the lee enfield rifle was first used in the second world war.
when was the lee enfield rifle first used?
second world war
the lee–enfield rifle was introduced in november 1895 as the .303 calibre, rifle, magazine, lee–enfield, or more commonly magazine lee–enfield, or mle (sometimes spoken as ""emily"" instead of m, l, e). the next year, a shorter version was introduced as the lee–enfield cavalry carbine mk i, or lec, with a barrel as opposed to the one in the "long" version. both underwent a minor upgrade series in 1899 (the omission of the cleaning / clearing rod), becoming the mk i*. many lecs (and lmcs in smaller numbers) were converted to special patterns, namely the new zealand carbine and the royal irish constabulary carbine, or nz and ric carbines, respectively. some of the mles (and mlms) were converted to load from chargers, and designated charger loading lee–enfields, or clles.
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bullet::::- : the no.4 rifle was manufactured starting in 1941 by small arms limited and later by canadian arsenals limited, in long branch, ontario, canada. the canadian militia received the mk. i long lee enfield rifle in 1896. they used this rifle in the boer war 1899 to 1902. they used the mk.iii & mk.iii* in wwi as well as the no.4 lee enfield in wwii, the korean war and into the late 1950s in general is due. the no.4 rifle is still used for drill and was used for range shooting by the royal canadian army cadets, royal canadian sea cadets and the royal canadian air cadets. most units are stripped of the mechanism that fires the round but at many cadet training centres the rifles are in full working order, the rifle is used at the vernon summer training center for feu du joix. the no.4 was being phased out by the canadian rangers as a service rifle starting in 2016.
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