No. 5 bayonet | |
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Type | Bayonet |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
Used by | United Kingdom |
Specifications | |
Length | 302 mm (11.9 in) |
Blade length | 200 mm (7.9 in) [1] |
The No. 5 bayonet was the bayonet used with the No. 5 Lee-Enfield which is nicknamed "jungle carbine ". [2] The bayonet was a blade which marked a return of the British Army to using blade type bayonets like the Pattern 1907 bayonet instead of socket bayonets such as the No. 4 bayonets used on the No. 4 Lee-Enfield. [3]
There wass only one variant of the No. 5 bayonet produced, which is the No. 5 mk I bayonet. [3] [4] During World War II Wilkinson Sword in London produced by far the most No. 5 mk I bayonets, producing close to 190,000. [3] Other producers were a company called Radcliffe who made 75,000, Viners of Sheffield who made 42,000 and Elkington & Co who produced close to 10,000. [3] Postwar manufacturing was done by the Royal Ordnance Factory in Poole. [3] It is unknown how many they produced. [3]
No. 5 bayonet | |
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Type | Bayonet |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
Used by | United Kingdom |
Specifications | |
Length | 302 mm (11.9 in) |
Blade length | 200 mm (7.9 in) [1] |
The No. 5 bayonet was the bayonet used with the No. 5 Lee-Enfield which is nicknamed "jungle carbine ". [2] The bayonet was a blade which marked a return of the British Army to using blade type bayonets like the Pattern 1907 bayonet instead of socket bayonets such as the No. 4 bayonets used on the No. 4 Lee-Enfield. [3]
There wass only one variant of the No. 5 bayonet produced, which is the No. 5 mk I bayonet. [3] [4] During World War II Wilkinson Sword in London produced by far the most No. 5 mk I bayonets, producing close to 190,000. [3] Other producers were a company called Radcliffe who made 75,000, Viners of Sheffield who made 42,000 and Elkington & Co who produced close to 10,000. [3] Postwar manufacturing was done by the Royal Ordnance Factory in Poole. [3] It is unknown how many they produced. [3]