The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th …

Rifles. Arisaka Type 30 (Given by the British Royal Navy) Jezail; Lee-Enfield; Lee-Metford; Mauser M1893 (Mostly captured by Ottoman forces) Martini-Henry; Machine guns. Vickers Mk …

Lee-Enfield rifle, rifle adopted by the British army as its basic infantry weapon in 1902. The short, magazine-loaded Lee-Enfield (Mark I, or SMLE) superseded the longer Lee-Enfield that was …

The first British repeating rifle incorporated a bolt-action and a box-magazine; this was developed through trials beginning in 1879, and adopted as the Magazine Rifle Mark I in 1888. This rifle …

2021年5月20日 · The British used the Lee-Enfield Rifle throughout World War I. As stated above, each nation issued their soldiers a rifle in World War I. The standard issued rifles for both the …

The standard British rifle was the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) Rifle Mk III. It had a maximum range of 2,280 metres, but an effective killing range of 550 metres. A well-trained …

British soldiers riding on a Sherman tank clutch their Lee-Enfield rifles as they advance into Holland during Operation Market Garden. A scarcity of funds and an abun- dance of rifles and …

2014年8月28日 · In the First World War British troops were issued a modified 1888 weapon, the Lee-Enfield became the quickest-firing bolt-action rifle of the 20th century,

2016年7月1日 · From the muddy trenches of Flanders to the sun-baked shores of Gallipoli, the Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III rifle in the hands of the British Army proved itself up to the …

The No. 4 Rifle, adopted in 1926, was the mainstay of British forces throughout the Second World War. These arms incorporated some of the best features of the earlier No. 1 and P-14/No. 3 …