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Lee-Enfield rifle series
Overview
The Lee-Enfield is a series of bolt-action rifles and carbines designed by Scottish-born gun designer James Paris Lee (1831-1904) and the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, Great Britain. They replaced the Lee-Metford (a series of bolt-action rifles and carbines designed by James Paris Lee and William Ellis Metford) when the British armed forces adopted smokeless gun powder in the late 19th century.
The Lee-Enfield saw extensive service with the armed forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. In the United Kingdom, the Lee-Enfield rifles were the standard infantry rifle of the British Army from 1895 to 1957, when they were replaced by the L1A1 SLR; even after being phased out, they were still used as a secondary infantry rifle for reserve forces, and a 7.62mm version of the Lee-Enfield under the designation L42A1 was used as a sniper rifle all the way into the 90s.
Today, nations like India, Pakistan, Nepal and Canada still use the Lee-Enfield rifle as a standard issue rifle for police forces and reserve military units. In Canada, the Canadian Rangers used the Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle as their standard-issue rifle until 2018, when they were replaced by the purpose built C-19, but the Lee-Enfield will not be fully phased out till 2020. In India and Pakistan, the Lee-Enfield is used by both nations' police forces, with India utilizing a 7.62mm NATO version of the No. 1 Mk III* rifle called the Indian 2A/2A1 rifle. Australia still manufactures/converts Lee-Enfields as hunting/plinking weapons in a range of calibres like the 7.62mm NATO and the Soviet 7.62x39mm M43, with Australian International Arms (AIA) manufacturing modern versions of the Lee-Enfield rifle for the civilian firearms market.
The Lee-Enfield rifle saw use in many military conflicts from the late 19th century onwards (easily outstripping the length of service the Mosin-Nagant Rifle has achieved), being used in the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Suez Crisis, the Mau Mau Uprising, and the Soviet-Afghan War. The Lee-Enfield has also seen use in the hands of insurgents in nations like Nepal, Afghanistan, Iraq, India and the Solomon Islands. Over 17 million Lee-Enfields have been produced worldwide since 1895.
The Lee-Enfield is notable for its relatively high rate of fire compared to other bolt-action rifles. Unlike Mauser-derived bolt-action rifles (with their 5 round internal magazines and "cock on opening" bolt systems), the Lee-Enfield has a 10-round magazine and a "cock on closing" bolt system, which allowed a well-trained rifleman to fire between 15 to 30 aimed rounds in under 1 minute.
The Lee-Enfield features a detachable box magazine, though they are almost always reloaded with stripper clips (SMLE or CCLE). The Lee system rifle was originally designed with a possibility to reload by replacing the magazine, while refilling was to be done with single cartridges. In practice British soldiers initially were optionally equipped with a single spare magazine, while the main magazine was attached to the rifle with a chain link. As a result of the Second Boer War, the developed new SMLE rifle received a charger clips, which were recognized the best choice for fast loading, and most of the MLE later also received this modification.
Note on "SMLE": The name "SMLE", short for "Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield", was originally used to designate the Short Magazine Lee–Enfield Mk I rifle, contrasting the earlier "Magazine Lee-Enfield" (MLE) rifles that had longer 30.2-inch barrels (the original SMLE had a 25.2-inch barrel). The SMLE Mk I would be updated to become the famous SMLE Mk III and SMLE Mk III* rifles used in WWI. After the war, the British Army changed their firearm nomenclature to use a "number" system, renaming the SMLE Mk III and Mk III* rifles to "Rifle No. 1 Mk III" and "Rifle No. 1 Mk III*". The name "SMLE" has not been officially used since then, and it is not a catch-all term for all Lee-Enfields.
The Lee-Enfield rifle series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Lee-Metford
The Lee–Metford (a.k.a. Magazine Lee–Metford, or simply MLM) is a rifle, combining James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system with a magazine and barrel designed by William Ellis Metford. It replaced the Martini-Henry rifle in 1888. While officially replaced by the improved Lee-Enfield in 1895, it still remained a reserve arm in many parts of the British Empire into WWII, even being issued to the New Zealand Home Guard and the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps until more modern rifles could be obtained. In British service, the Lee–Metford was also upgraded to the standards of later rifle patterns (e.g. to charger loading and Short Rifle, the SMLE pattern), though the barrel was almost always switched to one with Enfield pattern rifling, with the ability to fire new smokeless ammunition. Small numbers of Lee–Metford rifles later were converted to experimental automatic rifles, such as the British Howell and South African Reider, and the best-known of which was the Charlton Automatic Rifle.
Specifications
(1888 - 1896)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk I
- Weight: 9.8 lbs (4.4 kg), 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) (carbine)
- Length: 49.5 in (125.7 cm), 40 in (101.6 cm) (carbine)
- Barrel length: 30 in (76.2 cm), 20.8 in (52.7 cm) (carbine)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,040 ft/s (621.8 m/s)
- Capacity: 8-round detachable box magazine, 10-round detachable box magazine (MLM Mk II). 6-round detachable box magazine on carbine. Loaded with single cartridges, or 5-round charger clips on CLLM.
- Sights: graduated to 1600 meters: sliding leaf rear sights, fixed-post front sights, "dial" long-range volley sights
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project A | Biao Yuen | Hong Tin-Tzu | Lee-Metford Mk II | 1983 |
| Mars | Jaws | |||
| Hong Kong Police Force and Marine Police personnel, British Army soldiers, pirates |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Butler I | Baldroy | S1E21, Lee-Metford Mk I | 2008 - 2009 |
Magazine Lee-Enfield
The .303 calibre, Rifle, Magazine, Lee–Enfield, or simply Magazine Lee-Enfield (MLE), nicknamed "Long Lee Enfields", are the first variants with the Lee-Enfield name. They were in British service between 1896-1907. Of note is that the Lee-Enfield Mk I is externally identical to its predecessor, the Lee-Metford Mk II*; the only difference between the two is the internals of the barrel and the use of improved .303 Mk II ammunition with smokeless powder.
The CLLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield) are Magazine Lee-Enfields converted to load from chargers. Other changes include new sights, and the lack of a chain mount on the magazine, as it now had to be removed only for cleaning.
Specifications
(1895 - 1905)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk II
- Weight: 9.8 lbs (4.4 kg), 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) (carbine)
- Length: 49.5 in (125.7 cm), 40 in (101.6 cm) (carbine)
- Barrel length: 30 in (76.2 cm), 20.8 in (52.7 cm) (carbine)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,040 ft/s (621.8 m/s)
- Capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine. 6-round detachable box magazine on carbine. Loaded with single cartridges, or 5-round charger clips on CLLE.
