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[[Image:Enfield No2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Enfield No.2 Mk.1* - .38 S&W]] | [[Image:Enfield No2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Enfield No.2 Mk.1* - .38 S&W]] | ||
[[Image:380snub3.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Enfield No.2 Snubnose - .38 S&W]] | [[Image:380snub3.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Enfield No.2 Snubnose - .38 S&W]] | ||
== History == | |||
The successor to the [[Webley Mk VI]] service revolver. Introduced in 1931. It had a smaller frame and was in .38 S&W instead of the bigger .455 Webley caliber. One of the examples shown here was known as the No.2 MkI*. It had a bobbed 'anti snag' hammer due to troubles reported by tank crewmen. Supposedly the first model's hammer spur would catch and snag. This was the official sidearm for the British Army until 1957 when it was replaced by the [[Browning Hi-Power]] which is still in service today. | The successor to the [[Webley Mk VI]] service revolver. Introduced in 1931. It had a smaller frame and was in .38 S&W instead of the bigger .455 Webley caliber. One of the examples shown here was known as the No.2 MkI*. It had a bobbed 'anti snag' hammer due to troubles reported by tank crewmen. Supposedly the first model's hammer spur would catch and snag. This was the official sidearm for the British Army until 1957 when it was replaced by the [[Browning Hi-Power]] which is still in service today. | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 11 November 2011
History
The successor to the Webley Mk VI service revolver. Introduced in 1931. It had a smaller frame and was in .38 S&W instead of the bigger .455 Webley caliber. One of the examples shown here was known as the No.2 MkI*. It had a bobbed 'anti snag' hammer due to troubles reported by tank crewmen. Supposedly the first model's hammer spur would catch and snag. This was the official sidearm for the British Army until 1957 when it was replaced by the Browning Hi-Power which is still in service today.
Though it resembles the Webley Mk IV revolver it has significant engineering differences.
Film
- Charles Tingwell as Lt. Harry Castairs in Desert Rats, The (1953)
- Allied officers in Desert Rats, The (1953)
- Suspect in Fear over the City (Peur sur la ville) (1975)
- Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert in When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
- Anthony Quayle as Roy Franklin in The Guns of Navarone (1962)
- Victor Spinetti as Professor Foot in Help!
Television
- Nigel Davenport as Major Robertson and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1967)
- Sam Neill as Sidney Reilly in Reilly: Ace of Spies
Video Games
- Eternal Darkness (2001)