Irish (?) contract No4 rifles

[Peter Laidler]

Getting off the subject again - I wish I didn't need to, believe me, but alluding to what Fred 303 says. It's also interesting to note that with 50,000 new No4 rifles (and I'll say that figure again.... FIFTY thousand, enough to equip at least 70 Infantry Battalions) would be enough rifles to fight the British Army to a standstill. But.............

Like the shortage of other heavy small arms/MG's and back-up, in the way of tanks, other armour, artillery, engineers that makes up an Infantry Brigade or Division and so on, then an Infantry Bde or Division without this 'teeth-arms' and the logistical/transport support is just a line of targets.

You still haven't come back and said where anyone said anything insulting or even remotely horrible about the Irish yet Mike.