- Sights: graduated to 1600 meters: sliding leaf rear sights, fixed-post front sights, "dial" long-range volley sights
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Death Ray | Mk. I, seen on the ground | 1925 | ||
| Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh) | Brigands | 1953 | ||
| And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) | French soldiers | Mk. I | 1957 | |
| 55 Days at Peking | John Ireland | Sgt. Harry | Lee-Enfield Mk. I | 1963 |
| British and American troops | ||||
| Zulu | British soldiers | Mk. I* as Martini-Henry | 1964 | |
| Mission in Kabul (Missiya v Kabule) | Afghans | 1971 | ||
| Young Winston | Sikh soldiers and British soldiers | Mk. I and Mk. I* | 1972 | |
| The End of the Emperor of the Taiga (Konets imperatora taygi) | Solovyov's brigands | Mk. I Carbine | 1978 | |
| Breaker Morant | Edward Woodward | Harry 'Breaker' Morant | Mk. I | 1980 |
| Lewis Fitz-Gerald | Lt. George Ramsdale Witton | |||
| Bryan Brown | Lt. Peter Handcock | |||
| Australian and British soldiers and Boers | ||||
| Project A | 1983 | |||
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | British soldiers | Lee-Enfield Mk. I or maybe Lee-Metford Mk. II | 1983 | |
| Project A Part II | Hong Kond Police Force constables and Marine Police sailors | 1987 | ||
| Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Christopher Lee | Sherlock Holmes | Mk. I CCLE | 1992 |
| Neil McCarthy | Capt. James Morrison | |||
| Steven Gurney | Gugliamo Marconi | |||
| Ron Smerczak | Lt. Grisholm | Mk. I MLE | ||
| British soldiers | Mk. I MLE and CCLE | |||
| Michael Collins | IRA forces | 1996 | ||
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | British soldiers and Fantom's men | Mk. I | 2003 | |
| Around the World in 80 Days | British troops | Mk. I | 2004 | |
| Far from Men | An Algerian rebel | 2014 | ||
| Holmes & Watson | British Royal Guards | 2018 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiery Roads (Ognennye dorogi) | British soldiers | Mk. I; Ep.9 | 1983 | |
| The War of the Worlds | Harry Melling | Artilleryman | Mk. I | 2019 |
| Milo Twomey | Sergeant Major | |||
| British soldiers |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdun | "Lee-Enfield MLE Mk. I" | Added with "Horrors of War" DLC | 2015 |
Lee-Enfield No. 1
Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee – Enfield (or SMLE for short) Mk I was first tested in 1902, and finally entered service in 1904. It included innovations based on the experience of the Second Boer War. The overall length of the rifle was between the long infantry version and the cavalry carbine to effectively replace both of them. The barrel has received reliable protection in front. "Sliding" guides for loading from chargers (clips) were introduced. The magazine cut-off were also removed as unnecessary (although the version for the Navy, as in the photo on the right, kept it), and the magazine chain mount was also removed soon after the adoption.
Introduced in 1907, the Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III was the official battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War. It was an updated version of the Mk I, featuring a more durable charging bridge instead of the original folding clip guides, and changed sights. The cut-off was returned again, primarily for safety purposes.
The No. 1 Mk III* was a simplified variant of the Mk III; changes include the magazine cutoff, volley sights and windage adjustable rear sights being removed and a different cocking piece. It was designed for expedient production in 1915 and became the most numerous variant of the Mk III, seeing action throughout the 20th century. Despite the adoption of No. 4 rifle, production continued until the end of WWII, while Australian and Indian versions continued until about 1956 and 1974 respectively.
Specifications
(1902 - 1974)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball
- Weight: 8.8 lbs (4 kg)
- Length: 43.3 in (110 cm)
- Barrel length: 25 in (63.5 cm)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,441 ft/s (744 m/s)
- Capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine (loaded with 5-round charger or stripper clips); rare 20-round “trench magazines” are known to have existed.
- Sights: Fixed open iron sights graduated to 2000 meters: U-shaped rear peep stand-up sight adjustable for windage and elevation and barleycorn front sight
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts of the World | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk I | 1918 | |
| Storm Over Asia | A Red partisan | No. 1 Mk III* | 1928 | |
| Carry on, Sergeant! | British and German soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1928 | |
| Hell's Angels | British troops | No. 1 Mk III | 1930 | |
| Journey's End | British solders | No. 1 Mk III | 1930 | |
| Tell England | Carl Harbord | Edgar Doe | No. 1 Mk III* | 1931 |
| Tony Bruce | Rupert Ray | |||
| British and ANZAC soldiers | ||||
| The Other Side | William Trenk | Mason | No. 1 Mk III | 1931 |
| Captured! | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1933 | |
| Cavalcade | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1933 | |
| The Lost Patrol | Victor McLaglen | The Sergeant | No. 1 Mk III | 1934 |
| Wallace Ford | Morelli | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Shock Troop | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1934 | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Police officers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1934 | |
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Bengal Lancers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1935 | |
| rebels | ||||
| Brown on Resolution | John Mills | Albert Brown | No. 1 Mk III* | 1935 |
| British sailors | ||||
| China Seas | Malay pirates, British Sikh soldiers | No.1 Mk III and Mk III* | 1935 | |
| Secret Agent | British soldiers | Seen in documentary footage | 1936 | |
| Clouds Over Europe | Viking crewmembers and British pilots and sailors | No. 1 Mk III* | 1939 | |
| Forty Thousand Horsemen | ANZAC soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1940 | |
| Sundown | Emmett Smith | Kipsang | No. 1 Mk III* | 1941 |
| British troops | ||||
| Went the Day Well? | Frank Lawton | Tom Sturry | No. 1 Mk III* | 1942 |
| Norman Pierce | Jim Sturry | |||
| Elizabeth Allan | Peggy | |||
| Frank Lawton | Ivy | |||
| Extras | British Army/Home Guard Soldiers | |||
| Extras | German Paratroopers | |||
| Somewhere in France | No. 1 Mk III | 1942 | ||
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1942 | |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | British infantrymen | No. 1 Mk III* | 1943 | |
| Sahara | British Commonwealth troops | No. 1 Mk III | 1943 | |
| Immortal Sergeant | Henry Fonda | Cpl. Colin Spence | No. 1 Mk III* | 1943 |
| Thomas Mitchell | Sgt. Kelly | |||
| Melville Cooper | Pvt. Pilcher | |||
| Morton Lowry | Pvt. Cottrell | |||
| Bramwell Fletcher | Pvt. Symes | |||
| Allyn Joslyn | Pvt. Cassidy | |||
| British troops, German soldiers | ||||
