Lee Enfield at War

[Peter Laidler]

It's all on the old fashioned concept of risk. You use the most suitable method of training 1 million men. But you kill, say ,4. By the same token some recruits will die during the ferocious Physical Training regieme. It's worth the risk.

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[Paul S.]

... By the same token some recruits will die during the ferocious Physical Training regieme. ...

We actually had that happen. We had a 20 year old recruit die of a heart attack during physical training.