Socket Bayonet
Title
Socket Bayonet
Subject
warfare
Description
This is a socket (or "ring") bayonet. Unlike earlier "plug" bayonets, which had to be inserted into the musket barrel and therefore rendered a bayonet-equipped musket incapable of firing, these sockets fit around the exterior of a gun's barrel, allowing it to still be fired. Socket bayonets were part of the reason for the increasing irrelevance of pikes by the end of the 18th century, leading to greater and greater firearm production.
Creator
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Source
Wikimedia Commons
Publisher
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Date
circa 1800
Contributor
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Rights
public domain
Relation
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Format
(2,344 × 2,299, (80 KB) jpeg
Language
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Type
image
Identifier
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Coverage
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Original Format
photo
Physical Dimensions
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Files
Citation
“Socket Bayonet,” Guns, Boats, and Gunboats, accessed May 15, 2024, https://history139.omeka.net/items/show/44.