{"id":42155,"date":"2018-02-27T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=42155"},"modified":"2020-12-27T10:18:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T15:18:57","slug":"australian-prototype-jungle-carbine-enfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2018\/02\/27\/australian-prototype-jungle-carbine-enfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Prototype Jungle Carbine Enfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qc3xBqtxrSY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 24 Mar 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortened No1 Mk3*: Sold for $6,900 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1655-396\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1655-396\/<\/a><br \/>\nNo6 Mk1: Sold for $12,075 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1652-396\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1652-396\/<\/a><br \/>\nNo6 Mk1\/1: Sold for $12,650 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1651-396\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1651-396\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1943, experimentation began in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia into developing a shortened and lightened version of the Lee Enfield rifle. In Australia, the work was done on the No1 Mk3* rifle, as the Lithgow Arsenal had never switched over to production of the No4 rifle. <\/p>\n<p>We have three experimental prototype carbines from Lithgow to look at today. The first is simply a shortened SMLE, with no serious effort given to reducing weight. This rifle is visually very similar to the commercial SMLE &#8220;Jungle Carbines&#8221; marketed by a number of companies, although the real one here has several features missing form the commercial copies &#8211; most notably a simple rear aperture sight.<\/p>\n<p>The other two are examples of the two types of rifle that were ultimately considered for formal adoption (and a large order for one was actually placed, before being cancelled at the end of WW2). These are designated the No6 Mk1 (with a rear aperture sight) and the No6 Mk1\/1 (with a rear tangent sight). Approximately 100 of each were made, half with brass buttplates and half with rubber recoil pads. In this form, slightly more than a pound was removed from the standard SMLE, and the reduced length did make for a handier rifle. The Australian need for this type of carbine was removed with the end of the war, although in Great Britain the No5 Mk1 carbine &#8211; the same in practical terms as these Australian examples &#8211; would be taken into formal service for several years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published on 24 Mar 2017 Shortened No1 Mk3*: Sold for $6,900 &#8211; http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1655-396\/ No6 Mk1: Sold for $12,075 &#8211; http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1652-396\/ No6 Mk1\/1: Sold for $12,650 &#8211; http:\/\/jamesdjulia.com\/item\/1651-396\/ In 1943, experimentation began in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia into developing a shortened and lightened version of the Lee Enfield rifle. 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