Greatest bolt action battle rifle in history...

[Ovidio]

We had very modern ships, but no radar.
Very good fighter planes, but just a few and with very light armament, because we had to keep the brass and so carried less machine guns with half the ammo. Most fighter planes were biplanes...
Good soldiers, but mainly badly led, badly armed and with no clear idea what they were doing or fighting for.
Almost no armour and little modern artillery.
Also Rommel said that the Italian allies fought well and were to be admired considering the conditions and armaments they were dealing with.
I have been honored to know a few of these great veterans, and to listen to what they went through.
I must admit I don’t know if I would have accepted such conditions, though they certainly had no saying in the war and so would I have had...

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[Paul S.]

The old Diggers I've known who fought in North Africa said that the Italian Army was the best fed. They said the loved it when they captured a store of Italian rations.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

"Well to fair, isn’t Canada just one big forest? ;-p "

Not quite, according to these chaps.

[Zorba]

Interesting topic! I'm no expert at all, but I'm not surprised that the #4 Enfield has risen to the top of this discussion. I have a #5 - and I can crank out 10 rounds in a "mad 15 seconds" or so - that bolt is butter smooth compared to even the excellent Mausers I've shot (shot not a lot though). Of course, the #5 is notorious for the "wandering zero" pseudo-problem that nobody seems to be able to replicate today. *shrug* OTOH, there's also the rear locking lug situation with the LE action that supposedly can cause eventual problems with stretched receivers that a front lug action (i.e. Mauser) don't have. I have no idea how "real" that "problem" is either...

[CINDERS]

#109 Without starting another lengthy thread search the site for stretched receivers and you will find that after many & lengthy conversations by the armourers here (not me) but have read those threads and witnessed how long the debate went for that receivers do not "Stretch" in the Enfield line or any other firearm for that matter.