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Originally Posted by AngelsSix
Okay, I am going to get my ass kicked for this...but I AM Air Force, so deal with it...
Why do you need a bayonet if you have bullets? If you run out of bullets and the other guy has bullets, he is going to shoot you and kill you...and take your bayonet as a souvenir. 
As a cop I was taught to never let anyone get remotely close to me when armed. I realize that it is nothing like infantry, but I would think the principle is the same.
On that note, why are we teaching soldiers about bayonets? Do we fight from trenches anymore? We are pretty mechanized these days. What is the honest to G-d chance that some poor Joe will actually need a bayonet?
When we go to the range, there are guys and gals that CANNOT REMEMBER HOW TO LOAD OR CLEAR THEIR RIFLES ON HOUR AFTER THE LESSON IN THE CLASSROOM!! These same people cannot function under a tiny bit of stress at a range on base, what makes anyone expect that these same troops can do anything in combat? Forget about fixing a bayonet!
Jus' sayin'....... |
Ground combat is still a dirty brutal business despite the marvelous armored things, UAVs, and artillery.
When you're in a cave or a house and you just expended a mag on three bad guys and a fourth rushes you it's nice to have a blade on the end of your thunderstick. Even if the other guy has bullets you still have a fighting chance.
I've been a cop and am well aware of the "Don't let anyone get inside your reactionary gap" philosophy. In a war, that just doesn't work. Trust me.
The parallels between being a street cop and a combat soldier are few.
Cops apprehend. Soldiers kill.
The bayonet is still a viable weapon in those nasty bloody places where men fight to the death in close quarters.
I would agree that bayonet training is probably not necessary..........for the Air Force.
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