![]() Unimpressive in stopping power during WWII and Korea), the British took a moreĭirect route and simply downsized the standard service rifle. Than developing an intermediate powered arm (the U.S. Individual weapon for urban or dense tropical combat conditions in WWII. military’s current wholesaleĪdoption of the M4 Carbine and the British developing a shorter and lighter In many ways, parallels can be drawn between the U.S. With its heavier, free-floated,Ģ5.3” barrel and fine sights, it provided sterling service in open countryĬonflicts such as North Africa and parts of Western Europe. III* had been to the original SMLE of 1907. ![]() It was a further simplification and cut down onīoth material costs and machine time in its construction, much as the No. Version of the Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield rifle that served the Empire so well The British Army had adopted the Rifle, No. ![]()
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