you've ever fired a pistol during your NS service, huh ? ....
well, of course i'd prefer to be behind cover and taking aimed
shots at the enemy 300 metres away ... but you can't choose where
you fight everytime ... think fallujah, and compare it to singapore
for example ..... FIBUA, where your enemy might be in the next
room, rolling grenades at you across the floor ..... i'd prefer to
have a "last ditch" weapon with me should the ammo runs out ... and
a bayonet fixed to end of a rifle, even a bullpup one, would be
more lethal i think, than swinging the same M7 from your hands,
especially in the hands of non-professional soldiers like our
(non-professional as in a citizen army like ours), even in jungle
warfare, because of the density of the shrubbery of our tropical
jungles and all, the engagement range would be significantly
shorter than say, the middle eastern desert, or the northern
european forests (places where i suppose we get most of our
doctrine from), like it or not, chances are you'll be close to the
enemy, and so i think the bayonet is all the more important to have
...
