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[[File:AC3_Connor_Musket.png|thumb|250px|Connor holding a musket with an attached bayonet]] | |||
'''Bayonets''' were weapon attachments that could be fit onto the muzzle of [[Firearms|muskets and rifles]], often as sharp spikes or knives. | |||
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], bayonets were utilized by [[Guards|soldiers]] from both the [[British Army|British]] and [[Continental Army|Continental]] armies, though generally as last-resort {{Wiki|Ancillary weapon|ancillary weapons}}. | |||
In most cases, bayonets were attached in preparation to receive a cavalry charge, as the crude spear they formed was effective at staking the riders or the [[horses]], before they reached the otherwise vulnerable infantry. They were also utilized in close-quarters combat, when shooting would have been insufficient. | |||
The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] was able to take muskets with bayonets from racks, or from disarming soldiers, in order to slash or impale nearby enemies. While a bayonet was embedded in a soldier's torso, Ratonhnhaké:ton could also fire the musket itself, and efficiently eliminate two opponents in quick succession. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Historically, bayonets were removed outside of melee combat. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | |||
AC3_Connor_Musket_Impale.png|Connor impaling a Continental soldier with a bayonet | |||
AC3_Musket_soldiers.png|Connor facing a group of soldiers armed with bayonets | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Reference== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Weapons]] | [[Category:Weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Assassin's Creed III weapons]] | [[Category:Assassin's Creed III weapons]] | ||
Revision as of 10:43, 18 August 2013
Bayonets were weapon attachments that could be fit onto the muzzle of muskets and rifles, often as sharp spikes or knives.
During the American Revolutionary War, bayonets were utilized by soldiers from both the British and Continental armies, though generally as last-resort ancillary weapons.
In most cases, bayonets were attached in preparation to receive a cavalry charge, as the crude spear they formed was effective at staking the riders or the horses, before they reached the otherwise vulnerable infantry. They were also utilized in close-quarters combat, when shooting would have been insufficient.
The Assassin Connor was able to take muskets with bayonets from racks, or from disarming soldiers, in order to slash or impale nearby enemies. While a bayonet was embedded in a soldier's torso, Ratonhnhaké:ton could also fire the musket itself, and efficiently eliminate two opponents in quick succession.
Trivia
- Historically, bayonets were removed outside of melee combat.
Gallery
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Connor impaling a Continental soldier with a bayonet -
Connor facing a group of soldiers armed with bayonets
Reference