The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lee-Enfield No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle. Receiver engraved No 5MKI ROF(F) over 5/45 N1879. It has a wooden butt with a rubber pad and fore end. The muzzle has a cone flash hider and a bayonet lug. The sights are a front post and an adjustable aperture leaf rear.
This type of shortened and lightened rifle was commonly referred to as the Jungle Carbine. They were issued to Australian troops serving in the Malayan Emergency.
Lee-Enfield No 5 Mk I Rifle. Receiver engraved No5 MKI(F) over 8/47 AB 7948. The butt has a rubber pad and the foregrip has a reinforcing steel cap. The bolt knob has some stable corrosion pitting.
Experimental Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Mk I Rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1944. This rifle is similar to the British SMLE No 5 'jungle carbine' with a muzzle flash eliminator b
Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark 1 bolt action rifle. Receiver stamped with a crown over VR BSA&Co 1897 LE I under the bolt arm. The butt is marked with the BSA company roundel, I and NB. Complete with long
Experimental Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Mk I/I rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1945. This rifle is similar to the British SMLE No 5 'jungle carbine' with a muzzle flash eliminator
Experimental Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Mk I/I rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1945. This rifle is similar to the British SMLE No 5 'jungle carbine' with a muzzle flash eliminator
Experimental Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 6 Mk I Rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1944. This rifle is similar to the British SMLE No 5 'jungle carbine' with a muzzle flash eliminator b
