Lee-Enfield Rifle

Lee-Enfield rifle: But a century on, the rugged reliability and brute firepower that made the Lee-Enfield rifle the standard-issue weapon for entrenched Canadian troops during the latter half of the First World War makes it an ideal choice still for a modern group of this countrys soldiers, according to The Toronto Star, Canada. And the red-shirted Rangers made up largely of aboriginal volunteers have been using Lee-Enfield rifles little changed from the First World War version since the group was first established in 1947 and The foe now has four legs. The Canadian Rangers a component of the armed forces reserves conduct sovereignty patrols and assist search and rescue missions in the Far North and in remote coastal regions across the country. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.