The M-59 Bayonet
(Shtik Obrazets 1959-ogo Goda)

M-1959 Bayonet Technical Data
Designation:

(Shtik Obrazets 1959-ogo Goda)
(Bayonet Model of 1959 year)

Manufacturer: Izhevsk and Tula Arsenals
GRAU Designations: 6x3, 6x4
Year Adopted:
          Type 1 (6x3)
          Transitional
          Type 2 (6x4)
 
1959
mid- 1960's
late 1960's
Type: Knife Bayonet
Method of Attachment: Muzzle Ring and Bayonet Lug
Operational Status:
USSR/Russia - Still in reserve service.
 
Other Manufacturers - Bulgaria, China, East Germany, Egypt, Iraq, North Korea, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia 
 
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 (6x4):
          With Scabbard (6x4):

 

 

314 grams

(11.1 ounces)

474 grams

(16.7 ounces)
Length (Overall, but without scabbard):
          Type I (6x3):
          Type II (6x4):
   
279 mm

(11.0 inches)
274 mm

(10.8 inches)
Widest Point:

77 mm

 (3.0 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.