Weird place for a Lee Enfield receiver

[spinecracker]

I have just come back from a wonderful holiday back in England. During this much-needed vacation, I dragged my poor family around Bovington Tank Museum. One of the tanks, a Matilda Infantry Mark I A11, had Lee Enfield receivers as part of the smoke screen system (can't remember the exact term for it) on either side of the turret. The receivers looked like No.1 Mk.IIIs, but the only identification I could see was BSA stamped on the side. Imagine that in your collection - a Lee Enfield with tank attachment!

I must admit that I was amused by the smoke screen set up - the person in the turret would have to lean over, pull the trigger (probably while under fire), and hope he didn't get a smoke grenade in the face - British engineering at its finest!

For those of you who may be interested, I believe that I also witnessed the last flight of a British First World War bomber (Handley Page?) at Duxford, and was greeted when we arrived at the carpark by a fly over by a Spitfire and 2 Mustangs - it was a good day.

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