| Modelo Argentino 1879
Technical data : Total length : 520 mm Was used on :
General information : Although the Argentinian army chose to equip their soldiers with a rifle offered by the American Remington company, they decided to that the bayonet should be a German model. The design of the handle closely ressembles the French Mle. 1866 “Chassepot”. The difference with that French bayonet is the blade. Whereas the Mle. 1866 features a yataghan style blade the Argentinian Modelo 1879 has a straight blade.This bayonet can be found in both leather as steel scabbards. When Argentina sold thousands of these bayonets from their old arsenals to surplus wholesalers or other countries, they often ground down the Argentinian crests that figured on the ricasso of their bayonets. Known makers : factories Images.
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