| The Desert Rats | Robert Newton | Pvt. Tom Bartlett | No. 1 Mk III | 1953 |
| Australian soldiers | ||||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Paratrooper | British paratroopers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1953 | |
| Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh) | Brigands | No. 1 Mk III* | 1953 | |
| Hell Below Zero | Stanley Baker | Erik Bland | Sporterized No.1 Mk III with 5-round magazine | 1954 |
| The Man Who Never Was | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1956 | |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Japanese P.O.W. guards | Mk III* | 1957 | |
| The Hunters | Greek soldier | No. 1 Mk III | 1958 | |
| Dunkirk | John Mills | Corporal "Tubby" Binns | No. 1 Mk III* | 1958 |
| British soldiers | ||||
| North West Frontier | Lauren Bacall | Catherine Wyatt | Mk III | 1959 |
| Eugene Deckers | Mr. Peters | |||
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | Mr. Bridie | |||
| Rebels and British and Indian soldiers | ||||
| Yesterday's Enemy | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1959 | |
| Leo McKern | Max | |||
| Ferry to Hong Kong | Pirates | No. 1 Mk III | 1959 | |
| The Siege of Sidney Street | British Army | No. 1 Mk III* | 1960 | |
| Gorgo | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1961 | |
| Goldfinger | No. 1 Mk III; seen in Q's lab | 1964 | ||
| Weekend at Dunkirk | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1964 | |
| Code 7... Victim 5 | Lex Barker | Steve Martin | No. 1 Mk III* | 1964 |
| Gustel Gundelach | Hans Kramer | |||
| Wexler's guards | ||||
| Help! | The kidnappers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1965 | |
| Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) | Yugoslavian soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1965 | |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Arab Legion soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1966 | |
| Poppies Are Also Flowers | Brigands, Colonel Salem's men | No. 1 Mk III* | 1966 | |
| Is Paris Burning? | French Resistance fighters | No. 1 Mk III* | 1966 | |
| How I Won the War | Michael Crawford | Lt. Goodbody | No. 1 Mk III* | 1967 |
| John Lennon | Gripweed | |||
| Roy Kinnear | Clapper | |||
| Lee Montague | Sgt. Transom | |||
| Ronald Lacey | Spool | |||
| Jack MacGowran | Juniper | |||
| Musketeers (British soldiers) | ||||
| The Southern Star | Ian Hendry | Capt. Karl Ludwig | No. 1 Mk III* | 1968 |
| Plankett's Aboriginal men | ||||
| Dark of the Sun | Simbas | No. 1 Mk III* | 1968 | |
| No Blade Of Grass | Survivors | No. 1 Mk III* | 1970 | |
| Too Late the Hero | Ronald Fraser | Pvt. Campbell | No. 1 Mk III | 1970 |
| You Can't Win 'Em All | Greek soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1970 | |
| Mission in Kabul (Missiya v Kabule) | Afghan and British soldiers | No.1 Mk III | 1971 | |
| The Wilby Conspiracy | Black Congress militants | No. 1 Mk III | 1975 | |
| Sholay | Gabbar's brigands | No. 1 Mk III | 1975 | |
| Soldier of Orange | English and Dutch soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1977 | |
| I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro) | Giuliano Gemma | Caesare Mori | No. 1 Mk III* | 1977 |
| Bandits | ||||
| March or Die | British soldiers | No 1 Mk III | 1977 | |
| From Hell to Victory | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1979 | |
| Flatfoot in Egypt | Bedouins | No. 1 Mk III* | 1980 | |
| Jupiter's Thigh (On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter) | Greece police | No. 1 Mk III* | 1980 | |
| Lili Marleen | American, British, and German soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1981 | |
| Bukit Kepong | Auxiliary police | No. 1 Mk III | 1982 | |
| Communist gunmens | ||||
| Villagers | ||||
| Police Jungle Squad | ||||
| Sahara | John Rhys-Davies | Rasoul | No. 1 Mk III* (Beg own custom) | 1983 |
| Lambert Wilson | Jaffar | |||
| Ronald Lacey | Beg | |||
| Nomadic tribes fighters | ||||
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Terry Jones | Capt. Biggs | No. 1 Mk III* | 1983 |
| John Cleese | Cpl. Sturridge | |||
| Eric Idle | Blackitt | |||
| Michael Palin | Spladger | |||
| Terry Gilliam | Walters | |||
| Graham Chapman | Hordern | |||
| High Road To China | Ric Young | Kim Su Lee | No. 1 | 1983 |
| Razorback | Bill Kerr | Jake Cullen | No. 1 Mk III* (with fore-end cut down and a telescopic sight fitted to suit sporting use.) | 1984 |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | A biker | No. 1 Mk III* | 1985 | |
| Out of Africa | Several men in hunter camp | No. 1 Mk III* | 1986 | |
| Club Paradise | revolutionaries and soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1986 | |
| Slave Coast (Cobra Verde) | Klaus Kinski | Francisco Manoel da Silva | No. 1 Mk III* | 1987 |
| King Ampaw | Taparica | |||
| Dahomey men | ||||
| The Lighthorsemen | Gary Sweet | Frank | No. 1 Mk III | 1987 |
| Peter Phelps | Dave Mitchell | |||
| British and Australian soldiers | ||||
| Project A Part II | Hong Kong Police Force constables and Marine Police sailors | No. 1 Mk III | 1987 | |
| The Beast of War | Steven Bauer | Taj | No. 1 Mk III* | 1988 |
| Afghan Mujahideen | ||||
| Rambo III | Mujahideen fighters | No. 1 Mk III* | 1988 | |
| Appointment with Death | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1988 | |
| Farewell To The King | Australian soldiers, Gurkha soldiers, Headhunters | No. 1 Mk III* | 1989 | |
| River of Death | River pirates | Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* | 1989 | |
| Afghan Breakdown | Mujaheddins | No. 1 Mk III* | 1991 | |
| Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1992 | |
| The Price of Treasures (Tsena sokrovishch) | Aleksandr Koznov | Pavel | No. 1 Mk III | 1993 |
| Nadezhda Gorshkova | Anna | |||
| Cocker's bandits, British soldiers | ||||
| Legends of the Fall | Henry Thomas | Samuel Ludlow | No. 1 Mk III* | 1994 |
| Brad Pitt | Tristan Ludlow | |||
| Canadian infantrymen | ||||
| Sahara | Robert Wisdom | Sergeant-Major Tambul | No. 1 Mk III | 1995 |
| Richard III | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1995 | |
| Michael Collins | British and IRA forces | Mk III | 1996 | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) | Oleg Menshikov | Sanya | No. 1 Mk III* | 1996 |
| Sergey Bodrov Jr. | Ivan Zhilin | |||
| The Quest | No. 1 Mk III*; Seen in cargo of Turkish freighter | 1996 | ||
| The English Patient | No. 1 Mk III* | 1996 | ||
| Seven Years in Tibet | British-Indian soldiers and Tibetan militia forces | No. 1 Mk III* | 1997 | |
| The Lost World | Russell Yuen | Myar | No. 1 | 1998 |
| The Thin Red Line | Native scouts | 1998 | ||
| The Trench | Daniel Craig | Sgt. Winter | Mk III | 1999 |
| Paul Nicholls | MacFarlane | |||
| Danny Dyer | Lance Corporal Dell | |||
| Cillian Murphy | Pvt. Rookwood | |||
| James D'Arcy | Pvt. Daventry | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| All The King Men | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1999 | |
| Three Kings | Shiite refugee | No. 1 Mk III* | 1999 | |
