The M-47 Bayonet
(
Shtik Obrazets 1947-ogo Goda)

M-1947 Bayonet Technical Data
Designation:

(Shtik Obrazets 1947-ogo Goda)
(Bayonet Model of 1947 year)

Manufacturer: Izhevsk Arsenal
GRAU Designations: 6x2
Year Adopted:
1951
Type: Knife Bayonet
Method of Attachment: Muzzle Ring and Bayonet Lug
Operational Status:
USSR/Russia - Obsolete (used from 1951-1958)
 
Other Manufacturers - Bulgaria, China, East Germany, North Korea, Poland
 
Other Users - (over 55 nations): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Laos, Sao Tome et Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Yemen, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and other nations...
Weapons designed for:
 
 
Weapons compatible with:
 
 
AK-47/AKM Assault Rifle
AKS/AKMS Assault Rifle
 
SVD Sniper Rifle
AK-74/AK-74M Assault Rifle
AK-74S Assault Rifle
Weight:
          Without Scabbard:
          With Scabbard:

 

 

281 grams

(9.9 ounces)

382 grams

(13.5 ounces)

Length:
          Weapon only:
          With scabbard:
   
312 mm

(12.3 inches)

322 mm

(12.7 inches)

Widest Point:

148 mm

(5.8 inches)
Muzzle Ring:
          Outer Diameter:
          Inner Diameter:
 
22 mm (0.87 inches)
17 mm (0.67 inches)

 

 

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Sources Cited

(1) Ivie, Martin D., Kalashnikov Bayonets: The Collector's Guide to Bayonets for the AK and its Variations, Diamond Eye Publications: Allen, TX  2002. Print
(2) Kulinsky, A.N,
Russian Edged Weapons, Polearms, and Bayonets 18th-20th centuries vol 2, Atlant: St. Petersburg, 2001. Print.