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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    My understanding of CES was that it was the abreviation for "Complete Equipment Schedule"
    This is my understanding as well, I apologize for my typo. Here's the interesting (to me) part:

    Canadaicon appears to have stopped using the Britishicon "CES" in favor of of a Canadian-developed "EIS" some time after WWII, and continued using EIS instead of CES at least as late as 1962.

    Lance's above-mentioned book shows an EIS listing that came with his rifle. I've attached a photo of it in my original post. It's obviously a list of the items that Brits would have called CES and Americans would have called BII (basic issue items) for the rifle, i.e. stuff that comes with the rifle to make it a complete package. The specific EIS is also referenced in the stencil painted on the outside of the rifle's transit chest. Here's a photo of a similar C No7 transit chest that references the same EIS-3023:



    Given the foregoing photographic evidence of a Canadian system different from that of the British Army, I am asking if anybody here has a list or photo of the EIS for the Canadian No4(T) rifle--which is EIS-3021, as shown in the photo of the No4(T) transit chest in my original post.

    I'm hoping we have the right Canadian vets here to answer the question.
    Last edited by Troglodyte; 04-25-2025 at 09:31 PM.

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