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The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: World at War. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: WWII The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The subject of this article appeared in Zombies mode The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Warzone The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Vanguard
For the standalone weapon, see CQB Bayonet.
For the associated mechanic, see Bayonet Charge.
"Fix bayonets, use them if you have to!"
— Sergeant Sullivan in "Little Resistance"


A Bayonet is either a knife or spike at the end of the barrel of a gun that can be used to increase melee range. It is found as a weapon attachment in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIICall of Duty: WWII and as an Operator Mod in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. It is also available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but only as an attachment for the AK-47. It is also an unusable accessory in Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, a cut attachment in Call of Duty: Black Ops for the AUG, as well as being briefly seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Call of Duty: World at War[]

The bayonet has a different length depending on the weapon and model, with the Mosin-Nagant's appearing to be the longest and Type 99 appearing to be the shortest. However, all bayonets allow the same melee distance in-game.

In the campaign the bayonet is most commonly found attached to Arisaka rifles dropped by Japanese Banzai Chargers, in which case the weapon is called the "Arisaka Bayonet", but it is also found attached to the M1 Garand in the mission Little Resistance, used by the Marine Raiders as well as the player. In Multiplayer, a bayonet stab will kill the enemy instantly just like the knife. In campaign, the enemy will get a sucking chest wound, and will stand while holding their wound in pain before dying. Bayonets are also mentioned in the mission Ring of Steel, by Commissar Markhov in his speech at the beginning of the level. However, it is never actually seen used by the Red Army or Germans in the campaign.

Kills from the bayonet in multiplayer will count towards weapon challenges, with the exception of the M1A1 Carbine, M1 Garand and Kar98k, which go toward knife challenges.

The M1897 Trench Gun's bayonet has the ability to Gib enemies, a feature that no other bayonets have.

Weapons Available to Use With[]

The bayonet was also going to be available to the SVT-40, but was cut.

Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts[]

Type 99 3rd person WaWFF

An unusable bayonet attached to a Type 99 in Final Fronts.

In Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, a Banzai Charger will drop a Type 99 rifle equipped with a bayonet. Although they can use this against the player, the player will not be able to stab the enemy with the bayonet since the melee action is performed with the rifle's butt stock.

Call of Duty: Black Ops[]

Throwing Knife menu icon MW3
The subject matter of this article was cut from the final version of a Call of Duty game. Since some information cannot be independently verified, the content on this page may be subject to change.

The Bayonet was scheduled to appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops as an attachment for the AUG but it was cut. It can still be found in the game files if the official mod tools are installed.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]

The Bayonet is briefly seen in Black Ops II in the "Old Wounds" introduction, where there are many attached to L85s.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]

The Bayonet returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, available exclusively to the NX ShadowClaw.

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Call of Duty: WWII[]

The Bayonet returns as an attachment in Call of Duty: WWII. Players can perform a charge while the attachment is equipped on a rifle.

Campaign[]

In the level "Operation Cobra", the M1 Garand with a bayonet is the starting weapon of the mission. The bayoneted weapon dropped by allied NPC's can also be found throughout the campaign.

Multiplayer[]

In Multiplayer, the Bayonet returns as Bayonet Charge, a Division Skill for the Infantry Division, which mounts a bayonet exclusively for the rifle class. There are two types of bayonets present in the multiplayer, with each version depending on the nationality of the weapon. The Allied version of the bayonet is found on the M1941, M1 Garand, M1A1 Carbine, BAR, SVT-40, M2 Carbine, AVS-36, Automaton, AS-44, NZ-41 and KG M-21. The Axis version of the bayonet is found on the STG44, FG 42, Gewehr 43, Volkssturmgewehr, Type 5, ITRA Burst, GBD-79 and Wimmersperg Spz.

On April 10th, 2018, the Division skill was removed and the Bayonet became a standalone attachment for the rifle class.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4[]

The Bayonet returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 as an Operator Mod for the VAPR-XKG. It allows the weapon to execute a lethal melee strike. Within Zombies, it deals a fatal strike until round 10 with the Pack-a-Punch Machine having no effect on the damage dealt by the strike.
A similar though differently named Operator Mod is also available on the Strife pistol referred to as the Stiletto Knife

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]

"Lethal Melee Attack"
— Description


In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the Bayonet appears exclusively as a muzzle attachment for the AK-47 assault rifle. It is functionally similar to the Breacher Device.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War[]

The Bayonet appears in the campaign mission Break on Through, performed by a Viet Cong soldier and on the Escape Plan blueprint for the AK-74u, having been taped on to an Infantry Compensator. It is not functional.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard[]

"Bayonets are lethal, longer range melee options but are a bit slow to use."
Vanguard Description
"Lethal Melee Attack"
Warzone Description

The Bayonet returns in Call of Duty: Vanguard as an attachment and featured in the campaign.

Campaign[]

The Bayonet is seen in the campaign level Numa Numa Trail used by Banzai Chargers in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Multiplayer[]

In multiplayer, the Bayonet appears as an underbarrel attachment for every Assault Rifle, Marksman Rifle, and Sniper Rifle. It boosts the range of your melee and enables one shot kills at the cost of swing speed.

For the AS44 and Kar98k, it blocks the ability to equip muzzle attachments.

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Call of Duty: World at War[]

  • The bayonet is able to kill a dog at long ranges even before the dog is able to strike, but it misses quite often against them. A bayonet used rapidly is much slower than a knife attack rapidly, which means if the dog is missed with the first thrust, the player is left open to be attacked.
  • On the Wii version, the bayonet stab only occurs when the aim assist feature is on.
  • On the missions "Semper Fi", "Burn 'em Out" and "Blowtorch & Corkscrew", when the player stabs a Japanese Soldier, they will not bleed, and there will not be any blood stain/mark.
  • Bayonet stabs to the head count as headshots for the weapon it's attached to.
  • In single player, if the player goes prone and uses the bayonet, the player will swipe the bayonet as if no enemy is around, even if there is one right in front of the player. Enemies hit by this move will still bleed out of their chest as if they had been stabbed.

Call of Duty: Vanguard[]

  • If the player had the Bayonet and the Reach attachment equipped on a gun, the player would be able to lunge around 15 feet to kill an enemy. This was later patched.

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