Does anyone know if sniper rifles were issued to 2nd AIF for service in Middle east

[Peter Laidler]

Where you get operations - and even peace time where you get pooled resources you'll find that units are issued with whatever's in the Ordnance dumps at the time. For a start, the desert isn't a suitable place for sniping but Greece and Crete, where the poms were, then if they had snipers you can bet your socks that the rifles will have been issued out to the others too. Whether they were odds and sods or the by then standard No4T is a matter of pure conjecture

That's just my experience with weaponry, vehicles, spares, vehicles and as one who's had to eat Gurkha or Malay food for a week or so, even rations!

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[trooper554877]

Where you get operations - and even peace time where you get pooled resources you'll find that units are issued with whatever's in the Ordnance dumps at the time. For a start, the desert isn't a suitable place for sniping but Greece and Crete, where the poms were, then if they had snipers you can bet your socks that the rifles will have been issued out to the others too. Whether they were odds and sods or the by then standard No4T is a matter of pure conjecture

That's just my experience with weaponry, vehicles, spares, vehicles and as one who's had to eat Gurkha or Malay food for a week or so, even rations!

Bit spicy for my liking!!