapon Every fact in this video is manually researched and verified. 🔔 Subscribe Русская версия канала:    • Чей штык страшнее: Германия, СССР и США — ...   Versión en español:    • ¿Qué bayoneta era más letal? 15 bayonetas ...   #ww2 #bayonet #militaryhistory #wehrmacht #redarmy