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Lee–Enfield
Short Magazine Lee–Enfield (SMLE)
Description
A British bolt-action rifle with a ten-round magazine, twice that of most contemporaries. It served across the Commonwealth.
Historical use
- First World War
- Second World War
Technical data
- Year
- 1895
- Service
- 1895–1957
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Maker
- Royal Small Arms Factory y BSA
- Designer
- James Paris Lee
- Type
- Rifle
- Mechanism
- Bolt action
- Calibre
- .303 British
- Weight
- 4 kg
- Length
- 1,132 mm
- Barrel
- 640 mm
- Capacity
- 10 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 17,000,000
Source: Wikidata Q723346
