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From muddy trenches to global battlefields, the SMLE MKIII served the British Empire with unmatched reliability and firepower ...
The plan to replace the British military’s SA80-series infantry rifle could be pushed to the right following confirmation from the UK government that Project Grayburn remains in the concept phase, ...
Inside Soetmelksvlei.Credit: The detail is superb, from the antique Lee Enfield rifles on the office wall to the embroidered heritage textiles in the bedrooms. The functioning kitchen has gadgets ...
Jules Stewart points out that while the world at large may be familiar with the Khyber Pass as a geopolitical flashpoint – a blood-soaked gateway between Asia and the subcontinent – it is not so well ...
The IAA directors of the excavation reported finding “about ten full magazines of a Bren light machine gun, full clip chargers, and two bayonets for a British Lee Enfield rifle." ...
Two swans found dead by a canal towpath were not killed with an air rifle as was originally believed, police said. Instead, West Mercia Police said it appeared they were killed by another animal.
Due to being left-handed, John had been given a Bren gun as the bolt action Lee-Enfield rifles were difficult to use. “They put me on top of this flat top building with a colleague of mine with ...
The book also tells the story of an air raid siren, a Lee-Enfield rifle and a Union flag signed by prisoners of war in a Japanese camp. In her foreword to the book, Her Royal Highness The Princess ...
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Visitors to The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum can also see the Lee Enfield Rifle Project, which has signatures of more than 130 World War Two veterans, men and women, from across the forces ...