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FOREIGN MILITARY CARTRIDGE RIFLES AND BAYONETS The following table lists the most common foreign military rifles, their chambering, along with the most common bayonet types used with each. This list is not exhaustive, but is intended as a quick reference that covers the types most commonly encountered by today’s collectors. A Note Regarding Nomenclature : The blade configuration is listed, in parentheses, following the type. There is no precise dividing line between what blade length constitutes a knife bayonet vs. a sword bayonet. Blades 10-inches or shorter are typically considered knife bayonets. Blades over 12-inches are typically considered sword bayonets. Within the 10-12 inch range, terms are not consistently applied. For purposes of this chart, I have designated any blade over 12 inches as a sword bayonet. © Ralph E. Cobb 2007 all rights reserved Revised May 25, 2015 worldbayonets.com Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Argentina M1879 Remington Rolling-Block M1888 Commission Rifle M1891 Mauser M1891 Mauser Cavalry Carbine M1891 Mauser Engineer Carbine M1909 Mauser M1909 Mauser Cavalry Carbine SAFN 1949 FAL U.S. Carbine M1 11.15 x 58R Spanish 8 x 57 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO .30 Carbine M1879 (sword) M1871/84 (knife) M1891 (sword) None M1891/22 (knife) [modified M1879] M1909 (sword) M1909/47 (sword) M1909 (sword) M1909/47 (sword) SAFN 1949 (knife) FAL Type A (knife) FAL Type C (socket) M1 Carbine (M1891 Conversion) Australia Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. III L1A2 .303 British 7.62 mm. NATO Pattern 1907 (sword) L1A2 (knife)
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FOREIGN MILITARY CARTRIDGE RIFLES AND BAYONETS

The following table lists the most common foreign military rifles, their chambering, along with the most common bayonet types used with each. This list is not exhaustive, but is intended as a quick reference that covers the types most commonly encountered by today’s collectors. A Note Regarding Nomenclature: The blade configuration is listed, in parentheses, following the type. There is no precise dividing line between what blade length constitutes a knife bayonet vs. a sword bayonet. Blades 10-inches or shorter are typically considered knife bayonets. Blades over 12-inches are typically considered sword bayonets. Within the 10-12 inch range, terms are not consistently applied. For purposes of this chart, I have designated any blade over 12 inches as a sword bayonet.

© Ralph E. Cobb 2007 all rights reserved Revised May 25, 2015 worldbayonets.com

Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Argentina M1879 Remington

Rolling-Block M1888 Commission Rifle M1891 Mauser M1891 Mauser Cavalry Carbine M1891 Mauser Engineer Carbine M1909 Mauser M1909 Mauser Cavalry Carbine SAFN 1949 FAL U.S. Carbine M1

11.15 x 58R Spanish 8 x 57 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO .30 Carbine

M1879 (sword) M1871/84 (knife) M1891 (sword) None M1891/22 (knife) [modified M1879] M1909 (sword) M1909/47 (sword) M1909 (sword) M1909/47 (sword) SAFN 1949 (knife) FAL Type A (knife) FAL Type C (socket) M1 Carbine (M1891 Conversion)

Australia

Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. III L1A2

.303 British 7.62 mm. NATO

Pattern 1907 (sword) L1A2 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Australia (cont’d) F88 (Steyr AUG) 5.56 mm. NATO M7 (knife)

Austria M1866 Wanzl

(conversion) M1867 Werndl M1867 Werndl Carbine M1873 Werndl M1886 Mannlicher M1888/90 Mannlicher M1888/90 Mannlicher Carbine M1895 Mannlicher M1895 Mannlicher Carbine Steyr AUG

13.9 x 33R 11.15 x 58R 11.15 x 58R 11.15 x 58R 11.15 x 58R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 56R 5.56 mm. NATO

M1854 Lorenz (socket) M1867 (sword) M1867 (socket) M1873 (sword) M1886 (knife) M1888 (knife) None M1895 (knife) M1895 Carbine (knife) Zeitler 77 (knife) Feldmesser 78 (knife)

Belgium

M1867 Albini-Braendlin M1871 Comblain M1882 Comblain M1889 Mauser M1889/16 and M1889/36 Mauser Conversions SAFN 1949

11 x 50R 11 x 50R 11 x 50R 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm.

