M1 Bayonet
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The M1 Bayonet was designed to be used with the 30 caliber US M1 Garand. The blade is 10 inches (25.4 cm) long and the handle was 4 inches (10.1 cm) long. Before 1943 the Garand and the Springfield used the M1905 and later M1942 bayonets. In 1943 the army decided a shorter bayonet would be better so as many of the M1905/1942s as possible were recalled, had their blades cut down to 10 inches and reissued. These, along with the newly made 10 inch bayonets are all called M-1 bayonets.
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