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With thanks to Advisory Panelmember Son and member Lithy, an interesting new article with a 66 pic photo montage has been added to the Australia - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here).
Lithgow No.6 Mk1 and Mk1/1 Rifles (Mfg by SAF Lithgow) "Experimental" (click here)
Son and Lithy welcome any feedback and comments in this announcement thread, however, registered members may also add direct feedback and comments to the bottom of the article itself, which is a new feature recently added of the MKL.
The MKLArticle Extract .....
Development of a shorter service rifle better suited to battle conditions in the jungles of SE Asia had been a consideration since early 1943. The initial direction was toward a full stocked model resulting in two lengths of prototype rifles, one of which finally seeing 100 examples made for trials. These were the Shortened Lightened (Intermediate) rifles, serialed XP1 to XP 100…… (continued)
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also contains an excellent example of the 1944 No.1 Intermediate Shortened & Lightened Rifle Serial # XP53 (click here) referred to in this new article.
Regards,
DougInformation
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