Re: bayonettes are too a useful device

You wrote: 

>Before you go writing off the M9 bayonet. I actually started to like 
it >because it has a built in wire cutter and  damn good one too (as 
does the >AK bayonet). You pull the M9 out of it's sheath and there's a 

I'm an engineer, so I've usually got a small bolt cutter to cut the 
wire team.  I guess M-9 is a somewhat decent second best, but as far as 
using it in a fight?  

>BTW, if I was ordering a deliberate assault on a position I would have 
the >boys fix bayonets since it adds morale courage to the attackers 
and scares >the hell out of the enemy. I found myself in such a 

Which is already taken into account in reaction checks and confidence 
checks for close assault.

John M. Atkinson