M1867 (socket) Comblain (sword) M1882 Garde Civique (T-Back) M1889 (both sword & knife variants) M1916 (cruciform) M1916 Gendarmerie (T-Back) M1924 (cruciform) SAFN 1949 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Belgium (cont’d) FAL

FNC

7.62 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

FAL Type A (knife) FAL Type C (socket) FAL Type C (socket)

Brazil M1874 Comblain (many variations) M1894 Mauser M1904 Mauser-Vergueiro M1908 Mauser M1935 Mauser M1908/34 Mauser M1954 Mauser FAL Mosquetão M968

11.4 x 53R 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. .30-06 .30-06 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO

Comblain (sword) None M1904 (sword) M1908 (knife) M1935 (knife) M1908/34 (sword) M1908/34 (sword) FAL Type C (socket) Mosquetão M968 (knife)

Britain

M1866 Snider-Enfield M1871 Martini-Henry Lee-Metford Mk. I & I Lee-Enfield Mk. I & II Lee-Enfield Mk. I Carbine Lee-Enfield RIC Carbine M1895 Martini-Enfield Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. I & II

.577 Snider .577-.450 .303 British .303 British .303 British .303 British .303 British .303 British

Pattern 1853 (socket) Pattern 1856 (sword) Pattern 1876 (socket) Pattern 1887 (sword) Pattern 1888 (sword) Pattern 1888 (sword) Pattern 1888 (sword) Pattern 1888 (sword) Pattern 1895 (socket) Pattern 1903 (sword) Pattern 1907 (sword)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Britain (cont’d)

Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. III Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I & II Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk. I STEN Mk. II STEN Mk. V Sterling L2 L1A1 (FAL) SA80 L85

.303 British .303 British .303 British 9 x 19 mm. 9 x 19 mm. 9 x 19 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

Pattern 1903 (sword) Pattern 1907 (sword) No. 4 Mk. I (socket) No. 4 Mk. II (socket) No. 4 Mk. II* (socket) No. 4 Mk. III (socket) No. 7 Mk. I/L (knife) No. 9 Mk. I (socket) No. 5 Mk. I (knife) STEN Mk. I (socket) No. 7 Mk. I/L (knife) Sterling No. 5 Mk. I (knife) L1A1 (knife) L1A3 (knife) L1A4 (knife) L3A1 (socket) L3A1 (socket)

Bulgaria AK47 AKM AK74

7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 5.45 x 39 mm.

AK47 (knife) AKM Type II (knife) AKM Type II (knife) AK74 (knife)

Canada

Lee-Enfield Mk. I & II Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. III Ross Mk. I, Mk. II*, Mk. III Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I

.303 British .303 British .303 British .303 British

Pattern 1888 (sword) Pattern 1903 (sword) Pattern 1907 (sword) Mk. II (knife) Mk. II* (knife) Mk. III (knife) No. 4 Mk. II (socket)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Canada (cont’d) C1 (FAL)

C7 (M16)

7.62 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

C1 (knife) C7 (knife) CAN Bayonet 2000 (knife)

Chile

M1885 Kropatschek M1895 Mauser M1895 Mauser Carbine M1912 Mauser S.I.G. 510–4

11.4 x 50R 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO

M1885 (T-back) M1895 (knife) M1895 (knife) M1912 (knife) S.I.G. 510–4 (knife)

China (Nationalist) Type 88 (copy of the German M1888) Mauser 98 Copies FN M1924 & M1930 VZ-24 Mauser M1935 Mauser

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm.

M1907 (knife) Ersatz (sword) M1924 (sword) [many variants] M1924 (sword) [many variants] M1935 (sword) M1935 (knife)

China (PRC)

Type 53 (Mosin-Nagant M1944 copy) Type 56 Carbine (Simonov SKS 45 copy) Type 56 Rifle (AK47) AK47 (Commercial) AKM (Commercial)

7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) Permanently Attached Folding (early = blade; later = cruciform) Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) AK47 (knife) AKM Type II (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Colombia M1891 Mauser

M1904 Mauser M1912 Mauser VZ-24 Mauser M1924 Mauser M1929 Mauser M1930 Mauser M1950 Mauser

