For those who dont know: there is a rifle (MAS-36) that had a bayonet that could be concealed at the end of the rifle, taken out, and then attached to be used in combat. The bayonet had locking mechanism on both the pointed and blunt end. And since either end could be attached to the rifle, it is said that two solders wondered what would happen if they attached the bayonet ends to 2 rifles. It worked, and it turned out there was no way to seperate them once they were put together, and this ended up being called the french finger trap. Fortunately, later versions of this rifle had a safety mechanism that allowed you to seperate the two rifles in the event you tried to repeat it.
For those who dont know: there is a rifle (MAS-36) that had a bayonet that could be concealed at the end of the rifle, taken out, and then attached to be used in combat. The bayonet had locking mechanism on both the pointed and blunt end. And since either end could be attached to the rifle, it is said that two solders wondered what would happen if they attached the bayonet ends to 2 rifles. It worked, and it turned out there was no way to seperate them once they were put together, and this ended up being called the french finger trap. Fortunately, later versions of this rifle had a safety mechanism that allowed you to seperate the two rifles in the event you tried to repeat it.