| Bloody Sunday | An IRA member | No. 1 Mk III | 2001 | |
| The Mummy Returns | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Lock-Nah | No. 1 Mk III* | 2001 |
| El Alamein - The Line of Fire | British Troops | No. 1 Mk III* | 2002 | |
| Secondhand Lions | Michael O'Neill | Ralph | No. 1 Mk III* | 2003 |
| Dhoom | Police | No. 1 Mk III* | 2004 | |
| Joyeux Noël | Steven Robertson | Jonathan | No. 1 Mk III* | 2005 |
| Robin Laing | William | |||
| Scottish soldiers | ||||
| Kokoda | Jack Finsterer | Jack Scholt | No. 1 Mk III* | 2006 |
| Simon Stone | Max Scholt | |||
| Travis McMahon | Darko | |||
| Tom Budge | Johnno | |||
| Steve Le Marquand | Sam | |||
| Angus Sampson | Dan | |||
| Australian soldiers | ||||
| Dhoom 2 | Abhishek Bachchan | A.C.P. Jai Dixit | custom | 2006 |
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| The Wind That Shakes The Barley | IRA, British forces | No. 1 Mk III | 2006 | |
| Pan's Labyrinth | Spanish Guardia | No. 1 Mk III* | 2006 | |
| Spanish Maquis | ||||
| My Boy Jack | Daniel Radcliffe | Lieutenant Jack Kipling | No. 1 Mk III | 2007 |
| Richard Dormer | Corporal John O'Leary | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Atonement | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2007 | |
| Transformers | Village militia in Qatar | No. 1 Mk III* | 2007 | |
| Hot Fuzz | Kevin Eldon | Sgt. Tony Fisher | No. 1 Mk III* | 2007 |
| The 39 Steps | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2008 | |
| Tobruk | Czech troops | No. 1 Mk III* | 2008 | |
| Peranmai | Vasundhara Kashyap | Kalpana | No. 1 Mk III* | 2009 |
| Dhansika | Jennifer | |||
| 'Kaadhal' Saranya | Ajitha | |||
| Liyashree | Susheela | |||
| Varsha Ashwathi | Thulasi | |||
| Jeyam Ravi | Dhuruvan | |||
| female soldiers | ||||
| Passchendaele | Paul Gross | Sgt. Michael Dunne | No. 1 Mk III* | 2009 |
| Michael Greyeyes | Pvt. Highway | |||
| Joe Dinicol | Pvt. David Mann | |||
| Canadian soldiers | ||||
| Red and White (Merah Putih) | Darius Sinathryah | Marius | No. 1 Mk III* | 2009 |
| Donny Alamsyah | Tomas | |||
| Dutch/Indonesian soldiers | ||||
| Beneath Hill 60 | Australian and British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2010 | |
| Let the Bullets Fly | Wen Jiang | Pocky Zhang | No. 1 Mk III* | 2010 |
| Fan Liao | Three | |||
| John Do | Four | |||
| Li Jing | Five | |||
| Xiao Wei | Seven | |||
| Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | French troops | No. 1 Mk III* | 2010 | |
| Day of the Falcon (Or noir) | Akin Gazi | Saleh | No. 1 Mk I | 2011 |
| Amar's, Nesib's and Auda's men | No. 1 Mk I, No. 1 Mk III* | |||
| War Horse | British troops | No. 1 Mk III | 2011 | |
| Jeremy Irvine | Albert Narracott | |||
| Matt Milne | Andrew Easton | |||
| Battle of Warsaw 1920 | Red Army soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2011 | |
| 100 Bloody Acres | Angus Sampson | Lindsay | No. 1 Mk III* | 2012 |
| Damon Herriman | Reg | |||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | Jonathan Stephenson | Young Ray | No. 1 Mk III* | 2012 |
| Emden Men | British Sailors | No. 1 Mk III* | 2012 | |
| Wolf Creek 2 | John Jarratt | Mick Taylor | No. 1 Mk III* | 2013 |
| Gerard Kennedy | Jack | |||
| The Railway Man | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2013 | |
| The Water Diviner | Australian soldiers | No. 1 | 2014 | |
| White Soldier | Japanese soldiers | 2014 | ||
| The Imitation Game | British soldiers | 2014 | ||
| The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale | Sang-ho Kim | Chil-goo | 2015 | |
| Korean hunters | ||||
| The Fear | A British soldier | No. 1 Mk III* | 2015 | |
| Land of Mine | A Danish soldier | 2015 | ||
| 7 Witches | Macall Gordon | Paula Boyle | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| Persephone Apostolou | Kate Boyle | |||
| Megan Hensley | Agatha Sklar | |||
| Steve Pelikan | vigilante leader | |||
| vigilantes | ||||
| The Lost City of Z | Robert Pattinson | Henry Costin | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| Edward Ashley | Arthur Manley | No. 1 Mk III* | ||
| British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | |||
| Dunkirk | Fionn Whitehead | Tommy | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| Harry Styles | Alex | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Wonder Woman | Saïd Taghmaoui | Sameer | No. 1 Mk III | 2017 |
| British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | |||
| Darkest Hour | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 | |
| Journey's End | Andy Gathergood | Company Sergeant Major | No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 |
| British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III*; w/ fixed bayonet | |||
| The Keeper | British and German soldiers | 2018 | ||
| Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film | Berlin police officers | 2018 | ||
| Macheath's henchmen | ||||
| 12 Strong | Arshia Mandavi | Najeeb | No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 |
| To the Ends of the World (Les confins du monde) | Viet Minh partisans | 2018 | ||
| True History of the Kelly Gang | Police constables | 2019 | ||
| [[King's Man. The|The King's Man | Harris Dickinson | Conrad | No. 1 Mk III* | 2021 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Episode | ’Date' |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat Patrol | British soldiers | No. 1 | 1966-1968 | |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus | WWII British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1969-1974 | |
| Wings BBC TV Series | Tim Woodward | 2nd Lt. Alan Farmer | (S02EP11) "Mutiny" No. 1 Mk III* | 1977-1978 |
| Journey's End | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 1988 | |
| Anzacs | Andrew Clarke | Martin "Marty" Barrington | No. 1 Mk III* | 1985 |
| Jon Blake | Flanagan | |||
| Christopher Cummins | Roly Collins | |||
| Alec Wilson | Alec "Pudden" Parsons | |||
| Patrick Ward | Sgt. Tom MacArthur | |||
| Mark Hembrow | Dick Baker | |||
| Blackadder Goes Forth | Tony Robinson | Pvt. Baldrick | No. 1 Mk III*; "General Hospital" | 1989 |
| British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | |||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Kidnapped Prime Minister | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1990 | |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Mysterious Affair at Styles | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 1990 | |
| Campion | British soldiers | "Sweet Danger: Part 2" (S02E02) | 1990 | |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Cameron Daddo | Jack Anderson | "Palestine 1917"; No. 1 Mk III | 1993 |
| Todd Boyce | Dex | |||
| British and Australian soldiers | ||||
| Sahara | Alan David Lee | Bates | No. 1 Mk III* | 1995 |
| Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt - Season 4 | Gerald Alexander Held | Hans Breitner | seventh episode | 2001 |
| Ultimate Force | No. 1 Mk III*; seen on the wall of the SAS bar | 2002 - 2007 | ||