7.65 x 53 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. .30-06

M1891 (sword) M1907 (knife) M1912 (knife) VZ-24 (knife) M1924 (knife) M1924 (knife) M1924 (knife) M1924 (knife)

Czechoslovakia

M1898 Mauser (Gew 98) VZ-98/22 Mauser VZ-24 Mauser VZ-33 Mauser VZ-52 VZ-52/57 VZ-58

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 45 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

VZ-23 (knife) VZ-23 (knife) VZ-24 (knife) VZ-33 (knife) Permanently Attached Folding (blade) Permanently Attached Folding (blade) VZ-58 (knife)

Denmark

M1867 Remington Rolling-Block M1889 Krag-Jorgensen M1889 Krag-Jorgensen Carbine (various) M1947 Madsen

11.7 x 51R 8 x 58R 8 x 58R .30-06

M1867 (sword) M1889 (knife) M1915 (T-back) M1947 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Denmark (cont’d) Gevær m/50 (U.S.

Rifle M1 Garand) AG3

.30-06 7.62 mm. NATO

M1 (knife) m/50 (knife) m/62 (knife) m/75 (knife)

Egypt M1867 Remington Rolling-Block M1948 Mauser SAFN 1949 Hakim Rashid AKM

11.43 x 50R 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1867 (sword) M1948 (knife) M1949 (knife) Hakim (knife) Permanently Attached Folding (blade) AKM Type II (knife)

Finland M1891 Mosin-Nagant M1924 Mosin-Nagant M1927 Mosin-Nagant M1928 Mosin-Nagant M1928/30 Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 Mosin-Nagant M1939 Mosin-Nagant AK47 Valmet Rk 62 & Rk 76

7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1891 (socket) M1891 (socket) M1927 (knife) M1927 (knife) M1928 (knife) M1935 (knife) M1927 (knife) M1928 (knife) M1935 (knife) M1891/30 (socket) M1939 (knife) AK47 (knife) M1962 (knife)

France

M1866 Chassepot

11 mm. Needle-Fire 11 x 59R (conversion)

M1866 Chassepot (sword)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) France (cont’d) M1874 Gras

M1878 Kropatschek (Navy) M1884 Kropatschek M1885 Kropatschek M1886 Lebel & M1886 M93 R35 M1907, M1907/15, & M1916 Berthier M1890, M1892, & M1916 Berthier Carbine M1914 M1936 M1936-CR39 M1944 M1949 M1949/56 S.I.G 540 FAMAS

11 x 59R 11 x 59R 11 x 59R 11 x 59R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 7.5 x 54 mm. 7.5 x 54 mm. 7.5 x 54 mm. 7.5 x 54 mm. 7.5 x 54 mm. 5.56 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

M1874 Gras (T-back) M1878 Kropatschek (T-back) M1884 Kropatschek (T-back) M1885 Kropatschek (T-back) M1886 (sword) M1886 (sword) M1886/16 (sword) M1892 (sword) M1914 (sword) M1936 (rod) M1936-CR39 (rod) None None M1956 (knife) M1958 (knife) S.I.G 540 (socket) FAMAS (knife)

Germany 1871–1945

M1869 Werder M1871 Mauser M1871 Mauser Carbine

11.15 x 60 mm. 11.15 x 60 mm. 11.15 x 60 mm.

M1869 (sword) M1871 (sword) None.

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Germany 1871–1945 (cont’d)

M1871/84 Mauser M1888 Commission Rifle (Gew 88) M1888 Carbine (Kar 88) M1898 Mauser (Gew 98) M1898 Mauser Carbine (Kar 98) M1898 Mauser Carbine (Kar 98a) M1898 Mauser Carbine (Kar 98AZ) M1898 Mauser (Kar 98b) Kar 98k Mauser G 24(t) [VZ-24] G41 G43 (K43) FG42 MKb 42 MP43 and MP44

11.15 x 60 mm. 8 x 57 mm. J 8 x 57 mm. J 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x33 mm. (8 mm. Kurz) 8 x33 mm. (8 mm. Kurz)

M1871/84 (knife) M1871 (sword) M1871/84 (knife) Ersatz (sword) None. M1898 (sword) M1898/05 (sword) M1884/98 (knife) M1884/98 II (knife) Ersatz (sword) None Same as Gew 98 Same as Gew 98 M1884/98 II (knife) M1884/98 III (knife) M1884/98 III (knife) VZ-24 Modified (knife) S 24(t) (knife) M1884/98 III (knife) None FG42 (rod) FG42 (knife) M1884/98 III (knife) None

