All this talked of cut back Enfields got me thinking about a picture I have in one of my books on China, Burma and India that shows a cut back No. 4 during the battle for Mandalay in Burma. I managed to find it and here it is:







The caption for this photo said these troops were on Pagoda Hill overlooking Mandalay. I always thought the cut down No. 4 was pretty interesting because I did not recall ever seeing another one like it actually in service.