1942 dated No5mk1 Jungle carbine,

[5thBatt]

Jon--10 whacks with a wet sling. Prototype No.5 builds began in 3/44 and production was running in May 1944. must have been a typo. p.

Hope that sling hasn't dried out

[Alan de Enfield]

From another forum - a survey of No5 Mk1 serial numbers Vs Date.
Here are the 1944 ones :

80XX - ?/44
81XX - 5/44
A125 - 7/44
A1089 - 7/44
A2056 - 8/44
A23XX - 5/44
A2852 - 6/44
A2267 - 8/44
A37XX - 8/44
A51XX - 8/44
A6530 - 8/44
A68XX - 8/44
A7363 - 9/44
A832X - 9/44
A8705 - 9/44
A7247 - 8/44
B2122 - 9/44
B4666 - ?/44 ( Date = 9/44 based on S/N comparison ) *
B6420 - ?/44 ( Date = 9/44 based on S/N comparison )
B746 - 9/44
B8102 - 10/44
B91XX - 10/44
C33XX - 9/44 ( Anomaly )
C4018 - 11/44
C6024 - ?/? ( Date = 11/44 based on S/N comparisons ) *
C61XX - 11/44
C6480 - 11/44
C6635 - 11/44
C86XX - 11/44
D21XX - 11/44
D3629 - 11/44
D6218 - 12/44
D7690 - 12/44
D8333 - 12/44
D9248 - 12/44
E1627 - 12/44
E3907 - ?/44 ( Year = 44 based on S/N comparison )
E54XX - ?/44
E6752 - 12/44
E7299 - 1/45 - ( Anomaly )
E8538 - 12/44
FE164 - 11/44
F6388 - 12/44 ( Anomaly )