Bayonet No 4 Mk III with M5 type scabbard
€ 55,00
SKU
BAYO0144
The U.S. M5 scabbard was made by Beckwith Manufacturing Co. of Dover, New Hampshire. Popularly known as the "Victory Plastics" scabbard, it was unique in design compared to all other No. 4 bayonet scabbards in having an integral web belt frog. These were supplied to the British under the Lend-Lease Act.
The No. 4 Mk. III was the final, and crudest, form of the No. 4 spike bayonet. The socket is fabricated by welding together seven sheet steel stampings, eliminating the socket forging process altogether. Even the spring plunger is a stamping. 196,200 were produced, all by Joseph Lucas Ltd., Chester Street, Birmingham. The No. 4 Mk. III was declared obsolete in 1946