Pictorial images of British WWII Weaponry

**Keith** · 03-28-2011, 04:20 PM

Hi Al.
Going through the Backed Up files I found copies which may have been lost during the shake-up of the forum program.
Will sort and resize and start posting soonest.
Hope the prove interesting.

Cheers
Keith

**Kitty** · 03-29-2011, 12:40 PM

hmm a silenced sub machine gun, one does wonder how effective the silencer was, and what effect it had on the gun's capability.

**Keith** · 03-29-2011, 02:31 PM

1st Lot
Weapons006.jpg
Weapons005.jpg

**Keith** · 03-29-2011, 02:56 PM

General Issue:
1939-45

General Issue.jpg

**John** · 03-29-2011, 05:18 PM

Hi Keith,
Could you name the weapons for me please ???

**Keith** · 03-30-2011, 03:17 PM

Hi John,
Without looking back at the book where these were from, I think you will find the weapons are from top to bottom:-
9mm "Sten" sub machine gun Mk II.
9mm "Sten" sub machine gun Mk V
Bren Machine gun.
Le Enfield "SMLE" 303 rifle
Le Enfield 303 rifle.
The first picture is of course named.

Cheers
Keith

**Keith** · 06-13-2011, 02:37 PM

The following illustrations are from "INSIDE THE SAS" by Phillip & Taylor

These may be of interest
Some of the weapons used by the SAS

SAS Weapons009.jpg SAS Weapons008.jpg SAS Weapons004.jpg SAS Weapons003.jpg

**Keith** · 06-19-2011, 02:13 PM

Sas006a.jpg
Another weapon used by SAS now used by many other "Special Forces"
More to follow
Cheers
Keith

**sniper** · 06-19-2011, 04:45 PM

Thanks for posting these Keith, keep them coming. I remember firing the old bren gun when i first joined up before it was taken over by the GPMG. It was an awesome weapon which was perhaps too accurate on a tripod. The sten of as we called it the SMG was a good weapon for close quarters but no good for anything over 100 metres really. The trusty Lee Enfield was the choice weapon for Snipers for long after the war because of its accuracy and killing power. It was certainly favoured by yours truely for those reasons.

Sniper