what rifle did the british use in ww2
De Lisle Carbine Martini-Enfield M1917 Enfield
title: British Army during the Second World War text: urgent requirement for its own submachine gun. The Thompson submachine gun was effective, but heavy, and initially hard to obtain because of its American patent. The crude but simple to manufacture Sten gun was accepted and between 1941 and 1945, some 3,750,000 were produced. The British Bren light machine gun with a rate of fire of 500 rounds a minute and 30 round magazine, came up against the German MG 42 which had a rate of fire of 1,500 rounds per minute and ammunition belts of 200 rounds. The standard British rifle was the bolt action Lee–Enfield Rifle, No. 4 title: British Army during the Second World War text: a maximum range of . The other British artillery guns in 1939, were the 6-inch howitzer left over from World War I, and the 25-pounder. In the evacuation from France, the artillery left behind 1,000 field and 600 anti-tank guns. Much of what was lost was obsolete and the re-equipment programme produced the mass of artillery that proved decisive from 1942 onwards. Self propelled artillery guns used were the German Wespe and Hummel against the Allied Bishop, Deacon, Priest and Sexton. For the infantry the German MP 38/40 submachine gun took the British by surprise, and the army issued an title: Allied technological cooperation during World War II text: Sten submachine gun was supplied to Soviet partisan troops. The British made use of many American towed artillery pieces during the war, such as the M2 105 mm howitzers, M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzers, 155 mm guns (Long Toms). These weapons were supplied under Lend-Lease or bought outright. Tank/tank destroyer guns used by the British included the 37 mm M5/M6 Gun (General Stuart and General Grant/Lee tanks), 75mm M2 Gun (General Grant/Lee), 75 mm M3 Gun (General Grant/Lee and General Sherman), 76 mm Gun M1 (General Sherman) and 3" Gun M7 (3in SP M10). The Americans in turn used a British title: British Army during the Second World War text: Mk I that outmatched the standard German rifle of the war, the Karabiner 98k; later German rifles included the Semi-automatic rifles Gewehr 41, Gewehr 43 and the first assault rifle the StG 44. The British medical services had better staffing, equipment and medicines; it enabled the British Army to keep a higher proportion of troops in the field than its opponents. In April 1940 a standardised system of markings for British vehicles was introduced to take account of the mass mechanisation of the army. The Military Training Pamphlet (MTP) contained most of the theory by which the army operated, the title: British armoured fighting vehicles of World War II text: of the Vickers machine gun or 15mm Besa machine gun) as well as 0.303 or 7.92mm Besa machine gun. Although some were used in France and North Africa at the start of the war, they were removed as not fit for service in armoured divisions. Like The last of the light tanks were produced during the war. Not considered suitable for use in the divisions, they were trialled in airborne operations. Armament was the QF 2 pdr anti-tank gun. These medium-sized cruiser tanks were the mainstay of British armoured units during the war. Weighing 10-35 tonnes, they were fast and