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Ok... I posted this before the last crash but just found it again on an old harddrive. Here is a page on one of the fullauto LeeEnfield rifles... this thing should mess up the CFC if you had one ;)

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cool! What I find quite stupid about these systems (2nd one ive seen) is that they keep the bolt. I can imagine that it was overly complex building a gas system that operates a bolt. very bizarre, but very interesting.
 
f_soldaten04 said:
cool! What I find quite stupid about these systems (2nd one ive seen) is that they keep the bolt. I can imagine that it was overly complex building a gas system that operates a bolt. very bizarre, but very interesting.
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What you have to keep in mind is that these designs were made in countries that were at the end of the logistics train during the war and they needed these automatic rifles ASAP.

Materials and machine time could not be diverted to supply them, so they made due with what they had on hand at the time. It may have been more complex to build this design but in the long run it was easier for them then trying to tool up to build an entire Bren gun.
 
Small numbers of Lee-Enfield rifles were built as, or converted to, experimental semi-automatic loading systems, the best-known of which was the Charlton Automatic Rifle, designed by a New Zealander, Philip Charlton.

During WWII, the majority of New Zealand's land forces were deployed in North Africa. When Japan entered the war in 1941, New Zealand found itself lacking the light machine guns that would be required for local defence should Japan choose to invade. The New Zealand Government funded the development of self-loading conversion kits for the Lee-Enfield rifle. The end result was the Charlton Automatic Rifle (based on the obsolete MLE) which was issued to Home Guard units in NZ from 1942. Over 2000 conversions were made - including some by the Australian firm Electrolux using Lithgow SMLE Mk III* rifles- and an example is viewable at the NZ Army museum in Waiouru (NZ), as well as at the Infantry Museum in Singleton, NSW (Australia) and the Imperial War Museum in London (UK).
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There is one for sale for 10,000$ NZ ( http://www.guncity.co.nz/303-charlton-machine-gun-xidp129426.html ) or
6,600$ USD
3,550 UK Pound
7,500$ CAD
8,750$ AUD

Shocking! :eek:

Dimitri
 
The Charlton worked, and they were able to make over 1 000 of them using available MLEs. At the time there was little else available in New Zealand.
 
tiriaq said:
The Charlton worked, and they were able to make over 1 000 of them using available MLEs. At the time there was little else available in New Zealand.
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Probably a right BEAST to pull apart and clean when not shooting at things.... No wonder Kiwis are all loony! :runaway:

:D
 
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