Birth of the AKM-47
The basic AKM-47 bayonet consists of a Bowie pointed blade 152 mm (roughly 6 inches) long, with a one-sided chisel-edge grind and shallow serrations along the spine of the opposite side. A hole near the point of the blade mates with a lug on the scabbard to form a wire cutter. This feature was later copied onto the standard U.S. issue M9 bayonet for the M16 family of rifles, right down to the totally useless serrations on the blade.
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