| Foyle's War | British Army and Home Guard soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2002-2010 | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | British soldiers | "The Murder at the Vicarage" (S01E02) | 2004 | |
| The Somme | Oliver Jones | Pvt. Cyril Jose | No. 1 Mk III* | 2005 |
| British soldiers | ||||
| Doctor Who (New series) | David Tennant | The Doctor | No. 1 Mk III; "The Family of Blood" | 2005 - |
| British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III*; "The Empty Child", "The Doctor Dances" | |||
| My Name is Earl | Young Joe | No. 1 Mk III*; S4E4 | 2005-2009 | |
| The Somme – From Defeat to Victory | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2006 | |
| Sea Patrol | Kate McGregor | Mk III*; S3E9 | 2007 | |
| Pete 'Buffer' Tomaszewski | ||||
| Inspector George Gently | Martin Shaw | DCI George Gently | No. 1; "The Burning Man" (S01E01) | 2008 |
| Police constables | ||||
| Midsomer Murders | Will Featherstone | Pvt. Tommy Hicks | "Shot at Dawn" (S11E01); No. 1 Mk III* | 2008 |
| Lloyd Hutchinson | Mickey Ryan | |||
| Malcolm Sinclair | Johnny Hammond | |||
| Covert Affairs | Eriq La Salle | Christopher McAuley | No. 1 Mk III; "In the Light" (S1E05) | 2010 |
| Kokoda | Australian soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2010 | |
| Falling Skies | Resistance fighters | No. 1 Mk III* | 2011 | |
| Downton Abbey | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III and No. 1 Mk III*;S2E01, E04, E05 | 2011 | |
| The Promise | Christian Cooke | Len Matthews | No. 1 Mk III* | 2011 |
| Luke Allen-Gale | Corporal Jackie Clough | |||
| British paratroopers | ||||
| Birdsong | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III | 2012 | |
| Peaky Blinders | Joe Cole | John Shelby | No. 1 Mk III | 2013 |
| Benjamin Zephaniah | Jeremiah Jesus | |||
| Parer's War | Australian Commandos | No. 1 Mk III* | 2014 | |
| 14 - Diaries of the Great War | British soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2014 | |
| Endeavour - Season 2 | A reenactor of British Army of WW1 | No. 1 Mk III*; "Trove" (S02E01) | 2014 | |
| Father Brown - Season 3 | Steven Miller | Lt. Graham | No. 1 Mk III*; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | 2015 |
| Angus Wright | Col. St Clare | No. 1 Mk III*; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | ||
| Alex Price | Sid Carter | No. 1 Mk III*; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | ||
| Deadline Gallipoli | ANZAC soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2015 | |
| Rebellion (miniseries) | Barry Ward | Arthur Mahon | Ep. 01/02/03/04/05 | 2016 |
| Barry Keoghan | Cormac McDevitt | Ep. 01/02/04/05 | ||
| Eemeli Louhimies | Milo | Ep. 02 | ||
| Brian Gleeson | Jimmy Mahon | Ep. 02/03/04 | ||
| Ruairí Heading | Fusilier McGarry | Ep. 02/03 | ||
| Charlie Kelly | Fusilier O'Hanlo | Ep. 02/03 | ||
| British Officersand ICA members | ||||
| The Crown | British Army | 2016 | ||
| SS-GB | Sam Riley | Detective Superintendent Archer | No. 1 | 2017 |
| Madiba | South African Police and Army personnel | 2017 | ||
| Clash of Futures | British soldiers | Ep. 01 "Surviving" | 2018 | |
| His Dark Materials | James McAvoy | Lord Asriel Belacqua | "Betrayal" (S1E08) | 2019 |
| Father Brown - Season 7 | Jack Deam | Inspector Mallory | No. 1 Mk III*; (S07E01) | 2019 |
| John Burton | Sergeant Goodfellow | |||
| James Cartwright | Jimbo Riley | No. 1 Mk III*; (S07E04) | ||
| Father Brown - Season 8 | Emily Joyce | Edith Dobson | (S08E04) | 2020 |
| Alexander Morris | Fred Dobson | |||
| Neil Pearson | Sir Toby Dobson | |||
| Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood | Bavarian policemen | Anachronstic for 1900 | 2020 | |
| The Defeated | British soldiers | 2020 | ||
| Ms. Marvel - Season 1 | Uncredited | British soldier | No. 1 Mk III*; "Time and Again" (S1E05) | 2022 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eternal Darkness | "Rifle" | No. 1 Mk III* | 2002 | |
| Rise of Nations | No. 1 Mk III, used by the Black Watch unit | 2003 | ||
| Project Reality | No. 1 Mk III* and No. 1 Mk III* (HT) | 2005 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Lee-Enfield No1 MkIII*" | Optional bayonet and rifle grenade launcher | No. 1 Mk III* | 2007 |
| The Royal Marines Commando | "Lee Enfield" | No. 1 Mk III | 2008 | |
| Karma Online | "Lee-Enfield" | No. 1 Mk III* (HT) | 2011 | |
| Cry of Fear | "Sniper rifle" | No. 1 Mk III* (HT) | 2012 | |
| Sniper Elite V2 | No. 1 Mk III* | 2012 | ||
| The Great War 1918 | No. 1 Mk III* | 2013 | ||
| Sniper Elite III | Lee-Enfield Mk. III | No. 1 Mk III* (HT) | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III | bayonet | No. 1 Mk III* | 2014 |
| Verdun | SMLE | No. 1 Mk III* | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "SMLE MKIII" | No. 1 Mk III* | 2016 | |
| Screaming Steel: 1914-1918 | No. I SMLE | No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 | |
| 11-11: Memories Retold | No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 | ||
| Post Scriptum | Infantry and sniper variants, introduced in 2022 Mercury update | 2018 | ||
| Beyond The Wire | "SMLE Mk III*" | incorrect name in-game, model is a Mk III | 2021 | |
| Enlisted | Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III | 2021 | ||
| Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III with No.1 Mk.I Cup Discharger |
Animation
| Film Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis, The Lost Empire | Vinnie and other mercenaries | No. 1 Mk III | 2001 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle in the Sky | Soldiers | Hybrid of No. 1 Mk III* and No. 4 Mk I with elements of Gewehr 98 | 1986 |
| Porco Rosso | Pirates | No. 1 Mk III* | 1992 |
| Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini | Higo and Geltic members | 1996 | |
| Lara | |||
| Black Butler I | Azzurro's assassin | S1E02, scoped No. 1 Mk III | 2008 - 2009 |
| Corraro's henchman | S1E21, No. 1 Mk III | ||
| Royal Guard | S1E23, No. 1 Mk III | ||
| Joker Game | British/Commonwealth militaries | No. 1 Mk III* | 2016 |
| Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic | Ciel Phantomhive | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| The Dragon Dentist | Enemy soldiers | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| Princess Principal | Kingdom soldiers and sailors | No. 1 Mk III* | 2017 |
| Beatrice | Ep. 05; No. 1 Mk III* | ||
| Violet Evergarden | Violet Evergarden | Ep. 08, No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 |
| Aidan Field | Ep. 11, No. 1 Mk III* | ||
| Garderik and Ctrigall troops | Ep. 01/08/09/11/12, No. 1 Mk III* and Mk III* (HT) | ||
| Golden Kamuy - Season 1 | Ep. 04 "Grim Reaper", No. 1 Mk III* | 2018 |
Lee-Enfield No. 4
First placed in service with the British military in 1941, the Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during World War II. However, it was supplemented heavily with the older Lee Enfield No. 1 Mk III. The No. 4 can be distinguished from the No. 1 by its protruding barrel and redesigned iron sights. The Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) is a sniper variant of the No. 4.
