The best-known Lee–Enfield rifle, the SMLE Mk III, was introduced on 26 January 1907, along with a Pattern 1907 bayonet and featured a simplified rear sight arrangement and a fixed, rather than a bolt-head-mounted sliding, charger guide. [13]

The Charlton automatic rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the Lee–Enfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in severely short supply at the time.

Details on the features and markings of a SMLE No.1 Mk.III*, with additional resources to learn more.

Dec 23, 2015 · The short, magazine, Lee-Enfield rifle was approved on 23rd December, 1902, to take the place of the magazine Lee-Metford and magazine Lee-Enfield (familiarly known as the " long rifle "), various marks of which had been the service weapon since 1888.

Aug 11, 2021 · Created as a compromise between a rifle and carbine, the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) became one of history's great Bolt-Action Military arms. When repeating military arms began taking hold with the militaries of the world, unsurprisingly many of the earlier conventions were maintained.

Jul 1, 2016 · From the muddy trenches of Flanders to the sun-baked shores of Gallipoli, the Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III rifle in the hands of the British Army proved itself up to the demanding...

Jan 16, 2015 · All stock issues aside, the Lee-Enfield SMLE MkIII is a good rifle with a lot of history. It has some quircks, but its detachable mag, capacity, and smooth action still give it relevance today. I’d put this rifle up against any other of it’s era any day of the week, and with a scope on it, it may yet prove to hold its own with modern-day guns.

Dec 1, 2015 · The shorter barreled version was dubbed the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield or SMLE. In one form or another, the Lee-Enfield rifle served as the standard issue rifle for British and British Commonwealth forces during both World Wars, the Korea War and in countless other conflicts around the world.

Aug 10, 2023 · Lee-Enfield rifles were the standard infantry rifle of the British in World War 1. The SMLE Mk III rifle excelled in its role though wartime demands forced a revision of the system. As such, the SMLE Mk III became the revised SMLE Mk III* model, a new production series designed with cost-efficiency and mass production in mind.

Apr 1, 2024 · The SMLE MkIII* is a universal short rifle, intended to be a compromise between the long infantry rifle and the short carbines preferred by cavalry and specialists. As a result, it is a fairly handy weapon that showed its worth in the cramped trenches of the Western Front.