User blog comment:Heatedpete/The fight begins.../@comment-28584497-20110514222221/@comment-1788799-20110514232552

No but he's got a point. We are talking about Modern Combat. Bayonets were phased out in Modern Battles after the end of the Vietnam War. The Idea behind the Bayonet was that you would have a pointy end to stab with when you were charging head first into enemy defensive positions. With the invention of Grenade Launchers, and Air Support, no one these days is going to be charging head first into enemy Machine Gun Fire so there is no need for a bayonet. And before you say "but what if the soldier opens a door and is ambushed by an enemy, the soldier could use the Bayonet to stab him" Yes he could do that, or he could use all that Hand to Hand Combat training he was taught through all his years in the Military or, even better, just squeeze the trigger because you would have to be a really bad shot to miss with an automatic weapon at point blank range.