Pictorial images of British WWII Weaponry

Hi Al.
Going through the Backed Up files I found copies which may have been lost during the shake-up of the forum program.
Will sort and resize and start posting soonest.
Hope the prove interesting.

Cheers
Keith

 

hmm a silenced sub machine gun, one does wonder how effective the silencer was, and what effect it had on the gun's capability.

 

1st Lot
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General Issue:
1939-45

 

Hi Keith,
Could you name the weapons for me please ???

 

Hi John,
Without looking back at the book where these were from, I think you will find the weapons are from top to bottom:-
9mm "Sten" sub machine gun Mk II.
9mm "Sten" sub machine gun Mk V
Bren Machine gun.
Le Enfield "SMLE" 303 rifle
Le Enfield 303 rifle.
The first picture is of course named.

Cheers
Keith

 

Images of British Army Weapons

The following illustrations are from "INSIDE THE SAS" by Phillip & Taylor

These may be of interest
Some of the weapons used by the SAS

 

Another weapon used by SAS now used by many other "Special Forces"
More to follow
Cheers
Keith

 

Thanks for posting these Keith, keep them coming. I remember firing the old bren gun when i first joined up before it was taken over by the GPMG. It was an awesome weapon which was perhaps too accurate on a tripod. The sten of as we called it the SMG was a good weapon for close quarters but no good for anything over 100 metres really. The trusty Lee Enfield was the choice weapon for Snipers for long after the war because of its accuracy and killing power. It was certainly favoured by yours truely for those reasons.

Sniper

 

Hi Sniper
Your name reflects your main interests.
Specially dug out for you and a good excuse to reach 700
Cheers
Keith

 

Hi Sniper,
The one I wanted, for escort duties, instead of my Mk.IV Sten.
Cheers
Keith

 

Hi All,
A few facts about the badge and beret,
Cheers
Keith

 

(SAS) Uniforms ?
Forms of working dress
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Keith

 

More of the same
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Keith

 

Otherforms of dress (SAS)
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Keith

 

More of the same but heavier.

Cheers
Keith

 

Hi All,
I nearly forgot this handy weapon through looking at the bigger stuff !
:laser:
Cheers
Keith

 

Hi All
Another of the older weapons still proving usefull for certain jobs, this time without the grenade launcher.
Better to have a weapon you can trust?
:horse:
Cheers
Keith

 

Give me the good ole SLR anytime. It never let me down and i found it useful in all the places i fought. No matter it wasn't fully automatic, surprising what you could do with a matchstick in the blockhousing, hahaha.

Sniper

 

Hi Sniper,

Even the SAS still have this weapon in their armoury.
:high5:
Cheers
Keith