A further simplified version known as the No. 4 Mk I* was produced in Canada by Small Arms Limited, and in USA by Stevens-Savage Firearms in 1942, featuring a simplified bolt release catch.
Specifications
(1939 - 1957)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball
- Weight: 9.1 lbs (4.1 kg)
- Length: 44.4 in (112.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 25.2 in (64 cm)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,441 ft/s (744 m/s)
- Capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine (loaded with 5-round charger or stripper clips)
- Sights: rear receiver aperture battle sight calibrated for 300 yd (274 m) with an additional ladder aperture sight that could be flipped up and was calibrated for 200–1,300 yd (183–1,189 m) in 100 yd (91 m) increments
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paratrooper | British paratroopers | 1953 | ||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh) | Brigands | 1953 | ||
| I Confess | Montgomery Clift | Michael Logan | 1953 | |
| Canadian soldiers | ||||
| A Hill in Korea | Stephen Boyd | Private Sims | 1956 | |
| Eric Corrie | Pte. Matthews | |||
| Michael Caine | Pte. Lockyear | |||
| Stanley Baker | Cpl. Ryker | |||
| Chinese soldiers | ||||
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Japanese P.O.W. guards | 1957 | ||
| Ice Cold in Alex | British soldiers, bedouins | 1958 | ||
| The Square Peg | Norman Wisdom | Norman Pitkin | 1959 | |
| Edward Chapman | Mr. Grimsdale | |||
| Campbell Singer | Sgt. Loder | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| North West Frontier | Rebels and British and Indian soldiers | 1959 | ||
| The Giant Behemoth | British soldiers | 1959 | ||
| Gorgo | Christopher Rhodes | McCartin | 1961 | |
| British soldiers | ||||
| Dr. No | Royal Navy sailors | 1962 | ||
| The Longest Day | British troops | 1963 | ||
| From Russia with Love | SPECTRE agents | with Energa rifle grenades | 1963 | |
| The Ipcress File | No. 4 Mk I and No. 4 Mk I (T) | 1965 | ||
| Help! | Buckingham Palace guards | 1965 | ||
| The Heroes of Telemark | Richard Harris | Knut Staud | 1965 | |
| Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) | Yugoslavian soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Kirk Douglas | "Mickey" Marcus | 1966 | |
| Judith | Peter Finch | Aaron Stein | 1966 | |
| Haganah members | ||||
| Poppies Are Also Flowers | Brigands, Colonel Salem's men | 1966 | ||
| You Only Live Twice | Royal Navy honor guards | 1967 | ||
| If... | Malcolm McDowell | Mick Travis | 1968 | |
| British soldiers and public school students | ||||
| Dark of the Sun | Simbas | 1968 | ||
| How I Unleashed World War II | British soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Kelly's Heroes | U.S. soldier | 1970 | ||
| The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak) | A Turkish border guard | 1971 | ||
| Sitting Target | Police sniper | No. 4 Mk I (T) | 1972 | |
| Zardoz | Exterminators | 1974 | ||
| The Wilby Conspiracy | Black Congress militants | 1975 | ||
| Sholay | Dharmendra | Veeru | 1975 | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Jai | |||
| Amjad Khan | Gabbar | |||
| Gabbar's brigands | ||||
| Paper Tiger | Ronald Fraser | Sgt. Forster | 1975 | |
| Raid on Entebbe | Ugandan soldiers | 1976 | ||
| Soldier of Orange | Jeroen Krabbé | Guus LeJeune | 1977 | |
| English and Dutch soldiers | ||||
| A Bridge Too Far | Anthony Hopkins | Colonel John Frost | 1977 | |
| British troops | ||||
| Escape to Athena | Greek resistance fighter | 1979 | ||
| The Outsider (1980) | Frank Grimes | Tony Coyle | 1980 | |
| IRA gunmen | ||||
| Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure | John Fujioka | Kamasuka | 1981 | |
| Gandhi | British and Indian soldiers and (Nepalese) Gurkhas | 1982 | ||
| Bukit Kepong | Malayan Police officers | 1982 | ||
| Communist gunmen | ||||
| Police Jungle Squad | ||||
| Octopussy | Kamal Khan's guards | 1983 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | British and Indian Army soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Project A Part II | Hong Kong Police Force constables and Marine Police sailors | 1987 | ||
| Rambo III | Mujahideen fighters | 1988 | ||
| Farewell To The King | Frank McRae | Sgt. Tenga | with sniper scope | 1989 |
| Afghan Breakdown | Mujaheddins | 1991 | ||
| Shadow of the Wolf | Donald Sutherland | Henderson | 1992 | |
| Land and Freedom | Spanish Republicans Militia member | anachronistic | 1995 | |
| The Lost Battalion | US soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Deathwatch | Hans Matheson | Pvt. Hawkstone | 2002 | |
| Jamie Bell | Pvt. Shakespeare | |||
| Hugo Speer | Sgt. Tate | |||
| Dean Lennox Kelly | Pvt. McNess | |||
| Hugh O'Conor | Pvt. Bradford | |||
| Kris Marshall | Pvt. Starinski | with sniper scope | ||
| Zelary | Jan Tríska | Old Gorcík | 2003 | |
| Curse of the Komodo | William Langlois | Prof. Nathan Phipps | Customized No. 4 Mk I | 2004 |
| Black Book | Canadian soldiers, Dutch resistance | 2006 | ||
| The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | British Army soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Assembly (Ji jie hao) | Hanyu Zhang | Gu Zidi | 2007 | |
| Female Agents | Sophie Marceau | Louise Desfontaines | with sniper scope | 2008 |
| Max Manus: Man of War | Nicolai Cleve Broch | Gregers Gram | 2008 | |
| Norwegian resistance | ||||
| Red and White (Merah Putih) | Darius Sinathryah | Marius | prop rifle | 2009 |
| Zumi Zola | Surono | |||
| Lukman Sardi | Amir | |||
| Donny Alamsyah | Tomas | |||
| T. Rifnu Wikana | Dayan | |||
| Indonesian cadets | ||||
| Japanese soldiers | ||||
| Day of the Falcon (Or noir) | Amar's, Nesib's and Auda's men | 2011 | ||
| The Monuments Men | Jean Dujardin | Lt. Jean Claude Clermont | 2014 | |
| British soldiers | ||||
| The Water Diviner | Australian soldiers | 2014 | ||
| Muppets Most Wanted | Russian gulag guards | 2014 | ||
| The Siege of Jadotville | Irish soldiers | 2016 | ||
| All the Money in the World | Bedouin tribesman | 2017 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The War Game | British police officers and survivors | No. 4 Mk I | 1965 | |
| Stawka wieksza niz zycie | British soldiers | No. 4 | 1966-68 | |
| The Professionals | CI5 agents and police | No. 4 and No.4T; "Heroes", "Stopover", "Madness of Mickey Hamilton" | 1977-1981 | |
| The Somme | Patrick Kennedy | Sergeant Richard H. Tawney | No. 4 Mk I | 2005 |
| Nick Figgis | Pvt. Burke | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Doctor Who (New series) | British soldiers | No. 4 Mk I; "Victory Of the Daleks" | 2005 - | |
| Midsomer Murders | Ifan Huw Dafydd | Paul Bright | "Dance with the Dead" (S10E01); No. 4 Mk I | 2006 |
| 24: Redemption | Robert Carlyle | Carl Benton | No. 4 Mk I | 2008 |
