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Operation CARPETBAGGER: French Resistance No4 Enfield
🕑 Added 2022-11-18 12:00:06 +0000 UTCDuring 1944, the US and UK cooperatively ran a major effort to drop arms and equipment to French Resistance forces in preparation for the Allied landings in France. It began as Operation Carpetbagger with night drops from B24 Liberators in January 1944, and escalated into the summer. Eventually a number of massive daytime drops were made, totally more than 800 sorties and dropping 2.7 million pounds of equipment. The single most common firearm dropped was the MkII Sten, but containers also included Brens, handguns, M1 Carbines, bazookas, and No4 Enfields (along with ammunition).
After the country was liberated, the new government tried to collect up as many of the weapons as possible. They didn't get them all (not by a long shot, actually), but many were put into government storage, including this No4 Lee Enfield. It was marked with a "PP" property mark and inventory number, and stashed away until being sold as surplus recently and imported by Navy Arms.
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Thomas M Dunne
Any advice as to where to get ammo for the Enfield, 303 British. Hard to find in East ?
Pumba’s Gpa
Best bolt gun in general service anywhere.
Guido Schriewer
though ended up with a no5 by chance I love the 4. best boltguns ever made.
Douglas Biegel
Great looking Enfields.
ViejoLobo
They can feel free to drop a small arms container on my place. I'd be happy to mark the location with whatever's customary.
Paul Johnston
How much extra for the star marking on the Maltby?
Lee Enfield is a very intersting rifle.
