AK Bayonet: Evolution and History

In this video, I go over the evolution and brief history of the bayonets for the AKM platform. Starting from the first bayonet for the AK-47 all the way to the present day that fits the 47 or AK-74.
The bayonet has become synonymous with the Soviet Union and their famous Kalashnikov platform that has spread throughout the globe.
From wood to bakelite to modern plastics, the bayonet has evolved with the times.

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  • @bigfuzzy84
    @bigfuzzy84 Жыл бұрын

    Anything can be considered obsolete until you need it

  • @TheNocturnalEvil
    @TheNocturnalEvil Жыл бұрын

    The best AKM bayonet ever made was the KCB-77 M7. It was a variant of KCB-77 made in 1977 by Eickhorn-Solingen to fit on AKM rifles. It's tough to find though. Due to longer length its wire cutter can cut barbed wires, it also has a screwdriver block and bottle opener on the sheath. The American M9 bayonet copied almost all of its features from the KCB-77.

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info. I was unfamiliar with that one.

  • @TheREALLibertyOrDeath

    @TheREALLibertyOrDeath

    6 ай бұрын

    Check out the Cz Bren bayonet!

  • @corneliussulla9963
    @corneliussulla99632 жыл бұрын

    I just bought a GDR Type 1 from 1959. Its completely black with grey leather parts and a grey string. Thanks for the general info about them. I remember when one could buy them in the 90´s for like 15 German Marks. Now I paid 80€ and have seen even higher prices.

  • @richie6329

    @richie6329

    Жыл бұрын

    Got mine for £20 a few weeks ago but it's in really bad condition

  • @Kriegerdammerung
    @Kriegerdammerung Жыл бұрын

    The latest AKM bayonet can be used in the German G36 rifle!!! As of the usability of these weapons of war, in 1982 during the Liberation of Malvinas an Argentinian soldier stabbed a Chilean troop fighting for the British. He told this to my older brother in the 1990s. Maybe in urban combat while clearing a building bayonets can be used still.

  • @wolfproducts
    @wolfproducts Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the information. Enjoy the video content. I just got the Yugo M70 Bayonet, I like the black coloring and just finished sharpening it and fixed the edge damage.

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a good pickup! The Yugo M70s are the best deal on the AK bayonet market right now.

  • @badas45
    @badas452 жыл бұрын

    Very informative I just got my first AK bayonet Its Yugoslavian I like the modern type that's the next one ill get

  • @youexterminatedbruh2854
    @youexterminatedbruh285414 күн бұрын

    fun thing: you can put the bayonet ring into the sheath of the bayonet to form a hammer and handle, or a weird stabby thing

  • @scottlehman9738
    @scottlehman9738 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool video. Thanks for the info.

  • @pointynotsharp8436
    @pointynotsharp84362 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! I can't believe I only just found it

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I see you’re putting up some good content yourself!

  • @armedpenguin3825
    @armedpenguin38252 жыл бұрын

    Nice collection you have there.

  • @Paradox_Universal
    @Paradox_Universal5 ай бұрын

    Got a akm type 1 for $15 at a convention when i was around 10, had the handle redone with walnut keeping electrical resistant property. Maybe be a garbage multitool but makes a nice work knife but im to paranoid about ruining the edge after spending hours on it

  • @joemorganeatmyshortschannel
    @joemorganeatmyshortschannel2 жыл бұрын

    Great set I've had a few w over the years.they are good fun

  • @kevmoful
    @kevmoful Жыл бұрын

    I like the type 56 spike. Just like the bayonet being part of the rifle

  • @chocolatemonk
    @chocolatemonk Жыл бұрын

    great vid

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @lorenzostojanovich3138
    @lorenzostojanovich3138 Жыл бұрын

    I never understood why the handle and the blade are not aligned in straight line and there seems to be a slightly bent upwards on the spine.

  • @woolywool1889
    @woolywool18892 жыл бұрын

    I don’t even care that much about guns but you make it very interesting thank you

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @DAIadvisor
    @DAIadvisor Жыл бұрын

    I have several original Type 1 bayonets with rusted blades, so with a fair degree of certainty, I can tell you that they're NOT stainless blades. :)

  • @woolf850
    @woolf8509 ай бұрын

    Сбылась мечта детства😄..... Ижевский со складов СССР, времён афганской войны...... 6x4 самый лучший и самый практичный! 👍👍👍 Имею в наличии гражданский! Красавец!!!

  • @bigwig2096
    @bigwig20962 жыл бұрын

    High thumb sir 👍

  • @cyrusgraham292
    @cyrusgraham2929 ай бұрын

    Desert Shield,Desert Storm It was a souvenir I brought back from the Gulf War! Weapons we seized from the Iraqi Bunkers.

  • @U-H-M
    @U-H-M Жыл бұрын

    @5:05 I recently acquired the one in the middle

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs27118 күн бұрын

    why do their edges face upwards?

  • @stralegaming2597
    @stralegaming25976 ай бұрын

    When putting the bayonet in it's sheath the button should face away from you, and serials should be facing outwards.

  • @StrelokTheStalker
    @StrelokTheStalker2 жыл бұрын

    My good man... I realize this is an annoying question, but you seem to be the man to ask. I am looking for a type of bayonet with some specific properties.. I would like one that has removable wood or plastic panels, as opposed to the one-piece bakelite or plastic housing. The reason is because I want to carve new wood panels and stain them to go with the furniture on the rifle.. so lastly, it needs to fit and lock onto an Arsenal Sam7r-61 (which as far as I know will accept a type 1 bayonet. Any ideas as to which one I should be hunting for? Thank you in advance.

