So how did Long branch Lee Enfields end up in India?
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i would guess they got put into a supply chain (returned for repair in theater, repaired, put into a brits hands when he turned his in for repair) and ended up back in the UK where it was sent to india while it was a colony
The British Army did buy No.4s from Long Branch. They didn't use the No.4 in the Far East very much, if at all, in WWII, and the Indian Army was supplied with the No.1MkIII from Ishapore production.
I don't know if India bought Canadian Army No.4s sold surplus or new production Long Branch rifles after the war, but they likely would have acquired a lot of surplus No.4s from the British Army after WWII, and that would have included Long Branch rifles.
I don't know if India bought Canadian Army No.4s sold surplus or new production Long Branch rifles after the war, but they likely would have acquired a lot of surplus No.4s from the British Army after WWII, and that would have included Long Branch rifles.
India picked up Longbranch rifles through several venues. Lend lease, gifted, surplus markets etc. The UK, charged them for every rifle they ever got from them. They were buying surplus No4 rifles of every mark and make right up to and after the day they split from the UK. Pakistan even bought up the Fazakerly equipment and started to manufacture their own.
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The UK paid for @half the Long Branch factory and also purchased @ half of the production from Long Branch.
After the war Canada gifted all sorts of equipment to our allies and vulnerable countries.
After the war Canada gifted all sorts of equipment to our allies and vulnerable countries.
