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Lee–Enfield rifles - using the Lee bolt action. There were 13 variants from 1895 to 1957. Pattern 1913 Enfield.276 Enfield experimental rifle, 1913; Pattern 1914 Enfield Rifle: intended as a Lee–Enfield replacement, mainly used by snipers in World War I. Bren (Brno + Enfield), .303 Light machine gun from 1935 onwards.
The No. 4 Mk 1 rifles were renamed No. 4 Mk I/2, while No. 4 Mk I* rifles that were brought up to Mk 2 standard were renamed No. 4 Mk I/3. [ 43 ] The refurbishment of the No.4 MkIs and No.4 MkI*s to the No.4 Mk2 specifications were done during the 1950s at ROF Fazakerley and BSA Shirley.
The Pattern 1913 Enfield was mainly based on the Mauser line of bolt-action rifles. Engineering concepts found in the German Gewehr 98 and American M1903 Springfield service rifle bolt actions were combined with design features of the British Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk III service rifle. The design of the Pattern 1913 Enfield showed the ...
Short Magazine Lee Enfield, at least 640,000 produced, with variants including Rifle No 1 Mk III & Mk III* and Rifle No 2 Mk IV (training), from 1912 to 1945. [5] [6] Vickers machine gun, 12,500 Mk I, Mk V, and Mk XXI produced from 1929 to 1943. Bren light machine gun, 17,500 produced from 1940 to 1945.
The original (2A) design incorporated the Lee–Enfield rear sight which has graduations out to 2000 yards. The re-designated "Rifle 7.62mm 2A1" incorporated a more realistic 800 meter rear sight [4] in 1965. [3] The stock is recycled from the No. 1 Mk. III armory stock, with the addition of a cross screw forward of the magazine well.
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