The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle that served as 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. The WWI versions are often referred to as the "SMLE," which is short for the common "Short Magazine Lee-Enfield" variant.
Type:
Bolt-action rifle
Place of origin:
United Kingdom
In service:
MLE: 1895–1926, SMLE: 1904–present
Used by:
See Users
Wars:
Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Various Colonial conflicts, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War, World War II, Indonesian National Revolution, Indo-Pakistani Wars, Greek Civil War, Malayan Emergency, French Indochina War, Korean War, Arab-Israeli War, Suez Crisis, Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army), Mau Mau Uprising, Nigerian Civil War, Vietnam War, The Troubles, Sino-Indian War, Bangladesh Liberation War, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Nepalese Civil War, Afghanistan conflict
Designer:
James Paris Lee, RSAF Enfield
Produced:
MLE: 1895–1904, SMLE: 1904–present
Number built:
17,000,000+
Variants:
See Models/marks
Feed system:
10-round magazine, loaded with 5-round charger clips
Sights:
Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights, "dial" long-range volley, telescopic sights on sniper models. Fixed and adjustable aperture sights incorporated onto later variants.
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