Tricks of a bayonet that not everyone knows about

The combat bayonet for the legendary AK-74 entered service in the 60s of the last century and since then has remained a reliable soldier’s assistant not only in the Russian army. At the same time, not everyone, even those who served and went on guard, know what a bayonet-knife is capable of besides its main purpose - to deliver piercing and cutting blows in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Hammer, saw and scissors

The bayonet knife is inserted with a cross ring into the sheath, which acts as an improvised hammer handle. Hitting with the back of a knife allows you to hammer a nail, crack nuts, etc.

The butt has a saw-tooth sharpening, which can be used to saw steel rods.
Using the T-shaped protrusion at the bottom of the sheath and the rectangular hole in the knife blade, both of these elements can be combined into one tool - scissors.

With their help, you can cut through fence wires, including live ones - the sheath and handle of the knife are made of durable dielectric material that does not conduct current.

Mouthpiece, grater for ignition and chair

This function can be appreciated only by those soldiers who remained on guard without cigarettes.You can insert a cigarette without a filter (cigarette butt) into the hole for the strap, on the side of the locking button, and, taking puffs from the opposite side, smoke all the tobacco! At the same time, the metal cools the smoke and the smoker does not burn his lips.

At the bottom of the sheath there is a section of plastic with a straight cut, which can be used to light any match (a feature of the material).


When this place is rubbed, the roughness of the fibers can be restored using a serrated (saw) knife.


In cases where there are no matches or lighters, but fire is necessary, a bayonet-knife will help out in this situation as well. It is necessary to fluff up a small piece of rags (cloth for cleaning weapons, footcloth, etc., but dry grass can also be used) and hook it on the hook for the fixing belt.


Place the knife with the handle on the ground, inserting the blade into the technological hole on the sheath - this will make it easier to hold it in a vertical position.

Using any mineral stone (you need to find it), strikes are struck on the serrated sharpening of the knife. The sparks generated in this way will ignite the rag.

Torch and spear

There is a lock inside the sheath that must be removed and placed on the lower metal protrusion.


Fabric soaked in a flammable substance is wrapped around the pressure springs and set on fire. The resulting torch does not burn your hands and allows you to navigate in a dark space.

Using a straight stick of a suitable cross-section, you can turn a bayonet-knife into a throwing spear. The end of the stick is sharpened under the muzzle ring.

The knife is placed on a prepared seat and, using a carabiner, on which a sheath (trench) hangs on the belt, is rigidly fixed on an improvised shaft.


To prevent the fastener from coming off, you should make a small cut under it. On the side of the knife handle, the lock button performs the same function.With such an arsenal you can even go after a wild boar.

Summing up

This is how an ordinary bayonet-knife, with a soldier’s ingenuity, can be useful to its owner, solving, at first glance, tasks that are completely unusual for him.

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