I like this pic. Reminds me why I collect Enfields.
Soldiers take shelter near an M 10 tank destroyer. Sometime shortly after D-Day.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...naction1-1.jpg
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I like this pic. Reminds me why I collect Enfields.
Soldiers take shelter near an M 10 tank destroyer. Sometime shortly after D-Day.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...naction1-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../ortona2-1.jpg
Same here. I didn't get much chance to look over the website where I found this, but here is the link for "Canada at War" - http://wwii.ca/
Very shortly after landing, as the medic doesn't seem to have discarded his lifebelt yet. Everyone's wearing the Mk.3 helmet, as did most of the first waves in the 21st Army Group. A Bren Carrier is just out of shot on the left.
Just what is that incredibly skinny looking rail line? that the left track is in between? It couldn't be 18" apart. Any chance its part of a system to put the tracks back on?
Probably is a narrow-gauge railway line. These are/were extremely common in resort towns on both sides of the English Channel. Usually they carry passengers on a scenic route, although many were in fact originally of military construction in WW1 - minature railways were used to carry stores, ammo and troops in the divisional rear areas and logistics dumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by RJW NZ
18" would be quite large for a minature railway - many of the civilian tourist lines were no more than 7 1/4" gauge!
Further to this little thread, has anyone seen anything to suggest that No4's were in service in Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaya before it fell. What are we talking about.....December '41 to Feb '42 or so?
Thanks for those Enfield photos. I came across this photo the other day and thought it interesting since the center (para?) is equipped with a No4Mk1T sniper rifle and spotting scope. Hope you enjoy it too.
The two Canadian Regiments at Hong Kong both used No 1 Mark III SMLE's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
I believe Canada also used the SMLE at Dieppe.
Sicily was Canada's first combat use of the No 4 Mk 1.
A good clear pic
I just love seeing in action photos of our Milsurps, it just gives me a tingling feeling in my shooting shoulder.:thup:
The earliest operational use which I have so far traced appears to be the Commando raid on Vaagso over Christmas 1941.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../11/8434-1.png
Was it dark the night they took the pic Mk7? All I'm getting is a black square!
Has to be a night time Commando raid Capt. !
It's working for me, but if others can't see it then I've messed it up somehow. XP doesn't like doing screenshots of videos.
LMAO:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by JBS
I'm so dang anxious to see it now
Nearly all the "empties" picked up on the Hong Kong battlefields are MkVI .303". The only MkVII I saw in a collection had been fired from a Bren. Perhaps HK was stocked with the Empire's remaining MkVI ball after WW1?Quote:
Originally Posted by canuck98k
All of the Dieppe footage & photos (which very limited) appears to show No1 rifles. One of the German newsreels does appear to show a couple of No4s, but its very hard to tell.
Afaik, all of the well-known photos of Op Archery (Vaagso) show No1 rifles - mostly with fixed bayonets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk VII
You have the screenshot saved as a png file extension,try saving it as a jpg.
Still blank to me !!! Looks like what ever is going on was done under a duvet, with the lights off . . . .AND the black out curtains drawn . . . .
Quote:
Originally Posted by burpgun
They´re wearing AMERICAN boots! *****!? (In BOTH senses of the word)
The photo is elsewhere described as showing Canadian infantry, so theres a possible explanation.Quote:
Originally Posted by villiers
A VERY easy explanation too.They are all members of the 1st CANADIAN Parachute Battalion and the photo was taken in Holland in early 1945(snow)
Canadian Paratroopers ALSO wore jump boots you see.Helmets and Dennison Smocks ALSO give the ID.Brit paras didn't use jump boots and "Murricans" didn't have Mk1 Brens or No4's and No4T's.Easy Peasey gang.JR
The one on the right has also got the special paratroopers' trousers with the bellows pocket on the leg (though the others don't appear to have them)
Well, if anyone wants to see it they can download a free (low resolution) version at the British Pathé website (if you register). It's one of the old Associated British Pathé newsreels with the breezy commentary from Bob Danvers-Walker. The title is COMMANDOS RAID NORWAY and it was issued on 05/01/42. You have to do a search.Quote:
Originally Posted by MILSURPGUY1917
Click the link to play ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk VII
British Pathe - COMMANDOS RAID NORWAY
Regards,
Badger
thats a pretty cool video:thup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Badger
You can see a man with a spike-bayoneted No.4 at about 04:13, and there's another in the background at 6:46 guarding the prisoners
What looks like a No3(T) at 4:35 top of the scene left side. The man is carrying an SMLE on the other shoulder. [Edit: possibly a captured Mauser of course]
At 4:22/23 before the man with the No4(T) with the bayonet turns around, the scope can be seen against his arm. Indistinct, but the dark shape is definitely there. Bayonet was probably a cruciform too from its bright finish on the blade.
6:43 to 6:48 2nd man from left (becomes 3rd from left) also has No4(T)
=Aussie Sniper
Nice Aussie sniper pic! Rifle looks to be quite fresh. Not Normandy, I suspect...
No, definately not Normandy:madsmile: Got a bit carried away and forgot the title of the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoore
No dramas! If you have more, feel free to start a new thread!