Where have the good No5 rifle all gone?

[Roger Payne]

I'm sure I've seen photo's of British troops in Norway in 1945 bearing No5's........

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[GeeRam]

I'm sure I've seen photo's of British troops in Norway in 1945 bearing No5's........

Yep, 1st Airborne Division were re-equipped with No.5's that they took to Norway in spring of 1945.

Photo's existing of 52nd Div troops with No.5's in Holland in November 1944.

[Alan de Enfield]

I'm sure I've seen photo's of British troops in Norway in 1945 bearing No5's........

1st Picture - 1st Airborne Division Oslo
2nd Picture - Norway 1945
3rd Picture - Palestine 1946-47
4th Picture - Malayan Emergency
5th Picture - Mau Mau uprising.
6th Picture - 6th Army Group

[GeeRam]

The Kings African Rifles were equipped with No.5 during their service in Malaya in the '50's and was still largely equipped with No.5's when disbanded in 1963.
Those No.5's from that source are still being used today by the game wardens in Kenya in the fight against poaching.

Kenyan Game warden patrolling the bush in 2008 with his No.5 with a well worn butt pad.

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Here is my Uncle Bob and my Uncle Bill together in Palestine in 1946 with their No.5's while both were serving with the 1st Battalion Argyll's.

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