| Kiefer Sutherland | Jack Bauer | |||
| Foyle's War - Season 7 | British soldiers | No. 4 Mk I; "The Russian House" (S7E1) | 2010 | |
| The Promise | Christian Cooke | Len Matthews | No. 4 Mk I* | 2011 |
| Luke Allen-Gale | Corporal Jackie Clough | |||
| British paratroopers | ||||
| Irgun fighters | ||||
| Arab fighters | ||||
| Foyle's War - Season 8 | British soldiers | No. 4 Mk I*; "The Cage" (S8E2) | 2013 | |
| Father Brown - Season 1 | Constables | No. 4 Mk I; "The Blue Cross" (S01E10) | 2013 | |
| Grantchester - Season 1 | British soldiers | No. 4 Mk I; (S1E6) | 2014 | |
| Father Brown - Season 3 | Steven Miller | Lt. Graham | No. 4 Mk I; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | 2015 |
| Angus Wright | Col. St Clare | No. 4 Mk I; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | ||
| Alex Price | Sid Carter | No. 4 Mk I; "The Sign of the Broken Sword" (S03E04) | ||
| Foyle's War - Season 9 | British soldiers | No. 4 Mk I; "High Castle" (S9E1) | 2015 | |
| Endeavour - Season 3 | Sean Rigby | DS Jim Strange | No. 4 Mk I (T); "Coda" (S03E04) | 2016 |
| Police Constables | No. 4 Mk I and No. 4 Mk I (T); "Prey" (S03E03), "Coda" (S03E04) | |||
| Father Brown - Season 5 | Dylan Brown | Terry Mitchell | No. 4 Mk I; "The Penitent Man" (S05E15) | 2017 |
| Madiba | South African Police personnel | 2017 | ||
| The Crown | British forces and other commonwealth troops | 1996 | ||
| Endeavour - Season 5 | Aldo Maland | Stanlow | Mk I and Mk I(T); (S05E06) | 2018 |
| Police constables and Combined Cadet Force | (S05E06) | |||
| Father Brown - Season 7 | Constables | No. 4 Mk I; (S07E01) | 2019 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commandos 2: Men of Courage | No. 4 Mk I | 2001, 2002, 2010 | ||
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | No. 4 Mk I, No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2001-2012 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | No. 4 Mk I; Unusable | 2002 | ||
| Battlefield: 1942 | No. 4 Mk I | 2002 | ||
| Commandos 3: Destination Berlin | No. 4 Mk I | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty | No. 4 Mk I | 2003 | ||
| Forgotten Hope | No. 4 Mk I, No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2003 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | "Enfield Mk.4" | No. 4 Mk I | 2003 | |
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun | Unusable; only wielded by NPCs | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | "Lee-Enfield" | 2004 | ||
| Call of Duty 2 | "Lee-Enfield" | No. 4 Mk I; Scoped version available in singleplayer | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty 3 | No. 4 Mk I | 2006 | ||
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | No. 4 Mk I w/ pigsticker bayonet and No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2006 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Lee-Enfield No4" | Optional bayonet and rifle grenade launcher | No. 4 Mk I and No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2007 |
| 9th Company: Roots of Terror | No. 4 Mk I (T), with sniper scope | 2009 | ||
| ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead | No. 4 Mk I | 2009 | ||
| Death to Spies: Moment of Truth | No. 4 Mk I & No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2009 | ||
| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | "Bolt Action Rifle" | No. 4 Mk I | 2010 | |
| ZombiU | No. 4 Mk I | 2012 | ||
| Project Reality: Falklands | No. 4 Mk I (T) | 2012 | ||
| State of Decay | "Lenfield No.4 MkI" | No. 4 Mk I | 2013 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | No. 4 Mk I | 2016 | ||
| Sniper Elite 4 | Lee-Enfield No. 4 | No. 4 Mk I | 2017 | |
| Day of Infamy | "Lee-Enfield No 4" | No. 4 Mk I | 2017 | |
| Post Scriptum | (T) sniper variant and can mount bayonet | 2018 | ||
| Battlefield V | Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I | No. 4 Mk I | 2018 | |
| Enlisted | Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I | 2021 | ||
| Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) (No. 32 Mk.2 scope) |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle in the Sky | Sailor | No. 4 Mk I | 1986 |
| Hellsing Ultimate | Ep. 01, No. 4 Mk I seen on Wall of Guns | 2006 | |
| Princess Principal | Ep. 03; No. 4 Mk I seen on Wall of Guns | 2017 |
Lee-Enfield No. 5 Mk I "Jungle Carbine"
A carbine version of the No. 4 Mk I designed in response to requests for a smaller, lighter rifle along the lines of the M1 Carbine for airborne troops in Europe. Much of its use came in post-war conflicts such as the Malayan Emergency, where it gained the nickname "Jungle Carbine". Designed with a number of lightening cuts to save weight and a distinctive flash hider, rubber buttpad and side-mounted sling. The lightening cuts were found to allow the rifle to flex during heavy firing, changing the point of aim; this lead to the discontinuing of production in 1947, whereas the No. 4 Mk 2 was produced until 1957 before converting to the L1A1.
Produced 1944 to 1947.
Specifications
(1944 - 1947)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball
- Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg)
- Length: 39.5 in (100.3 cm)
- Barrel length: 18.8 in (47.6 cm)
- Muzzle velocity: 2,250 ft/s (690 m/s)
- Capacity: 10-round detachable box magazine (loaded with 5-round charger or stripper clips)
- Sights: Flip-up rear aperture sights, fixed-post front sights
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith | Haganah members | 1966 | ||
| British paratroopers | ||||
| The Last Grenade | Various characters | 1970 | ||
| Sholay | Dharmendra | Veeru | 1975 | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | Jai | |||
| Paper Tiger | David Niven | Walter Bradbury | 1975 | |
| Irene Tsu | Talah | |||
| Rebels | ||||
| Uncommon Valor | weapon cache | No.5 Jungle Carbine | 1983 | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | Oceanian soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Farewell To The King | Marilyn Tokuda | Yoo | 1989 | |
| Afghan Breakdown | Mujaheddins | 1991 | ||
| The Golden Compass | Tartar mercenaries, Samoyed tribesmen, Gyptian men | 2007 | ||
| Bravo V | Communist terrorists | 2015 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield V | Jungle Carbine | No. 5 Mk I, added in "War in the Pacific" update | 2018 |
L42A1 / Enfield Enforcer
The L42A1 is the last Lee-Enfield rifle to see service. Converted from existing No. 4 Mk I (T) rifles and rechambered for 7.62x51mm NATO, the L42A1 served in the British military until 1992, when they were replaced by the L96A1.
The Enfield Enforcer was a police version of the L42A1. It differed from L42 by having more sporterised buttstock with semi-pistol grip and integral cheeckpiece.
