| Gallocelt | 02 May 2021 5:01 p.m. PST |
Just wondering how realistic it is to have all my WSS infantry units fighting battles with bayonets fixed. I'm all for leaving them on but I do wonder if units uniformly went into battle like that.
Cheers!
Gallo |
| DinOfBattle2 | 02 May 2021 5:29 p.m. PST |
They were plug bayonets, so if they were on the musket, then you couldn't fire the musket. |
| BillyNM | 02 May 2021 10:22 p.m. PST |
I like pre Seven Years War figures without bayonets – it somehow captures the period for me. |
| Legionarius | 03 May 2021 6:37 a.m. PST |
No more broken bayonets!!! |
| rxpjks1 | 03 May 2021 6:42 a.m. PST |
The socket bayonet was used in the Spanish succession. It was introduced late 1690's. Most everyone used them by 1703. |
 Lluis of Minairons  | 03 May 2021 9:02 a.m. PST |
By the end of war, I guess few plug bayonets were still used, if any at all. |
| Gallocelt | 03 May 2021 11:37 a.m. PST |
I've read that a bayonet charge, although not unheard of, wasn't likely. I've also read that some socket bayonets weren't well-crafted and were prone to falling off the muzzle. I would expect that if enemy cavalry were lurking about, then the order would be given to "fix bayonets", since at that time the bayonets presumed main purpose was to repel cavalry.
Cheers!
Gallo |
| Gallocelt | 03 May 2021 1:41 p.m. PST |
Just an update: I just noticed Ebor 28mm Miniatures for WSS, Dixon 15mm and Scale Creep 15mm WSS are manufactured without fixed bayonets.
Cheers!
Gallo |
| ModelJShip | 03 May 2021 3:17 p.m. PST |
It was a time of continuous change, both in uniform and in equipment. Regiments were being equipped as soon as the colonels received the new material. It would not be surprising to see in an army regiments with plug bayonets and others with bucket bayonets. In the final phase of the war, plug bayonets fell into disuse. |
| Steamingdave2 | 04 May 2021 5:20 a.m. PST |
@Gallocelt Well documented use of bayonet charge by Catinat's French infantry at Marsaglia in 1693, 10 years before WSS. |
| dbf1676 | 04 May 2021 6:04 p.m. PST |
And the Swedes certainly used the bayonet while charging following the battalion's second volley, holding the musket in the left hand and drawn sword in the right. |
| Gallocelt | 04 May 2021 8:14 p.m. PST |
Hi dbf1676, Did the Swedes fix bayonets after the second volley or did they volley fire with bayonets already fixed?
Cheers!
Gallo |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
