1945 K98 bayonet - "5 bym"

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This bayonet is from a well known find of near-relic condition, but still desirable, 1945 bayonets made by Maschinenhaus Ferlach in Austria, but then dumped into a lake in Austria either before or after the end of the war. More than likely after is what I am thinking. Let me copy and paste a little bit of its history:

What I believe happened is the Ferlach factory operated longer than any other before terminating production. It was not damaged as so many of the Ruhr facilities were. I seriously doubt if any "5" dated bayonets were ever completed. Even so, disarmament programs were soon enacted. War material was gathered and either burned, crushed, or otherwise disposed of. Large, deep rivers and lakes were particularly useful for this, and so went what remained on the production line at Ferlach
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Copied from http://forum.germandaggers.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=251950

As you can see, this one was only partially completed before being dumped.

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It would be interesting to see if a fully completed 1945 bym will ever pop up! Surely there has to be some finished ones out there that a vet brought back, might just take some researching and digging. If they had blanks that already had the release button installed then there has to be some that made it all the way to completion.
 
Nabs said:
It is curious that they were still making these bayonets considering the "Kriegs Modell" had no bayonet provision.
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Yes, bayos sure weren't going to turn the tides. And all remaining firms had gone to KM or SKM production. The only ones being produced with a bayo lug were Gustloff, bcd.
The stg, k43, and KM sure didn't require them. But I guess to replace losses for existing weapons?
 
CanadianAR said:
Yes, bayos sure weren't going to turn the tides. And all remaining firms had gone to KM or SKM production. The only ones being produced with a bayo lug were Gustloff, bcd.
The stg, k43, and KM sure didn't require them. But I guess to replace losses for existing weapons?
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It was my understanding that the Germans were making those rifles as pre last ditch efforts and cut every corner they could without effecting the performance of the rifle in untrained hands.

Fighting with a bayonet in place on a rifle is a skill that has to be taught or the operators can be dangerous to themselves as well as friend or foe. The days of bayo charges were mostly over by WWII.

The Israelis issued bayonets because often they didn't have any ammunition on the Kibbutz's and often the fighting was up close and personal where in the melee bullets just couldn't be fired without hitting other people than the intended target. In the late sixties I was talking with a lovely dark haired Sabra that had been part of their Kibbutzim militia. She told me that she had killed an intruder with a bayonet when she was fourteen years old and fifteen years later still had nightmares about the man writhing around on the ground while screaming in agony and trying to pull the rifle/bayonet out of his belly. She either carried a pistol or sub machine gun after that. If she could, she preferred a shotgun of any type. It takes a lot of courage to go up against a person that is armed with a bayo fixed rifle, especially if the person is trained in its use. It also takes a trained individual to react properly once the bayo fixed rifle has been deployed. Jamming your boot onto a person to twist the bayo and pull it out of a screaming, still living person is not only a hard thing to comprehend but isn't nearly as easy as it looks like in the Movies. There was a very good reason the powers that be went to spike and cruciform bayos. they were easier to pull out of their victim.
 
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