Can anybody tell me what this is for, I have no idea, it's on the hilt of my knife
>>28073453
Open it up and there'll be a survival kit, needle and thread, stuff like that.
>>28073453
Looks like a M9 Bayonet. The screw holds the grip on and secures the tang.
>>28073677
rat tang. ew.
>>28073677
Wow, that looks pretty bad!
>>28073677
Why do military contracted knives always have shitty tangs?
>>28074085
Money. When you're ordering 3,000,000 units, a couple bucks difference goes a long way.
Secures pommel to tang, and the clip for mounting the bayonet to the rifle is on the pommel. Other than that it's just a hammer
>>28074098
This exactly. And while a full tang is nice the actual difference between the two in the average circumstance really isnt that huge of a deal.
>>28074111
Own an M9 and can confirm, thing is still sturdy as fuck. It's not like you're going to accidentally break it
>>28074111
Yep. Maybe if our troops were still doing regular bayonet charges we would build them stronger, but as it stands they're just glorified pocket knives.
