|
|
04-27-2016, 09:16 AM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Location: DUNNELLON, FLORIDA USA
Posts: 11,114
Likes: 1,691
Liked 16,323 Times in 4,240 Posts
|
|
SMLE Question
Hi:
Is there any true to the rumor that after the SMLE #4 rifle was issued, the ANZAC forces chose to keep their SMLE #3 rifles ?
Last edited by jimmyj; 04-27-2016 at 01:43 PM.
|
04-27-2016, 11:55 AM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Arnold, Missouri
Posts: 4,818
Likes: 7,179
Liked 6,595 Times in 2,117 Posts
|
|
I don't know if I'd say chose so much as had to. They had all the tooling to produce MKIII's, I doubt they had access to the tooling for MKIV's (at least in the early war period). Just my thoughts though.
__________________
James L. "Jim" Rhiner
|
04-27-2016, 12:21 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Odessa, Texas
Posts: 3,223
Likes: 4,040
Liked 3,710 Times in 1,470 Posts
|
|
I agree with Jim. The Lithgow factory had been making Mk III rifles since before WWI. I don't know if they had any intentions of making No 4 rifles or not but since the war started in 1939 it would have been a poor time to shut down and re-tooling.
|
04-27-2016, 06:48 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Posts: 4,035
Likes: 3,246
Liked 3,862 Times in 1,968 Posts
|
|
+1 for the ANZACs staying with the SMLE. Between what they already had issued and in storage, they didn't need to attain the No. 4
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads
|
Thread |
Thread Starter |
Forum |
Replies |
Last Post |
LE SMLE's
|
LTC |
Firearms & Knives: Other Brands & General Gun Topics |
4 |
03-05-2015 10:25 PM |
#4 SMLE
|
jimmyj |
Firearms & Knives: Other Brands & General Gun Topics |
5 |
03-02-2015 10:47 PM |
#5 SMLE
|
jimmyj |
Firearms & Knives: Other Brands & General Gun Topics |
13 |
03-02-2015 12:29 AM |
Mk 3 SMLE
|
jimmyj |
Firearms & Knives: Other Brands & General Gun Topics |
4 |
03-01-2015 08:39 PM |
British .303 smle
|
jimmyj |
Firearms & Knives: Other Brands & General Gun Topics |
63 |
12-01-2012 05:28 PM |
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:10 AM.