British No 4. Mark I (T) Lee Enfield and No. 5 Mark I Jungle Carbine
Firearms Expert and Collector George Dillman discusses the British Rifle, the No. 4 Mark I (T), and carbine, the No. 5 Mark I during his presentation on Rifles and Carbines of World War I and World War II, held at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West on August 23, 2011.
The British rifle, the No. 4 Mark I, had a lengthy lifespan, and was manufactured from 1941 until 1960. And it wasn't only made in Britain. It was also made by the Savage Arms Company in the USA and in Canada. The interesting thing about that is that before the U.S. officially entered World War II they were supposed to remain neutral. You may remember the Lend Lease Act. This meant that America was only allowed to lease out their arms to England. In order to maintain this appearance of neutrality the arms had a big stamp on the top of them that said U.S. property, even when used by British soldiers.
Dillman's example of the No. 4 Mark I is the special T model of which only 25,000 were made. It was the modified sniper rifle.
This is the 7th video in a series of videos focusing on the various Rifles and Carbines that George Dillman brought from his collection.
No. 4 Mark I (T) Specs:
British Commonwealth
Manufactured from 1941 to 1960 by the Royal Ordnance Factories at Fazakerley & Maltby, B.S.A. Co. in Britain, Savage Arms Co., U.S.A. and Long Beach, Canada.
Approximately 5,000,000 No. 4 Mark I Made
Approximately 25,000 No. 4 Mark I (T) Made
General Issue
Cartridge: .303 British (7.7 x 56mm Rimmed)
Length: 44.43 inches
Weight: 11 lb. 14 oz.
Barrel Length: 25.2 inches
Magazine: 10 Round Removable Box
No. 5 Mark I specs:
Britain
No. 5 Mark I manufactured from 1945 to 1947 by
the Royal Ordnance Factory at Fazakerley & B.S.A. Co., Britain
Approx. 250,000 Made
General Issue
Cartridge: .303 British (7.7 x 56mm Rimmed)
Length: 39.5 inches
Weight: 7 lb. 2 oz
Barrel Length: 18.75 inches
Magazine: 10 Round Removable Box
Look for videos about other rifles and carbines soon, and you're always welcome to visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's Cody Firearm Museum (in Cody, WY)!
Farewell to the Class 442 with The Branch Line Society 12/03/17
Decided to go down to London to cover part of the railtour to say farewell to this class 442 unit which was run in conjunction with The Branch Line Society, Southern, and Thameslink. I filmed the units at three location but planned four.
Lewis Gun, Lee-Enfield Rifles, Sniper, Rifle Mirror
I'm visiting the wonderful, War Years Remembered exhibition/museum, based at Ballyclare. These are the Lewis Gun and the Lee Enfield rifle that were widely used in the First World War.
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a World War I-era light machine gun of US design that was adopted and mass-produced in the United Kingdom, and widely used by British and British Empire troops during World War I. It continued in service with a number of armed forces through to the end of the Korean War. It is distinctive because of its wide tubular cooling shroud around the barrel and its top mounted drum-pan magazine. It was also widely used as an aircraft machine gun, almost always with the cooling shroud removed, during both world wars.
Weight 28 pounds (13 kg)
Length 50.5 inches (1,280 mm)
Barrel length 26.5 inches (670 mm)
Width 4.5 inches (110 mm)
Cartridge .303 British
.30-06 Springfield
7.92×57mm Mauser
Action Gas-operated
Rate of fire 500–600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 2,440 feet per second (740 m/s)
Effective firing range 880 yards (800 m)
Maximum firing range 3,500 yards (3,200 m)
Feed system 47- or 97-round pan magazine
30-round detachable Bren magazines
Sights Blade and tangent leaf
Weight 4 kg (8.8 lb)
Length SMLE: 44 in (1,118 mm)
Barrel length MLE: 30.2 in (767 mm)
SMLE: 25.2 in (640 mm)
Cartridge .303 Mk VII SAA Ball
Action Bolt-action
Rate of fire 20–30 aimed shots per minute
Muzzle velocity 744 m/s (2,441 ft/s)
Effective firing range 550 yd (503 m)[2]
Maximum firing range 3,000 yd (2,743 m)[2]
Feed system 10-round magazine, loaded with 5-round charger clips
Sights Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights, dial long-range volley sights; telescopic sights on sniper models.
The Lee–Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.
A redesign of the Lee–Metford (adopted by the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier Martini–Henry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee–Metford rifles. It featured a ten-round box magazine which was loaded with the .303 British cartridge manually from the top, either one round at a time or by means of five-round chargers. The Lee–Enfield was the standard issue weapon to rifle companies of the British Army and other Commonwealth nations in both the First and Second World Wars (these Commonwealth nations included Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and South Africa, among others)
THE VIADUCTS AND TUNNELS OF THE WHITBY-LOFTUS LINE
by Michael Aufrere Williams.
The definitive article on the viaducts and tunnels may be found in the Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society, 218, November 2013, pp. 33-47.
Donna Nook Seal Colony and Lincolnshire Wolds Railway 29th October 2017
My footage from brief visits to Donna Nook Grey Seal Colony [back again in a few weeks] and to the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway for their Halloween Special steaming [have to visit again] .
UK: Class 47 47760 hauls the Branch Line Society's The Christmas Brush railtour past west Reading
Class 47 47760 (with 47245 on the rear) hauls the Branch Line Society's West Coast Railways operated The Christmas Brush railtour past west Reading.
Clip recorded 2nd December 2017.
Masts used to support the overhead wires as part of the GWML electrification can also be seen having been recently installed.
The British Rail Class 47 is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Crewe Works and Brush's Falcon Works, Loughborough between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline diesel locomotive.
They were fitted with the Sulzer 12LDA28C twin-bank twelve-cylinder unit producing 2,750 bhp (2,050 kW) - though this was later derated to 2,580 bhp (1,920 kW) to improve reliability - and have been used on both passenger and freight trains on Britain's railways for over 50 years. Despite the introduction of more modern types of traction, a significant number are still in use, both on the mainline and on heritage railways.
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West Coast Railways (WCR), is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth MPD in Lancashire. Using buildings and other facilities previously owned by the Steamtown Carnforth visitor attraction, in June 1998 the company became the first privately owned company to be given a licence as a train operating company.
WCR today is a spot hire company which provides locomotives, stock and crews to other companies within the rail industry. The company operates charter trains throughout the year, many of which are hauled by steam locomotives, and has grown to become the UK's leading special trains operator. The company now provides most of the stock and crews for steam workings on the national network plus a large amount for diesel tours as well. The headquarters, engineering base and depot are at Carnforth, where locomotives and stock are stored and maintained, and where contract work is undertaken for other operators.
The company owns and operates a fleet of diesel locomotives, which are primarily used to haul charter trains, but have also been hired to other railway operators. The fleet is mainly composed of Class 37 and Class 47 locomotives, but also includes Class 57 locomotives.
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Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in the county of Berkshire, England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway. Reading is located 36 miles (58 km) east from Swindon, 24 miles (39 km) south from Oxford, 36 miles (58 km) west of central London, and 14 miles (23 km) north from Basingstoke.
The Borough of Reading has a population of 145,700 (2008 estimate) and the town formed the largest part of the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area which had a population of 369,804 (2001 census).
The Borough of Reading has a population of 145,700 (2008 estimate) and the town formed the largest part of the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area which had a population of 369,804 (2001 census).
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Wild River Expedition
at Yorkshire Dales National Park
riding on a Wickham
visiting a former BR station, which had fallen into an awful state of repair but now restored to private residence and where they later added rolling stock & rail tracks - Fencote Station 29th April 2010