His arrival was mentioned on the roadmap published almost a year ago, and it is now done : the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) will be integrated into Beyond The Wirethe WWI F… Read More
The Shooting Party (“TSP”) of Shenstone, Staffs, UK, the Shooting & Outdoor Pursuits company, announced today that they will be exhibiting the first pre-production sample of… Read More
Among the longest-serving firearms of all time is the British Lee-Enfield .303 rifle. The original model was named the Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE)—nicknamed the “Emily&r… Read More
Short, Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) No.1 Mk III bolt action rifle in .303 British made at the Lithgow factory in Australia in 1919. (Photo: Joshua Gillem)
The Short, Magazine Lee Enfield (SML… Read More
Military rifles have been a cornerstone of firearms ever since they debuted back in 1540. But let’s not kid ourselves: not all rifles are created equal. There is a very tangible differ… Read More
This Royal Ordnance Enfield No. 4 MKI in the Guns.com Vault is a bolt-action rifle chambered in .303 British with a 10-plus-1 round capacity. A 25.5-inch barrel is adorned with a post front… Read More
About half of the Allies that hit the beaches and landing zones in Normandy on D-Day were American, while the British and Canadians made up the other half. (Photo: British National Army Muse… Read More
A centerpiece at Lithgow is a display of locally-made Enfield variants arranged to resemble the Australian Army’s Rising Sun badge. The guns would have to be turned into a “blob… Read More
There are some 5,000 part-time Rangers in the Canadian Forces and their issue rifle is the SMLE (Photos: Corporal Doug Burke/Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Center)
With their vintage .303 No… Read More
Tough training made Australian soldiers tough fighters.
A revolution took place in military training in Australia in the early days of the Second World War. When the Australian Military Forc… Read More