SMLE Wire Breaker Drawings

[Peter Laidler]

According to the Ord Board reports, the CUTTER type were worse than useless and only operated if the wire was very tight - which, by definition, barbed wire entanglement wasn't! It was always laid loose and pulled out, as a roll. Mind you, the bullet type weren't a whole lot better against barbed wire entanglements. Not unless you had a LOT of bullets to cut a LOT of wire