Lee Enfield at War

[Luis Bren]

As you have liked the pictures of the topic Bren at War , I'll start posting here, lee Enfield Rifle pics.

Winston Churchill inspects the new Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle with spike bayonet during a visit to 53rd Division in Kent, 20 November 1942.



Cecil Beaton portrait of an Indian Tochi Scout firing his Lee Enfield rifle on the North West frontier of India, circa 1944.



A paratrooper of the 16th Airborne Division (Territorial Army) takes aim with his Lee Enfield rifle during exercise King's Joker at the Stanford Parachute Training Area.



THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN BRITAIN, 1914-1918
A female worker operating a "fine" boring machine, boring out the barrel of a short Lee Enfield rifle.



BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MAU MAU IN KENYA, 1952 - 1956
Soldier of the King's African Rifles takes aim with his Lee-Enfield Rifle No.5 Mk.I, from a concealed position during a patrol in the forest.



Regards

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[Luis Bren]

A soldier of 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, 1st Airborne Division, firing a Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle with telescopic sight, 29 August 1942.



A captured German Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr anti-tank rifle compared with a British Lee-Enfield rifle. Neulette, 30 August 1918



Sgt James S Dickinson, a section leader with No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his a Lee Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle and fixed bayonet, 5 March 1944.



A sergeant instructor with the Royal Scots Fusiliers shows a recruit how to hold the SMLE Mk III Lee-Enfield rifle correctly in the prone firing position, 31 August 1942.



THE SECOND BOER WAR, 1899-1902
Soldier of one of the Scottish mounted regiments resting in their camp. He is probably a serviceman of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry. Note Lee Enfield Rifles use instead of poles to keep the tent up.

[Roy]

THE SECOND BOER WAR, 1899-1902
Soldier of one of the Scottish mounted regiments resting in their camp. He is probably a serviceman of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry. Note Lee Enfield Rifles use instead of poles to keep the tent up.

Those Scots are probably using their bayonets as tent pegs too!

[Rwsgunsmithing]

Nice!

Thanks for sharing.

[Maxwell Smart]

Thanks for sharing these.

I went and had a look at the Bren at War series, good stuff there as well. I see in one picture a soldier with his SMLE up to his LEFT shoulder - looks like it might have happened after all.
(I can recall a thread, not sure where, in which this topic was discussed; the consensus seemed to be that it was impossible and contrary to training.)

[Luis Bren]

I went and had a look at the Bren at War series, good stuff there as well. I see in one picture a soldier with his SMLE up to his LEFT shoulder - looks like it might have happened after all.
(I can recall a thread, not sure where, in which this topic was discussed; the consensus seemed to be that it was impossible and contrary to training.)

This?

[muffett.2008]

Attachment 60465

[rayg]

Picture #2, photos #1 and #4 in it are trials rifles as you can see the cut off's.

[Bindi2]

Picture #2, photos #1 and #4 in it are trials rifles as you can see the cut off's.

#4 looks like a No1 Mk3 to me.

[rayg]

Picture #2, photos #1 and #4 in it are trials rifles as you can see the cut off's.

Oops, sorry #4 is a No1 Mk3. I guess I only noticed/focused on the cutoff, sorry, Ray