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've never personally taken one apart, but Type 1s have at least part of a tang. The grips are usually held on with a combination of glue and pins or plugs. Your could probably find one with damaged grips for cheap and use that, however as long as it fits, a Type 2 may be easier. If you reuse the metal pommel, then the button mechanism for release is already self-contained, while the button and release on a Type 1 is integrated into the bakelite handle.

  • @StrelokTheStalker

    @StrelokTheStalker

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Guns, Guns, Gear, and Guns with Geary Gunderson I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to reply to that. I ended up finding a Yugoslavian M70 Bayonet and waiting for it to come in. As you said, it has the self-contained metal apparatus already in it. The more difficult part will be removing the center pin, likely drilling it out, I'd imagine, and carving a new unit out of Birch laminate. I'm told I may have to slightly alter the lug on the rifle so it clicks in. This is because apparently, modern Bayonet lugs are actually not bayonet lugs at all, but accessory lugs that are made for an underbarrel grenade launcher, thus the lug itself is a slightly different shape, and has to be rounded out before the bayonet will click in place. The fix seems to be universal, but the grenade launcher theory is more sporatic online. Hard to say if its true.

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@StrelokTheStalker I actually had not heard that theory of the grenade launcher. I have put bayonets on several ak platforms over time and one bayonet may be a tight fit on one and a little loose and rattle in another. They don’t seem to be uniform and if some were off the launcher design or size it would make some sense.

  • @PillarCrown
    @PillarCrown Жыл бұрын

    I just bought a type 1 similar to yours and I’m trying to find the frog hanger like tho one you have. I also have a Romanian WASR 10/63 and am trying to find a new gas block because mine has been filed down. Any clue where I could find a new frog hanger and gas block?

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    I think Apex gun parts had some of the hangers, also you should be able to find them on ebay as well. I'm not sure where to begin looking for gas blocks though.

  • @TheCowboyfromhell87

    @TheCowboyfromhell87

    Жыл бұрын

    Just weld on a new lug and file it to fit. Much easier than replacing a gas block

  • @CombatenteSniper
    @CombatenteSniper Жыл бұрын

    Como eu consigo comprar uma dessas? Eu sou do Brasil e quero ter uma dessas

  • @cyrusgraham292
    @cyrusgraham2929 ай бұрын

    The type 2 third bayonet

  • @thomaslennon3658
    @thomaslennon36589 ай бұрын

    I collected them when you could get em at a decent price, way too expensive now!

  • @angryfoxzd5233
    @angryfoxzd52332 жыл бұрын

    Just wondering will the Russian bayonets fit onto American made rifles? Or was it for AK only?

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    2 жыл бұрын

    They usually fit on American made aks, sometimes they are a little tight, but they generally try to make them with the same dimensions

  • @free00to00ryhme
    @free00to00ryhme Жыл бұрын

    Why hasn’t anyone made an after market ak bayonet with the blade pointed outward and all the other features included in the classic design? I feel that an aftermarket akm bayonet would be a cash cow

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it’s mostly just that they are so easy to get real ones for $20-30 still that most people will gravitate towards that instead. Am aftermarket may open up when they inevitably start to get more expensive.

  • @samk6611
    @samk6611Ай бұрын

    I need to buy one😢

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Ай бұрын

    There are still some good deals out there, but even in the past few years, they seem to be getting more expensive. If you get a chance, I'd go for it.

  • @Hasan-vf4ww
    @Hasan-vf4ww5 ай бұрын

    Değeri ne kadar ?

  • @andrewgates8158
    @andrewgates81587 ай бұрын

    Can a yugo ak take a type 1 ak47 bayonet?

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    7 ай бұрын

    It should fit. The mounting points should be the same. I don't have a Yugo AK, but my yugo bayonet fits the same AKs that my Type 1s fit.

  • @RedSonjaAirsoft
    @RedSonjaAirsoft2 жыл бұрын

    In Russia, these knives are prohibited by law for possession by civilians. You can buy them, but they will have cuts or specially heated blades.

  • @duniordiaz6019
    @duniordiaz6019 Жыл бұрын

    6x4

  • @TheSilmarallion
    @TheSilmarallion Жыл бұрын

    2:51 Is that a version of the AK Bayonet, I was given one as a gift recently and is basically the exact same in color and it does not have the rubber on the sheeth? Did they come out like with no rubber, I am also trying to get a frog for it as it did not have one. The bayonet was given as gift during the SA bush war 1975 to the person who gave it to me, when 32 Battalion base was erected in 1974-75 or around that time.

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    They were generally issued with the rubber on the sheath, but I have seen a lot of examples where it is missing completely. I am not certain if some soldiers just ripped them off or if they got ripped off and were not replaced, but I think they generally were issued with the rubber. There are some frogs for these, though it was more common to use the hangers as shown in the videos. I'm sure you'll be able to find one on ebay or somewhere else online.

  • @TheSilmarallion

    @TheSilmarallion

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GearyGunderson great thanks. I have found a few places selling the hangers/frogs and rubber.

  • @user-ff6qh8qg5i
    @user-ff6qh8qg5i Жыл бұрын

    Wire cutter

  • @danveypilante
    @danveypilante Жыл бұрын

    Can you put machete in bayonet

  • @GearyGunderson

    @GearyGunderson

    Жыл бұрын

    If you add the handle attachment features, you could turn a machete into a bayonet.