Specifications
(1970-1992)
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
- Weight: 9.7 lbs (4.4 kg)
- Length: 42.2 in (107.1 cm)
- Barrel length: 27.5 in (69.9 cm)
- Capacity: 10-round box
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shootout at Lokhandwala | Mumbai police snipers | 2007 | ||
| Doomsday | British Army sniper | With thumbhole stock and Harris bipod | 2008 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | appears only in Breakthrough expansion pack | 2002 | |
| Hitman: Contracts | 2004 | ||
| Manhunt | 2004 | ||
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | 2007 | ||
| Manhunt 2 | 2007 | ||
| Project Reality: Falklands | 2012 |
Ishapore 2A1
The Ishapore 2A1 is an Indian version of the Lee-Enfield chambered in 7.62x51mm. It was produced between 1962 - 1974 and is currently still in service with some units, mainly Indian police. It is worth noting that they are now being actively replaced by modern weapons, but a small number are left in police reserve.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sholay | Brigands | 1975 | ||
| Don | Police constables | 1978 | ||
| Me and my Demon (Nenu Naa Rakshasi) | Indian police | 2011 |
Lee-Speed Sporter
The Lee-Speed was popular with British officers and other hunters who wanted a fine rifle, but couldn't afford the expensive double barrel rifles made by Purdy, Holland & Holland and other famous, and expensive, British gun makers. The Lee-Speed was popular because it fired the easily obtainable British service round (.303 British), though it was also manufactured in other calibers. The Lee-Speed had the same action as the Lee-Enfield bolt action rifle, which allowed many British hunters and colonists in Africa to obtain spare parts and ammunition from British Army units based in Britain's African colonies during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Initially, Lee-Speed was produced in military carbine configurations for officers wishing to have a higher-class combat weapon, but later, the sporter models were also introduced.
After the expiration of the patent, the rifle was no longer marked, so technically the Lee-Speed did not exist after 1918, but the nickname stuck, and all BSA and LSA factory athletes received the name Lee Speed.
Specifications
(1890 - 1914) (original production)
- Type: Rifle
- Caliber: .303 British Mk I (early models), Mk II
- Weight: 7.1 lbs (3.2 kg) - 7.3 lbs (3.3 kg) (average)
- Length: various
- Barrel length: various
- Muzzle velocity: 2,040 ft/s (620 m/s)
- Capacity: 5 or 10-round detachable box magazine (loaded with single cartridges or 5-round charger clips on the later models)
- Sights: Flip-up rear aperture sights, fixed-post front sights
- Fire Modes: Bolt-Action
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Kong | Robert Armstrong | Carl Denham | . | 1933 |
| Hell Below Zero | Alan Ladd | Duncan Craig | 1954 | |
| Stanley Baker | Erik Bland | |||
| Billion Dollar Brain | Karl Malden | Leo Newbegin | . | 1967 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Val Kilmer | Col. John Patterson | . | 1996 |
| The Mummy Returns | Rachel Weisz | Evelyn Carnahan | . | 2001 |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Christian Bale | Mandras | . | 2001 |
| Darkness Falls | seen at the Gun Shop | 2003 | ||
| The Wolfman | Benicio del Toro | Lawrence Talbot | . | 2010 |
| I Declare War | nickel-plated | 2012 | ||
| Hold the Dark | Maureen Thomas | Innkeeper | 2018 | |
| Eternals | Amazon villager | 2021 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Solomon's Mines | Gavin Hood | Bruce McNabb | 2004 | |
| Midsomer Murders | Tony Haygarth | Jack Tewson | "King's Crystal" (S10E03) | 2007 |
| The Man in the High Castle | Rufus Sewell | SS Obergruppenführer John Smith | Episode 10 | 2015 |
| The Irregulars | Tim Key | Inspector Gregson | Officer's Model No. 2 Carbine; "Chapter Seven: The Ecstasy of Death" | 2021 |
| McKell David | Spike | Officer's Model No. 2 Carbine; "Chapter Eight: The Ecstasy of Life" |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Closed: Full Score of Fear | Takumi Fuwa | 2008 |
Sporterized Lee-Enfield Rifles
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) | Seen in The Colonel's apartments | 1966 | ||
| Death Hunt | Carl Weathers | Sundog/George Washington Lincoln Brown | 1981 | |
| Death Hunt | Ed Lauter | Hazel | 1981 | |
| Crocodile Dundee | Paul Hogan | Mick Dundee | 1985 | |
| Linda Kozlowski | Sue Charlton | |||
| The Emerald Forest | A native hunter | 1985 | ||
| Crocodile Dundee II | Paul Hogan | Mick Dundee | 1988 | |
| Linda Kozlowski | Sue Charlton | |||
| River of Death | Michael Dudikoff | John Hamilton | 1989 | |
| Charlotte Gray | John Bennett | Gerard | 2001 | |
| October Gale | Patricia Clarkson | Helen Matthews | 2014 | |
| Young Ones | Michael Shannon | Ernest Holm | Sporterized No. 1 Mk III*, combination gun with Maverick Model 88 | 2014 |
| Kodi Smit-McPhee | Jerome Holm | |||
| Nicholas Hoult | Flem Lever |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Emily Beecham | Elvira Blake | Sporterized No.1 Mk.III, with sniper scope; "At Bertram's Hotel" (S03E01) | 2007 |
Howell Automatic Rifle
The Howell Automatic Rifle was a prototype semi-automatic conversion of the Lee-Enfield Rifle designed during the Great War by Nigel Howell. It came in the 10 round capacity of the original rifle or a new 20 round capacity (which was also subsequently issued as a high-capacity "trench" magazine for standard SMLE). It had an external gas tube (that operated the bolt in the brutally simple method of a curved cam that literally rotated and pushed the original, largely unmodified bolt) and a pistol grip on the stock.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 1 | Part of the Apocalypse DLC | 2016 |
Turner Semi-Automatic SMLE Conversion
In the 1940s, American engineer Russell J. Turner developed a prototype semi-automatic conversion for the SMLE. The conversion utilized a long piston gas system and was hammer-fired. Unlike contemporary semi-automatic Lee-Enfield conversions, the weapon had no external gas tube.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield V | Turner SMLE | 2018 | |
| Enlisted | 2021 |
Charlton Automatic Rifle
The Charlton Automatic Rifle, like the Howell Automatic Rifle and the Turner SMLE, is another automatic conversion of the Lee-Enfield rifle. Designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton (with assistance from Maurice Field) in the early days of WWII, the Charlton is fully automatic and can also use Lee-Metford rifles as a base. Charlton and Field presented a prototype of the conversion to the government in 1941, and received a contract to convert Lee-Metford and Enfield rifles into automatic rifles for Home Guard use. However, production ran into several difficulties, particularly with magazines, with the intended modified Bren gun magazines arriving late and then found out to be unable to fit. Most Charltons thus only had standard Lee-Enfield 10-round magazines and only the last 50 guns delivered had the 30-round Bren Gun magazines. The Australian government also contacted Charlton to convert their rifles, resulting in prototypes done by the Australian branch of the Swedish company Electrolux with a different external design, lacking the front grip and bipod.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: WWII | "NZ-41" | Added in 2018 update | 2017 |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | "NZ-41" | 2021 | |
| Enlisted | 30 round magazine | 2021 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield