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The Enfield No. 2 was a British top-break revolver using the .38 S&W round manufactured from 1930 to 1957. It was the standard British/Commonwealth sidearm in the Second World War , alongside the Webley Mk IV and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers chambered in the same calibre.
The .476 calibre Enfield Mk I and Mk II revolvers were the official sidearm of both the British Army and the North-West Mounted Police, as well as being issued to many other Colonial units throughout the British Empire. The term "Enfield Revolver" is not applied to Webley Mk VI revolvers built by RSAF Enfield between 1923 and 1926.
The Enfield-designed pistol was quickly accepted under the designation Pistol, Revolver, No. 2 Mk I, and was adopted in 1932, [31] followed in 1938 by the Mk I* (spurless hammer, double action only), [32] and finally the Mk I** (simplified for wartime production) in 1942. [33] Enfield No. 2 Mk I
M1917 Enfield – Used 30-06 ammunition. Issued to British Home Guard. Lee Enfield No.1 Mk.III* – Lee Enfield rifle in service at the beginning of the war, supplemented and replaced by the No.4 Mk.I by mid-war. [3] Rifle, No.4 Mk.1 and No.4 Mk.I (T) – Lee Enfield rifle that replaced the No.I Mk.III* in larger numbers mid-war. [3] Lee ...
The EM-2, also known as Rifle, No.9, Mk.1 or Janson rifle, was a British assault rifle.It was briefly adopted by British forces in 1951, but the decision was overturned very shortly thereafter by Winston Churchill's incoming government in an effort to secure NATO standardisation of small arms and ammunition.
The .476 Enfield, also known as the .476 Eley, .476 Revolver, and occasionally .455/476, [1] is a British centrefire black powder revolver cartridge. The Enfield name derives from the location of the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock , the armoury where British military small arms were produced, while Eley was a British commercial brand ...
Almost all the weapons in which the Royal Small Arms Factory had a hand in design or production carry either the word Enfield or the letters EN in their name; US Marine firing the L1A1 rifle. Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket which used the Minié ball ammunition. Snider–Enfield Rifle: an 1866 breech-loading version of the 1853 Enfield.
Lee–Enfield No.1 United Kingdom: 1916 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII: Mk.III; Mk.III* Lee–Enfield No.4 United Kingdom: 1943 Bolt-action .303 British Mk.VII Mk.I; Mk.6* Primary service rifle. Pattern 1914 Enfield United Kingdom: 1914 Bolt-action.303 British Mk.VII For training and use by snipers. [2] M1917 Enfield United States: 1917 Bolt-action