No. 5 Bayonet facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids No 5 Bayonet
No 5 mk I bayonet
Type	Bayonet
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
Used by	United Kingdom
Specifications
Length	203mm

The No. 5 Bayonet was the bayonet used with the No 5 Lee-Enfield which is nicknamed "Jungle carbine ". 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.

Production

There were was only 1 variant of the No 5 bayonet produced which is the No 5 mk I bayonet. During World War II Wilkinson Sword in London produced by far the most No 5 mk I bayonets with them producing close to 190,000 bayonets. 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. Post war manufacturing was done by the Royal Ordnance Factory in Poole. It is unknown how many they produced.

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