Dads rifle, Mau Mau uprising, Kenya.

[ickmann]

STEN MKV ?

[Paul S.]

I'll guess an American rifle, and M1 Garand or an M1 Carbine. Probably the latter.

[Bindi2]

Webley revolver .455 and or a Martini Enfield .303

[Stevo]

Winchester '73?

[trooper554877]

russian truck axle or more commonly known as the mosin-nagant? or an SKS?
one more- lee metford
Cheers
Ned

[TonyE]

Standard issue weapons were No.4, No.5, Sten Mark V, M1 carbine and Browning A5 automatic shotgun (which incidently had the highest kill ratio on patrols).

In 1951 some EM2 rifles (Rifle 7mm No.9) were issued for troop trials and similarly in the period in question some XL8E1 (Trial 7.62mm SLR) were also isued for tropical trials.

Regards
TonyE

[Beerhunter]

Beaten to it. I'll go M1 Carbine too.

[5thBatt]

We have 1 real close guess (Anzac15 with the L1A1) & 1 spot on, well done TonyE , Dads rifle was (in his words) the FN FAL.

[Anzac15]

Very interesting. I would love to see some photos if you have some.

[5thBatt]

Been about 30 years since i looked though dads photo album from that time, i cant recall any photos of him being armed with anything other than a trombone, there is a photo of a dead Mau Mau with a No4 but cant remember if there are any armed soldiers in it but will try & see what i can find.