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) West Germany G3 7.62 mm. NATO G3 (knife)

M7 (knife) East Germany AK47

AKM

7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

AK47 (knife) AKM Type I (knife) AKM Type I Transitional (knife) AKM Type II (knife)

Unified Germany G36 5.56 mm. NATO G36 (knife) Greece

M1874 Gras M1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer Rifle M1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer Carbine U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) U.S. Carbine M1

11 x 59R 6.5 x 54 mm. 6.5 x 54 mm. .30–06 .30 Carbine

M1874 (T-back) M1903 (knife) M1903 (sword) M1874/03 (T-back) M1 (knife) M4 (knife)

Guatemala CETME 7.62 mm. NATO CETME (knife)

Haiti U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) U.S. M14

.30-06 7.62 mm. NATO

M5A1 (knife) M6 (knife)

Hungary Model 31 Mannlicher Stutzen (Austrian M1895) M1935 Mannlicher M1943 Mannlicher Rifle 48.M (Mosin-Nagant M1891/30) Carbine 48.M (Mosin-Nagant M1944) AKM

8 x 56R 8 x 56R 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1895 (knife) M1935 (sword) M1935 (sword) 48.M (socket) Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) AKM Type I (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) India Lee-Enfield No. I Mk.

III 1A (FAL) 2A & 2A1 (Lee-Enfield No. I Mk. III) INSAS

.303 British 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO

Pattern 1907 (sword) No. I Mk. I, II, & III (sword) 1A (knife) No. I Mk. I, II, & III (sword) INSAS (knife)

Indonesia BM-59 G3 AK47 M16 SS1 (FNC) SS2

7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 x 39 mm. 5.56 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

SP.1 (knife) G3 (knife) AK47 (knife) S1 (knife) KCB–77 Style Brimob (knife) Same as M16 Same as M16

Iran (Persia) M98/29 Mauser M1930 Mauser Carbine M1949 Mauser G3 AKM

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 x 39 mm.

VZ-23 Long (sword) VZ-23 Long (sword) VZ-23 Long (sword) G3 (knife) AKM Type I (knife) AKM Type II (knife)

Iraq M1948 Mauser AKM AR-M1

8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1948 (knife) AKM Type II (knife) AR-M1 (knife)

Israel

Kar 98k Mauser

8 x 57 mm.

M1949 (knife) [modified German M1884/98 III] Mk. 1A (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Israel (cont’d) VZ-24

FAL Uzi (SMG) Galil M16

8 x 57 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO 9 x 19 mm. 5.56 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

VZ-24 (sword) FAL Type A (knife) Uzi (knife) M7 (knife) M7 (knife)

Italy

M1870 Vetterli M1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali M1870/87/16 Vetterli-Carcano Mannlicher Carcano (all M1891 variants except listed below) Mannlicher-Carcano M1891 TS Carbine M1891 Mannlicher Carcano Cavalry Carbine M1938 Mannlicher Carcano Short Rifle M1938A (Beretta SMG) U.S. Rifle M1 Garand BM-59 AR-70

10.4 x 47R 10.4 x 47R 6.5 x 52 mm. 6.5 x 52 mm. 7.35 x 52 mm. 8 x 57 mm. Same as above. Same as above. Same as above. 9 x 19 mm. .30-06 7.62 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

M1870 (sword) M1871 (sword) M1870 (sword) M1871 (sword) M1871/87/16 (knife) M1891 (knife) M1891 TS Carbine (knife) Permanently Attached Folding (triangular) M1938 Folding (knife) M1938 Fixed (knife) M1938A Folding (knife) M1 (knife) BM-59 (knife) [modified M1] BM-59/AR-70 (knife) BM-59/AR-70 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Japan Type 13 Murata

Type 18 Murata Type 22 Murata Type 30 Arisaka Type 38 Arisaka Type 38 Arisaka Carbine Type 44 Arisaka Carbine Type 99 Arisaka Type I (Carcano) Type 2 Arisaka (takedown) Type 100 SMG

