6KH4 bayonet
The 6KH4 bayonet () is a bayonet produced by the Izhmash (now known as the Kalashnikov Concern).
History
The 6KH4 bayonet was adopted as a bayonet for the AK-47, AKM and the AK-74 rifles as a replacement of the 6KH3 bayonet.
Design
The 6KH4 bayonet was an improvement of the 6KH3 design.
The 6KH4 bayonet has a Bowie style (clip-point) blade with saw-teeth along the spine, and can be used as a multi-purpose survival knife and wire-cutter when combined with its steel scabbard.
The bayonet is installed by slipping the muzzle ring around the flash hider and latching the handle down on the bayonet lug under the front sight base.
The polymer grip and upper part of the 6KH4 scabbard provide insulation from the metal blade and bottom part of the metal scabbard, using a rubber insulator sleeve, to safely cut electrified wire.
Production
The Soviet Union allowed license production of the 6KH3 bayonet for Eastern Bloc countries and their AK rifles
Like the 6KH3, the Polish 6KH4 copy notably excluded the saw teeth on the blade. China produces them as the "Type 86" (), which may be used on the North Korean Type 88 rifle alongside the Type 68 II bayonet, another 6KH4 copy.
Adoption
After the German reunification, there was little use of modified AKM type II knife bayonets from stocks of the former National People's Army () of East Germany, for the H&K G36 rifle.
The original muzzle-ring was cut away and a new, large diameter muzzle ring welded in place. The original leather belt hanger was replaced by a complex web and plastic belt hanger designed to fit the West German load bearing equipment.
Users
Former users
Gallery
File:Ak bayonett brown closed front.jpg|A holstered 6KH4 File:Bayonet ratch(6kh4).jpg|The bayonet ratch of a 6KH4 File:6H4 Seitengewehr Drahtscheider 001.jpg File:Tantal NTW 2 93 2.jpg|A FB Tantal assault rifle on display with a Polish 6KH4 bayonet fitted. File:Afghan policeman bayonet.jpg|An Afghan policeman with an AK rifle fitted with a 6KH4 bayonet.
See also
- AK-47
- AKM
- AK-74
- M1 bayonet
- M3 Trench Knife
- M4 Bayonet
- M5 Bayonet
- M6 Bayonet
- M7 bayonet
- M9 bayonet
- Mk 3 knife
- Strider SMF
- Aircrew Survival Egress Knife
- OKC-3S Bayonet
- KA-BAR
- QNL-95
- 6KH2 bayonet
- 6KH3 bayonet
- 6KH5 bayonet
- 6KH9 bayonet