Both the Czechs & Red China have made subguns with providsions for bayonets.
Oddly, China made one version in which the bayonet was an integral part of the subgun, and could not be removed wittout a screwdriver. 
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The mdoel slips my mind, but the (very) funky-looking photo of the weapon doesn’t.
Another purpose that hasn’t been touched on is crowd control. Anytime troops are facing masses of civilllians, you’ll see fixed bayonets.
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THe drill instructors at USMC boot camp told us of one as-yet unmentioned situation in which bayonets would be the best weapon. When combatants are mingled such that a rifle bullet might go through 2 or 3 victims before stopping, you stand a much lower chance of causing casualties among friendly troops if you use a bayonet.
When you might hit one of your own guys with a bullet, us a bayonet.
Geez, I don’t know what kind of unruly crowds you’ve got in Ohio, but when I was doing riot control duty in San Francisco we had riot clubs (like police nightsticks) and sunglasses. No sharp weapons or bullet-hurling weapons were used.
Dragging up this old thread to report that on the cover of the NY Time’s “A Nation at War” section, some of the Marines pictured have bayonets fixed.
“They need to be in the mindset that we’re here to fight,” said Gillikin, 24. “We’re not here to kill civilians, but bayonets are fixed, weapons are loaded and the focus is on the enemy. The focus is on what’s going to kill us.”
The last bayonet charge that I can find record of was the Battle of Bayonet Hill in January 1951, in Korea. It was led by Capt. Lewis Millett, who received the Medal of Honor as a result of that action.
Which means they didn’t quite get it right with the ending of We Were Soldiers.
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The last bayonet charge by U.S. Troops…
I recall training with bayonets in basic training during the 1980s. After that, the only time we saw them was when we had a change of command ceremony, and the outgoing commander would try to impress the incoming commander by having us march around with bayonets on our rifles.
Ah, the days of standing at attention for 2 hours straight, in the middle of the desert heat, 110 degrees on a blazing asphalt parade field. With fixed bayonets. And hoping like hell nobody passed out and stabbed someone.
According to this site, not only were there bayonet charges but at least one British officer used it to kill in the Falklands campaign.
Read this article this morning and thought it might answer the OP.