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    The earliest operational use which I have so far traced appears to be the Commando raid on Vaagso over Christmas 1941.


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    Was it dark the night they took the pic Mk7? All I'm getting is a black square!

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    Has to be a night time Commando raid Capt. !

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    It's working for me, but if others can't see it then I've messed it up somehow. XP doesn't like doing screenshots of videos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JBS View Post
    Has to be a night time Commando raid Capt. !
    LMAO

    I'm so dang anxious to see it now

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    Quote Originally Posted by canuck98k View Post
    The two Canadian Regiments at Hong Kong both used No 1 Mark III SMLE's.

    I believe Canadaicon also used the SMLE at Dieppe.

    Sicily was Canada's first combat use of the No 4 Mk 1.
    Nearly all the "empties" picked up on the Hong Kong battlefields are MkVI .303". The only MkVII I saw in a collection had been fired from a Bren. Perhaps HK was stocked with the Empire's remaining MkVI ball after WW1?

    All of the Dieppe footage & photos (which very limited) appears to show No1 rifles. One of the Germanicon newsreels does appear to show a couple of No4s, but its very hard to tell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mk VII View Post
    The earliest operational use which I have so far traced appears to be the Commando raid on Vaagso over Christmas 1941.

    Afaik, all of the well-known photos of Op Archery (Vaagso) show No1 rifles - mostly with fixed bayonets.

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    You have the screenshot saved as a png file extension,try saving it as a jpg.

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    Still blank to me !!! Looks like what ever is going on was done under a duvet, with the lights off . . . .AND the black out curtains drawn . . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by burpgun View Post
    Thanks for those Enfield photos. I came across this photo the other day and thought it interesting since the center (para?) is equipped with a No4Mk1T sniper rifle and spotting scope. Hope you enjoy it too.

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