What's a "bayonet charge" ?

Answer 1

A bayonet is the knife at the end of a rifle. A bayonet charge would be running up to the enemy and using that knife to stab the mofo coz you ran out of bullets.

Answer 2

A Bayonet charge is when a group of soldiers fix their bayonets (Long Knives) onto the ends of their rifles and charge (run) towards the enemy. This is a very agressive and personal way to attack, and not usual in modern warfare. There is one very recent occasion that a Bayonet Charge was carried out, and it occured very recently in Iraq.

OUTNUMBERED British soldiers killed 35 Iraqi attackers in the Army’s first bayonet charge since the Falklands War 22 years ago. The fearless Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stormed rebel positions after being ambushed and pinned down. Despite being outnumbered five to one, they suffered only three minor wounds in the hand-to-hand fighting near the city of Amara. The battle erupted after Land Rovers carrying 20 Argylls came under attack on a highway. After radioing for back-up, they fixed bayonets and charged at 100 rebels using tactics learned in drills. When the fighting ended bodies lay all over the highway — and more were floating in a nearby river. Nine rebels were captured.
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Answer 3

A bayonet charge is when a group of soldiers attaches bayonets to their weapons and run at the enemy. Their effect was more mental than actually physical; recruits or nervous troops would often turn and run away with what was a seemingly endless line of steel knives and screaming men charging at them. They usually caused massive casualties for the attacker and were common as late as World War II among Japanese troops.

Answer 4

Old rifle used by the army came with a neat attachment knife called a bayonet, and when the soldier ran out of ammunition or the enemy got to close for them to reload they got in formation and charged the enemy and tried to kill them with the bayonet, hence a bayonet charge.

Answer 5

A bayonet is a knife on the end of a military gun, a bayonet charge is a hand on hand combat tecnique

Answer 6

a charge is a run forward to attack an enemy, and a bayonet is a knife that attaches to the barrel of a rifle.

A bayonet charge would be an attack to kill your enemies with the knife on the end of your gun. It is risky and very personal (unlike shooting a gun from a safe distance) so depending on the usage (ie. poetic, literary) it might mean metaphorically, a very personal attack on your enemy.

Answer 7

An attack on the enemy with bayonets. Although not a modern tactic, unless you are suicidal, I suppose that it could still occur if you were completely out of ammo, without hope of reinforcements, and were unwilling to surrender.

Answer 8

It's an all or nothing assault against your enemy in a fixed position(such as trenches, bunkers....etc.) The Bayonet is fixed on the end of your rifle and used to stab your opponent when you do not have time to reload your rifle

Answer 9

It's about one of the most ballsiest things a soldier can do... there is a certain satisfaction in looking in the eyes of your kill, once you fully realize that he wouldn't hesitate to do the exact same to you. Besides, you can't assume his life force energy unless you kill him with a knife or a sword; you have to be up close and personal!!!

Answer 10

About $4 an hour!