11 x 60R 11 x 60R 8 x 53R 6.5 x 50 mm. 6.5 x 50 mm. 6.5 x 50 mm. 6.5 x 50 mm. 7.7 x 58 mm. 6.5 x 50 mm. 7.7 x 58 mm. 8 x 22 mm. Nambu

Type 13 (sword) Type 18 (sword) Type 22 (sword) Type 30 (sword) Type 30 (sword) Type 30 (sword) Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) Type 30 (sword) Type 30 (sword) Type 30 (sword) Type 100 (knife)

Jordan Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I & II

.303 British No. 4 Mk. II* (socket)

Korea (South) Type 99 Arisaka U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) U.S. Carbine M1 M16

.30-06 .30-06 .30 Carbine 5.56 mm. NATO

Type 30 [modified] (sword) M-1 [modified] (knife) K-M5A1 (knife) K-M4 (knife) K-M7 (knife)

Korea (North) AK47 AKM

7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

AK47 (knife) AKM (knife)

Luxembourg SAFN 1949 .30-06 SAFN 1949 (knife) Malaysia Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk.

I .303 British No. 5 Mk. I (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Mexico

Remington Rolling-Block M1895 Mauser M1895 Mauser Carbine M1902 Mauser M1910 Mauser M1910 Mauser Carbine M1912 Mauser (Steyr) M1924 Mauser (Czech & FN) M1936 Mauser M1954 Mauser

7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. .30-06

M1899 (knife) M1895 (knife) None M1895 (knife) M1910 (knife) None M1912 (knife) M1910 (knife) M1936 (sword) M1936 (sword)

Nepal M1866 Snider-Enfield Francotte Gahendra M1871 Martini-Henry

.577 Snider .577-.450 .577-.450 .577-.450

Pattern 1853 (socket) Gahendra (socket) Gahendra (socket) Pattern 1876 (socket)

Netherlands (Holland)

M1871 Beaumont M1873 Beaumont Navy Rifle M1888 Beaumont-Vitali M1895 Mannlicher Rifle

11 x 52R 11 x 52R 11 x 52R 6.5 x 53R

M1871 (socket) M1873 KNIL (socket) M1873 (sword) M1871 (socket) M1895 Infantry (T-back) M1895 Navy (T-back) M1895 KNIL (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Netherlands (Holland) [cont’d]

M1895 Mannlicher No. 1 O.M. (old model) Carbine M1895 Mannlicher No. 1 N.M. (new model) Carbine M1895 Mannlicher Carbine No.3 & No. 4 M1941 (Johnson) U.S. Carbine M1 FAL C7

6.5 x 53 R 6.5 x 53R 6.5 x 53R .30-06 .30 Carbine 7.62 mm. NATO 5.56 mm. NATO

No.1 O.M. (socket) No.1 N.M. (knife) M1895 No. 3 & No. 4 (T-back) M1941 (spike) M4 (knife) FAL Type C (socket) M9 (knife) Bayonet 2000 WC (knife)

New Zealand Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I & II

.303 British No. 4 Mk. II* (socket)

Norway

M1894 Krag-Jorgensen M1895 Krag-Jorgensen Carbines M1923 & 25 & 30 Krag-Jorgensen Sniper M1912 Krag-Jorgensen Carbine Kar 98k Mauser M/1956 Selv Lessing Karabin (SLK) [U.S. Carbine M1]

6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 8 x 57 mm. .30-06 7.62 mm. NATO .30 Carbine

M1894 (knife) None. M1894 (knife) M1916 (sword) M1916 (shortened to knife length) K98 (knife) [German M1884/98 III w/ modified scabbard] M/1956 (knife) [Modified M1894] M4 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Norway (cont’d) M/1957 Selv Lessing

Gevr (SLG) [U.S. Rifle M1 Garand] AG3

.30-06 7.62 mm. NATO

M/1957 (knife) [modified German M1884/98 III] AG3 (knife)

Pakistan Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. II G3

.303 British 7.62 mm. NATO

No. 9 Mk. I (socket) G3 (knife)

Panama T65 5.56 mm. NATO T65 (knife) Peru M1891 Mauser

M1909 Mauser M1935 Mauser

7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm. 7.65 x 53 mm.

