6H2 Bayonet

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Damage
Factions	Weapon	Icon	Primary Attack	Secondary Attack
VC	6H2 Bayonet		35 52 headshot	55 (25 bleed)

Full name	Weapon Type	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Blade Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
Full name	Weapon Type	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Blade Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name	6H2 Bayonet	Melee	Soviet Union	1955	Izhevsk Arsenal	7.9 in (200 mm)	15.2 in (387 mm)	weapon_ak47_bayonet

The 6H2 (6Kh2 / 6X2) is the first standardized knife bayonet pattern issued for the early AK-47 series rifles. It features a spear-point blade and a distinctive mounting system intended for AK rifles originally produced without bayonet fittings. The 6H2 is best known as the predecessor to later AK bayonet-knife models that added multi-purpose features such as wire-cutting.

HISTORY

The 6H2 entered Soviet service in the mid-1950s as a response to renewed emphasis on bayonet capability after early AK production runs had been issued without a bayonet interface. Contemporary technical histories describe it being adopted alongside the “lightened” AK variant in 1955 and produced through about 1960, with manufacture at Izhmash (Izhevsk). Its blade profile followed the general form of the SKS blade bayonet but in a shorter, detachable knife-bayonet format suitable for the AK’s revised mounting points.

The 6H2 was soon replaced in frontline issue by newer AK bayonet patterns (beginning with the 6H3) that expanded functionality and improved compatibility with later Kalashnikov rifle variants. While the 6H2 itself is associated primarily with early Soviet AK rifles, bayonets for AK-pattern weapons were present in Southeast Asia through the widespread fielding of AK and AK-derived rifles during the Vietnam War. Captured examples of AK-pattern bayonets from the conflict are preserved in museum collections, reflecting their real battlefield use even as specific bayonet patterns varied by origin and rifle model.