Adopted in 1939 as sucessor of the Lee-Enfield Mark III, the Lee Enfield n°4 was the rifle of the British Army and the the Commonwealth during the Second world war.

Presentation

It was charged by two blades with 5 cartridges with 7,7 mm (303 birtish). This rifle was very liked by the British soldiers for his precision and by the number of balls (10 blows in a removable charger) that this one could contain. The gun has 5 stripes on the left. The rise is graduated husqu' has 1189 Mr. This weapon was with manual repetition by bolt. Its principal version N°4 MkI was product bulk of 1942 with 1945 in the United Kingdom, with the Canada and the the United States. After the second world war, it was slightly improved. It is at the origin of the Lee-Enfield NO5 MK1 " Carbine" jungle; or rarer still the n°7 manufactured has 2500 specimens]] and of rifles of precision or drive ( Lee Enfield N°8 ) the weapons still in stock in 1956 were converted into 7,62 NATO during the adoption of L1A1. Renamed L8, these rifles armed the reservists until approximately 1980.

Diffusion

Between 1940 and 2006, rifles Lee-Enfield N°4 were lawful or were used as auxiliary weapons the armed forces, to police forces or to guerillas of many countries. Thus they were useful in Europe:

• West Germany (FRG) (1955)
• Belgium
• Denmark
• France
• Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Norway
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• the United Kingdom
• Greece (1952)
• Poland (free Resistance and Polish Forces between 1939 and 1945)

But also in Africa:

• South Africa
• (ALN)
• Botswana
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Maurice
• Nigeria
• Uganda
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zambia

In North America:

• Canada

In Asia and Oceania:

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Brunei
• Kampuchea
• China (before 1949)
• HongKong (royal Police force and colonial troops)
• India
• (weapons taken to the Dutchmen)
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Pakistan
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka

Data sheets

Lee Enfield N°4 mark I

• Length: 1,13 m
• Canon: 64 cm
• Ammunition: .303 British
• Charger: 10 cartridges
• Empty weight: 4,12 kg

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