M1891 (sword) M1909 (sword) M1935 (knife)

Philippines M16 5.56 mm. NATO M7 (knife)

Poland Rifle 91/98/25 Rifle 98a Carbine 98 Rifle 29 M1944 Mosin-Nagant AK47 AKM AK74

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 5.45 x 39 mm.

WZ 98 (German M1898/05) WZ 22 & 24 (knife) Same as Rifle 91/98/25 Same as Rifle 91/98/25 Same as Rifle 91/98/25 Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) AK47 (knife) 6H3 (knife) [AKM Type I] 6H4 (knife) [AKM Type II] 6H4 (knife) [AKM Type II]

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Portugal M 1885 Guedes

M1886 Kropatschek M1904 M1904/39 m/937 m/938 (MP 34 SMG) m/948 (FBP SMG) AR-10 G3

8 x 60R 8 x 56R 6.5 x 58 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 9 x 19 mm. 9 x 19 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO

M1885 (sword) M1885 (sword) M1904 (knife) M1904 (knife) m/937 (knife) m/938 (knife) m/948 (knife) AR-10 (knife) G3 (knife)

Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

FAL 7.62 mm. NATO L1A1 (knife) FAL Type C (socket)

Romania

M1879 Peabody-Martini M1904 Mannlicher VZ-24 AKM

11.43 x 49R 6.5 x 53R 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1879 (T-Back) M1904 (knife) VZ-24 (knife) AKM Type I (knife) AKM Type I Transitional (knife) AKM Type II (knife)

Russia

M1868 Colt-Berdan I M1870 Berdan II M1891 Mosin-Nagant M1891/30 Mosin-Nagant

10.75 x 58R 10.75 x 58R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R

M1869 (socket) M1871 (socket) M1891 (socket) M1891/30 Panshin (socket) M1891/30 (socket)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Russia (cont’d) M1938 Mosin-Nagant

M1938 SVT (Tokarev) M1940 SVT (Tokarev) M1944 Mosin-Nagant SKS-45 (Simonov) AK47 AKM AK74

7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 54R 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 5.45 x 39 mm.

None M1938 (sword) M1940 (knife) Permanently Attached Folding (cruciform) Permanently Attached Folding (blade) 6X2 (knife) [AK47] 6X3 (knife) [AKM Type I] AKM Type I Transitional (knife) 6X4 (knife) [AKM Type II] 6X4 (knife) [AKM Type II] 6X5 (knife) [AK74]

Saudi Arabia Kar 98k Mauser 8 x 57 mm. KCB-77 M6 (knife) Serbia M1880 Mauser-

Milovanovich M1899 Mauser

10.15 x 63R 7 x 57 mm.

M1880 (sword) M1899 (knife)

Siam (now Thailand)

M1871 Mauser M1879 Peabody-Martini Type 33 (1890) Mannlicher Type 45 (1903) Mauser Type 46 (1904) Mauser

11.15 x 60 mm. .45 Peabody-Martini 8 x 50R 8 x 50R 8 x 52R 8 x 50R 8 x 52R

M1871 (sword) M1879 (T-Back) Type 33 (knife) Type 45 (knife) Type 45 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Siam (now Thailand) [cont’d]

Type 47 (1905) Mauser Type 62 (1919) Enfield Type 66 (1923) Siam Arisaka Type 83 (1940) Japanese Type 38

8 x 52R .303 British 8 x 52R 6.5 x 50 mm.

Type 47 (sword) [Japanese Type 30 clone] Type 62 (sword) Type 66 (knife) Type 83 (sword) [Japanese Type 30]

South Africa

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk. I FAL M1 (FAL) R1 (FAL) S1 (Uzi)

.303 British 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO 9 x 19 mm.

No. 9 Mk. I (socket) So. African No. 9 (socket) FAL Type B (knife) M1 (knife) [FAL Type A] R1 (socket) [FAL Type C] S1 (knife)

Spain

M1871 (Remington rolling block) M1893 Mauser M1895 Mauser Carbine M1916 Mauser Short Rifle Mauser Standard-Modell

11.5 x 58R Spanish 11.5 x 57R Spanish Reformado 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7.62 x 51 mm. NATO 8 x 57 mm.

