Did the No.4 Mk2 see service durring the korean war?

[Frederick303]

I seem to recall reading the first British army regiment to be equipped with the No 4 MkII “new 1950s rifles was the Ulster defense regiment in 1971 or 1972. Of course I could be wrong on this but that is why it sticks in my mind; it was so late I could not believe it. The RAF and Royal Navy had the No 4 MK II rifles from the 1950s, but apparently the regular Army did not issue these rifles for some reason, or so I recall reading. If the above was correct, the territorial regiments were not equipped with these rifle either as the Ulster defense regiment was a territorial unit.

No idea about the No 4 Mk I/3 and No 4 Mk I/2, a awful lot of them were converted in the early 1950s, one would expect them to be issued. In fact thinking about it, it seems likely that they were and if that is the case one would expect the No4 MK II rifles to have been issued as well.

Perhaps Capt Laider could comment and give us the true story.

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[Ridolpho]

PA Rifleman: The No.4 Mk2 probably saw service with the Pakistani forces in wars with India. I have one built in 1960 (in Pakistan) that was later marked as Indian, presumably after being captured. Skennerton talks about this in his big Lee Enfield book.

Ridolpho

[Beerhunter]

No idea about the No 4 Mk I/3 and No 4 Mk I/2,

They were common in my Cadet service at the time. We didn't differentiate between Mk.1s, Mk.1*s, Mk.1/2 and Mk.1/3s. They were all just No.4s. So I suspect that the powers that be did not differentiate between the various Mk.1s either.