Camouflaged No. 4 sniper rifle

[Melanie_Daniels]

Got this photo with a camouflaged sniper rifle:

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[CINDERS]

It almost looks like a still from a movie with all the different lighting going on, some very dark shadows in-dispersed with light ones, it almost looks like the shooter is sitting next to a door ajar with that beam of light on his right arm...

[Seaforth72]

Thank you. It is very nice to see a “fresh” photo of a No.4 (T) in use. Is there any information about the photo (where, when & unit?) and the source (who may have the original image)?

Another camouflage painted No.4 (T) can be seen in a May 1944 photo of two snipers in Ghillie suits standing and smiling. They were snipers with 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion. Their camouflage paint pattern was different from the one shown at the start of this thread.
Photographs of Snipers www.captainstevens.com

[Warren]

Canada experimented with camouflage rifles, sniper rifles and scopes.
I have one WW II period camo No. 32 scope. British scope however and not REL.
Attachment 90089

[Roger Payne]

I've got a Maltby 41 4T that has had the woodwork daubed with splotches of dark green paint at some point in the dim & distant past.

[CINDERS]

Nice Vickers under the camouflage netting left rear in Seaforths post.

[Surpmil]

Got this photo with a camouflaged sniper rifle:

Can just see the tip of the front pad over his right index finger. The fabricated upper band mean anything?

Notice the piece of similar "dazzle-painted" cloth on the wall behind him. The observer who is pretending to examine the T.S.R./T.G.S./T.S's might have been using that poncho or ground sheet for concealment. Presumably the dazzle-pattern would not be used when working from a building.