Pictures (click to enlarge) |
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M1924 |
Sword bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Yugoslavian M1924 Mauser Short Rifle, closely patterned after the FN M1924 short rifle.
This example came to me direct from Serbia. It was made at the Vojno Tehnicki Zavod (Military Technical Institute), Kragujevac, Serbia. It has been through overhaul, as evidenced by the deep blued finish. When originally made, the metal would have been in the white. |
15.00 |
381 | 20.125 |
511 | .615 |
15.6 | Ricasso: "BT3" inside a triangle. Crosspiece: "8435" Scabbard (frog stud): "8435" Scabbard (body): "BT3" inside a triangle. |
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M1924b | Sword bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Puska 98 rifle. The Puska 98 was a German Gew 98, modified to approximate the FN M1924 Short Rifle.
This bayonet was originally made as a German M1898/05 bayonet by C.G. Haenel in 1916. The original German markings are still present, confirming it's lineage. From 1939-1941, the Uzice Factory, in Yugoslavia, converted captured World War I German Gew 98 rifles and M1898/05 bayonets to conform to the M1924 specification. Approximately 20,000 rifles and bayonets are believed to have been converted before the Nazis overran Yugoslavia in 1941. The bayonet's blade was reground to the M1924 blade profile, so that the M1924 scabbard would accept it. This was key to making the bayonet useful, as the Yugoslavian belt frog would not accept the wide 98/05 scabbard. Some examples retain the original German grip scales, while others (like this one) have crude replacements with the diagonal serrations running in the opposite direction. |
14.25 | 362 | 19.50 | 495 | n/a | Ricasso (Left): "C.G. Haenel" over "Suhl" Crosspiece (Left): "M24b" Crosspiece (Right): "42773" Spine: Cypher for Kaiser Wilhelm II over, "16" Scabbard (body): "BT3" inside a triangle. |
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M1948 | Knife bayonet for use with the 8 mm. Yugoslavian M1948 Mauser rifle, closely patterned after the German 8 mm. Mauser Kar98k.
This example was made at the Zavodi Crvena Zastava (Red Flag Works), Kragujevac, Serbia. PREDUZECE 44 is Serbo-Croatian for enterprise or factory no. 44, and was a code used my the military to identify the maker. |
9.75 | 248 | 15.00 | 381 | .620 | 15.7 | Ricasso: PREDUZECE in Cyrilic (Serbian) letters in a semicircle, over "44"
Crosspiece: "16258" Scabbard: "n44" in triangle. "16258" on frog stud. |
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M1948 | This example differs from the M1948 bayonet above, in that it does not have the typical serial numbering on the crosspiece and frog stud. Instead, it has a very large serial number, in 3/8 in. (10 mm.) high numerals, on the pommel only.
This example also came to me from Serbia. |
9.75 | 248 | 15.00 | 381 | .615 | 15.6 | Ricasso: PREDUZECE in Cyrilic (Serbian) letters in a semi-circle, over "44" Pommel: "23359" Scabbard: "n44" in triangle |
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M1956 | Knife bayonet for use with the 9 mm. M1956 sub machinegun, closely patterned after the World War II German MP-40.
The blade is double-edged and the grips are made of molded plastic. Although the dimensions seem pretty normative, it is so small and light that it seems like a toy. Look how small the scabbard is, compared to my hand (and I have very small hands). |
6.75 | 171 | 11.25 | 286 | n/a | Ricasso (left): "76541" and "K" in circle inspection mark. Ricasso (right): "36-189-6" Crosspiece: "BK" and "K" in circle inspection mark. Grip (left): "36-190-2" and "K" in circle inspection mark. Grip (right): "36-190-3" and "K" in circle inspection mark. Pommel: "K" in circle inspection mark. |
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AKM Type II | Knife bayonet for use with the Yugoslavian variant of the 7.62 x 39 mm. Kalashnikov AKM assault rifle.
Black plastic grip. Green-gray web wrist strap. Shiny, smooth black plastic scabbard with a tan leather belt hanger. The Yugoslavian belt hanger is unique in having a brass thorn. The belt hanger measures 3.625 in. (92 mm.) in length. Yugoslavian bayonets have stamped serial numbers on the grip & scabbard body, where the East German AKM Type II bayonet has electropenciled serial numbers. Go to the Kalashnikov Bayonets page.
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5.75 | 148 | 10.625 | 270 | .695 | 17.7 | Grip (right): "291278"
Ricasso (left): "K7" electropenciled Scabbard (body): "291278" Scabbard (metal end): "K7" electropenciled
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Belt Frog | Brown leather belt frog for use with the M1924 and M1948 bayonets.
Measures 8 5/8 in. (219 mm.) long by 1 7/8 in.(48 mm.) wide at the widest point. Carter classified this frog as #423. |
n/a | n/a | n/a | "BK" inside a circle, within a stitched inverted triangle. | |||
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Belt Frog | Brown leather belt frog for use with the M1956 sub machinegun bayonet.
Measures 7 1/2 in. (190 mm.) long by 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.) wide at the widest point. Not classified by Carter. According to my Serbian collector friend Nebojsa Milanovic, the Cyrillic “BK” inside the stitched triangle stands for Vojna Kontrola (Military Control). The official nomenclature number indicates that this frog was made in Kragujevac. He says that unmarked frogs also exist and they were made in a different factory. |
n/a | n/a | n/a | "BK" inside a circle, within a stitched inverted triangle.
"S-38-191-9" |
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