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quote: Werent some of these bayonets cut down and used by the french foreign legion? I cant remember where I read it, but apparently they were reworked and used as fighting knives post war.
Those were US M1917�s. As for the shortened P1907 in question: The Germans acquired quite a few of these, with the rifles, on the beaches of Dunkirk for instance. These bayonets and rifles, like many other captured weapons (Beutewaffen), received a German designation and were issued to German non-combat units e.g. for guard duties. I have never seen or heard of a German shortened P1907 bayonet, but I would not rule out that they may have existed. I know that they also shortened captured Dutch M1895 bayonets which were re-issued to German rear guard units.
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