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The Spirit of the Pike: British Socket Bayonets of the Twentieth Century. Priest.
The Spirit of the Pike: British Socket Bayonets of the Twentieth Century. Priest.
 
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THE BEST SOURCE BOOK ON WW2 BRITISH SPIKE BAYONETS AND SIMILAR. INCLUDES THE No.7, No.9 & EM2 BAYONETS. SPIKE BAYONETS WERE FIRST USED ON THE No. 4 RIFLE , BUT STEN MK.5 MACHINE CARBINE TOO . OTHER VARIATIONS WITH KNIFE BLADES WERE CREATED. THESE ENDED UP AS THE No.7 Mk. 1/L. Many of these bayonets were issued during & after WW2. The 'Spirit of the Pike. British Socket Bayonets of the Twentieth Century' (2003) by Graham Priest tells more. The engineering drawings & wood & steel prototypes are revealed as photographs. The contracts for 'spares' are listed. 362 pages with over 900 pictures in the hardback cover. The text covers the development of the British No.4 rifle & bayonet and other similar weapons used throughout the world.

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