>On 6 October, the French had another major encounter with the Fon, at the village of Adégon. The Fon fared badly again, losing 86 Dahomey regulars and 417 Dahomey Amazons. The French suffered six dead and 32 wounded. The French bayonet charge inflicted most of the Dahomey casualties. The battle was a turning point for Dahomey: the royal court lost hope. The battle was also significant in that much of Dahomey's Amazon corps was lost.Are long ass bayonets and bayonet charges still effective or soldiers should pick a knoife and duct tape it to the rifle?
Bayonet charges always worked, the only thing that can defeat it is a lot of automatic guns
>>62516079Imagine the sheer panic that sets in when you're some uneducated young dirt farmer out with the boys plinking shots at some western devils, and then you head down the line that they are upon you with blades, stabbing their way towards youCan you even comprehend a modicum of the fear that they must feel knowing some guys have just evaded their fire and are setting about on your friends?
>>62516188fpbp>>62517074conversely, imagine the terror coming up against a small group armed with Martini–Henry and watching your comrades drop every few paces as you advance
>>62517074Imagine it's night, all you see are muzzle flashes here and there.You think you have the enemy pinned down.Little do you know they've been slowly crawling towards your line, they're 20ft away, and have just fixed bayonets....
>>62516188and barbed wire, and pic rel, and etc...
>>62516188And barbed wireAnd flamethrowers
>>62516079Why dey gotta bayonet dahomeys?
>>62516079>Da' HomiesYou can't make this shit up.
>>62516079Da homies had some decent weapons for the time period (Breechloading rifles, winchesters, mannlichers)The problem is >They did not have enough of them, the rest of the army got muskets>They did not have their own bayonets>Their plan was to shoot a volley then try to charge the enemy with machetes>Roman style tactics in the 19th century>To top it all of they recruited a bunch of women and planned on using them for said brutal melee combat
