Weapons in the 1920's compared to modern weapons.

Since the 1920's, there have been a significant amount of advances in the world of firearms. For example on a baionette used by today's military, it's basically a survival knife with a hole on one of the hand-guards for the barrel of the rifle. On the earlier baionette's it was a metal ring with a blade on one section. the baionette was often placed over and behind the iron sites of the rifle. 


The benefits of today's baionette's compared to antique baionette's is the handle which allowed a soldier to use his baionette as a SOG knife and it only takes seconds to remove.  Compared to a baionette which was often required up to 45 seconds to remove from a gun.

Bolt-action rifle

Pre-WWII baionette

Another advance that has happened since the 1920's is the rate of fire on a common rifle. In the 1920's many guns in Canada were still muzzle-loading guns when there were better guns available like bolt action rifles and even some semi-automatic weapons. Most of which were not available in Canada.


-JONATHAN

Muzzle-loader rifle (Flint-lock)

Modern baionette