Dating a Kalashnikov Bayonet

[torstenbel]

and no, I do not want to date one in the sense of taking her out for a meal and then see what happens ... I mean more in the sense of attempting to guess an approximate date of manufacturing ... any chance to do such with this example? Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

the other side

[torstenbel]

I would assume that this number on the scabbard does not mean that it was manufactured in 1946 ..

[torstenbel]

out of its scubbard

[torstenbel]

the function I always liked best about it, as a smooth working wire cutter ...

[RedBaran11]

Hi Torsten,
This thread may assist you

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=bayonets

Yours appears to be an early MPi-AK-74 bayonet which may have also been used on the MPi-KM on. Accoridng to that thread link I gave you they appeared around 1985.

[torstenbel]

Hi Justin,

thank you for the thread. Looks like it is for an post 1985 AK-74 then. Cheers, Torsten.