The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
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 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
Lee-Enfield No 5 Mk 1 Rifle with a detachable butt. Receiver engraved No5MKIROF(F) over 9/45 R6365. The butt has an aluminium wrist and a brass turn bolt to detach it from the rifle. The foregrip has
SMLE No I Mk III* bolt action rifle. This rifle has been shortened by five inches and it is not marked to indicate that it was an official modification. Receiver marked ENFIELD 1917 Sht LE III*. Butt
Lee-Enfield No 4 Mk 1* bolt action rifle. The receiver is painted black and is marked R.O.F.M. Mk I* 1943 on the left side and the serial number. The butt has FR on the left side. The Lee Enfield No
Lee-Enfield No I Mk III* experimental shortened and lightened rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1944. Butt stamped MA 1944. The rifle has been shortened in the fore-end and barrel from t
Lee-Enfield No I Mk III* experimental shortened and lightened rifle. Receiver marked MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. III* 1944. Butt stamped MA 1944. The rifle has been shortened in the fore-end and barrel from t