M1871 (socket) M1892/93 (knife) M1893 (knife) None M1913 (sword) Standard Modell–German (knife) Standard Modell–Spanish (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Spain (cont’d) M1943 Mauser

M1944 Mauser CETME FR-7 & FR-8

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO 7.62 mm. NATO

M1941 (knife) M1913 (sword) Standard Modell–German (knife) Standard Modell–Spanish (knife) M1964 (knife) M1964 (knife)

Sudan AR-10 7.62 mm. NATO AR-10 (knife) Sweden

M1867 Remington Rolling-Block M1867/89 Remington Rolling-Block M1894 Mauser Carbine M1896 Mauser M1894/14 Mauser Carbine M1938 Mauser AG42B Ljungmann AK4

12.17 x 42R 8 x 58R 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 6.5 x 55 mm. 7.62 mm. NATO

m/1867 (socket) m/1867/89 (socket) None m/1896 (knife) m/1914 (sword) m/1915 (sword) m/1896 (knife) m/1896 (knife) m/1965 (knife)

Switzerland

M1863/67 Milbank-Amsler M1867 Peabody M1869 Vetterli M1871 Vetterli M1878 Vetterli

10.4 x 38R 10.4 x 38R 10.4 x 38R 10.4 x 38R 10.4 x 38R

M1863 (socket) M1863 (socket) M1863 (socket) M1863 (socket) M1871 (socket) M1878 (sawback) M1887 (sawback)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Switzerland ( cont’d)

M1881 Vetterli M1889 Schmidt-Rubin M1911 Schmidt-Rubin M1911 Schmidt-Rubin Carbine M1931 Schmidt-Rubin Short Rifle (K31) Stgw. 1957 Stgw. 1990

10.4 x 38R 7.5 x 55 mm. 7.5 x 55 mm. 7.5 x 55 mm. 7.5 x 55 mm. 7.5 x 55 mm. 5.56 mm. NATO

Same as M1878 M1889 (knife) M1889/99 (knife) M1889 (knife) M1889/99 (knife) M1889/11 (knife) M1889/11 (knife) M1914 Pioneer (sword) M1918 (knife) Same as M1911 Carbine Stgw. 1957 (knife) Stgw. 1990 (knife)

Syria M1948 M1949 (MAS)

8 x 57 mm. 7.5 x 54 mm.

M1948 (knife) M1936 (sword)

Turkey

M1874 Peabody-Martini M1887 Mauser M1890 Mauser M1893 Mauser M1903 Mauser U.S. Rifle M1 (Garand) G1 (FAL)

11.3 x 59R 9.5 x 60R 7.65 x 53 mm. 8 x 57 mm. Same as M1890 8 x 57 mm. .30–06 7.62 mm. NATO

M1874 (socket) M1874 (sword) M1887 (sword) M1890 (sword) M1890 (sword) M1903 (sword) M1913 (knife) Ersatz (knife) M1935 (knife) Same as M1893 M1935 Conversion (knife) G1 (knife)

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Country Rifle Cartridge Bayonet (type) Turkey (cont’d) G3 7.62 mm. NATO G3 (knife) United Arab Emirates M16 5.56 mm. NATO M16 (knife)

Uruguay

M1871 Mauser Dovitis-Mauser (Gew 71 conversion) M1895 Mauser M1908 Mauser M1924 Mauser

11.15 x 60 mm. 6.5 x 53.5 mm. Daudetau 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm.

M1871 (socket) Dovitis-Mauser (sword) M1900 (sword) M1895 (knife) M1869 Werder-modified (sword) M1908 (knife) M1924 (knife)

Venezuela M1871/84 Mauser M1924 Mauser SAFN 1949

11.15 x 60 mm. 7 x 57 mm. 7 x 57 mm.

M1900 (knife) M1924 (knife) M1924/49 (sword)

Yugoslavia

M1899C M1924 Mauser M1948 Mauser M1956 (SMG) M1959/66 (SKS variant) AKM

8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 8 x 57 mm. 9 x 19 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm. 7.62 x 39 mm.

M1889C (knife) M1924 (sword) M1924b (sword) M1948 (knife) M1956 (knife) Permanently Attached Folding (sword) AKM Type II (knife)

Sources: Ball, Robert W.D. (2006) Mauser Military Rifles of the World, Fourth Edition, Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. Barnes, Frank C. (1977) Cartridges of the World, DBI Books, Northbrook, Illinois, USA.

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