Lee Enfield at War

**Luis Bren** · 02-24-2015 05:28 PM

As you have liked the pictures of the topic Bren at War , I'll start posting here, lee Enfield Rifle icon

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Winston Churchill inspects the new Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle with spike bayonet during a visit to 53rd Division in Kent, 20 November 1942.

Cecil Beaton portrait of an Indian Tochi Scout firing his Lee Enfield rifle on the North West frontier of India, circa 1944.

A paratrooper of the 16th Airborne Division (Territorial Army) takes aim with his Lee Enfield rifle during exercise King's Joker at the Stanford Parachute Training Area.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN BRITAIN, 1914-1918
A female worker operating a "fine" boring machine, boring out the barrel of a short Lee Enfield rifle.

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE MAU MAU IN KENYA, 1952 - 1956
Soldier of the King's African Rifles takes aim with his Lee-Enfield Rifle No.5 Mk.I, from a concealed position during a patrol in the forest.

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**Luis Bren** · 02-24-2015 07:29 PM

A soldier of 1st Royal Ulster Rifles, 1st Airborne Division, firing a Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle with telescopic sight, 29 August 1942.

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Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr anti-tank rifle compared with a British icon

Lee-Enfield rifle. Neulette, 30 August 1918

Sgt James S Dickinson, a section leader with No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his a Lee Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle and fixed bayonet, 5 March 1944.

A sergeant instructor with the Royal Scots Fusiliers shows a recruit how to hold the SMLE Mk III Lee-Enfield rifle correctly in the prone firing position, 31 August 1942.

THE SECOND BOER WAR, 1899-1902
Soldier of one of the Scottish mounted regiments resting in their camp. He is probably a serviceman of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry. Note Lee Enfield Rifles icon

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**Rwsgunsmithing** · 02-24-2015 10:14 PM

Nice!

Thanks for sharing.

**Maxwell Smart** · 02-25-2015 12:55 AM

Thanks for sharing these.

I went and had a look at the Bren at War series, good stuff there as well. I see in one picture a soldier with his SMLE up to his LEFT shoulder - looks like it might have happened after all.
(I can recall a thread, not sure where, in which this topic was discussed; the consensus seemed to be that it was impossible and contrary to training.)

**Luis Bren** · 02-25-2015 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by Maxwell Smart

I went and had a look at the Bren at War series, good stuff there as well. I see in one picture a soldier with his SMLE up to his LEFT shoulder - looks like it might have happened after all.
(I can recall a thread, not sure where, in which this topic was discussed; the consensus seemed to be that it was impossible and contrary to training.)

This?

**muffett.2008** · 02-25-2015 06:04 AM

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**rayg** · 02-25-2015 06:11 AM

Picture #2, photos #1 and #4 in it are trials rifles as you can see the cut off's.

**Bindi2** · 02-25-2015 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by rayg

Picture #2, photos #1 and #4 in it are trials rifles as you can see the cut off's.

#4 looks like a No1 Mk3 to me.

**Peter Laidler** · 02-25-2015 06:44 AM

Shooting from the left shoulder was a perfectly acceptable alternative for those cack-handed shooters. Alas, not such a bag of fun with the L85 rifle!

**Maxwell Smart** · 02-25-2015 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

Shooting from the left shoulder was a perfectly acceptable alternative for those cack-handed shooters. Alas, not such a bag of fun with the L85 rifle!

Not much fun with an SLR, either.

Saw one clip on youtube, where a bloke was using a 7.62 x 39 Bren, from the left shoulder - would have thought it was awkward to use the sights

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