Enfield No. 4 sniper in Vietnam

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Perhaps it came the route of the Australians in Vietnam as the book states a close relationship with them and U.S. Army Special Forces in that conflict.

It could be, Australia sent 30 advisers to Viet Nam in 1962 and their forces slowly rose to battalion strength by 1965, then task force strength in 1966 but did the Aussies ever use the No.4 Sniper? Maybe Peter can comment? China received, IIRC, 40,000 Savage-made No.4s from the US as aid during the Second World War but none were sniper rifles, they were simply standard rifles. Since the Chinese were prime suppliers to the NVA by the late '60s, it is possible that some of the Savage rifles and even some Rifles No.1 were used. But, of course, that doesn't answer how a US officer got hold of a No.4 sniper..... Maybe it was a personal rifle that he purchased as surplus in the US? With his rank a personal weapon was not an unheard of thing.