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    The LeeEnfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth...
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    but remained in service for only a short time until replaced by the LeeEnfield. Lee's bolt action mechanism was a great improvement over other designs of...
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    Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE). Although a completely different design from the LeeEnfield, the Pattern 1913 rifle was designed by the Enfield engineers....
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  • jungle warfare, was a bolt action carbine derivative of the British LeeEnfield No. 4 Mk I. It was developed per jungle fighting experiences in the Pacific...
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  • L42A1 (redirect from Lee-Enfield L42)
    62×51mm NATO conversion of the Second World War era .303 British chambered LeeEnfield Rifle No. 4 Mk1(T) and No. 4 Mk1*(T), which had remained in service for...
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    rifles, so the P14 became a de facto afterthought. The Short Magazine LeeEnfield therefore remained the standard British rifle during World War I and...
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    on closing" operation. The LeeEnfield bolt-action system was introduced in 1889 with the Lee–Metford and later LeeEnfield rifles (the bolt system is...
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    service weapon. Before World War I, the British had the Short Magazine LeeEnfield (SMLE) as their main rifle. Compared to the German Mausers or U.S. 1903...
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  • replacement for the Short Magazine LeeEnfield (SMLE). An advanced chamber design allowed for a high-velocity .276 Enfield rimless round, which was more powerful...
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    rifle designs later on, such as in the Lee–Metford and LeeEnfield rifle series. Born in Hawick, Scotland, Lee emigrated with his family to Galt, Upper...
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    SA80 (redirect from Enfield L85 IW)
    (including the LeeEnfield family) to come from the Royal Small Arms Factory, the national arms development and production facility at Enfield Lock, before...
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    EM-2 rifle (redirect from Enfield EM2)
    dated to the late 19th century. The EM-2 was intended to replace the Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifles and various submachineguns, while the TADEN would...
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  • armour) Enfield Pattern P1914 Farquhar–Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only) Farquharson M1872[citation needed] LeeEnfield Magazine Mk I LeeEnfield Short...
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    Factory (RSAF), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. Some parts...
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  • up Enfield in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Enfield may refer to: Enfield, New South Wales Enfield, South Australia Electoral district of Enfield, a...
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    in the name of Enfield's shopping centre). Enfield has a history of armaments manufacture—see Royal Small Arms Factory. The LeeEnfield .303 rifle was...
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  • .577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle. The American inventor, Jacob Snider created this firearm action, and the Snider–Enfield was one of the...
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    Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, to increase barrel life; the redesigned rifle introduced in 1895 as the LeeEnfield. After extensive testing, the...
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    The Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading...
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  • arm by the Indian Armed Forces in 1963. The rifle is a variant of the LeeEnfield rifle. The design of the rifle – initially the Rifle 7.62mm 2A – began...
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  • Pacific Theatre) LeeEnfield No.1 Mk III* (Standard issue rifle) LeeEnfield No.1 Mk III* (HT) (Sniper rifle) Pattern 1914 Enfield (Used as sniper rifle)...
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  • long-range fire. The .276 Enfield was designed with the intent of being more powerful than the .303 British cartridge used in the LeeEnfield rifles and to be...
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  • refer to: .303 British, a rifle cartridge .303 Savage, a rifle cartridge LeeEnfield rifle .303 (film), a short film 303 (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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    out-of-production British bayonet designed to be used with the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) rifle. The Pattern 1907 bayonet was used by the British and Commonwealth...
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    Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock, Enfield Town, Enfield Wash, Forty Hill, Freezywater, Gordon Hill, Grange...
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    square "Enfield" rifling as contemporary British military rifles. The weapon was a sporting variant of the well known Lee–Metford and LeeEnfield rifles...
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    The No. 4 bayonet was the standard bayonet for all Lee Enfield No. 4 rifles. The No. 4 bayonet was created to replace the current bayonet at the time...
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    The Charlton automatic rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the LeeEnfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a...
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    Canada and the United Kingdom, after the latter refused to license the LeeEnfield SMLE design for production in Canada.[clarification needed] Sir Charles...
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    Martini–Enfield rifles were, by and large, conversions of the .577/450 Martini–Henry rifle, rechambered for use with the newly introduced .303 British...
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