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Post by ivanmc on Nov 12, 2009 21:08:50 GMT
Is there a site that deals in detail with the specific dress and weapons that the Old Contemtibles wore/used. I have my grandfather's bayonet (no blood channel) and wonder if that was common for the time. He just once spoke of 'shooting the victim' off the bayonet! Any input on this?
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Post by LeicesterTiger on Nov 12, 2009 21:50:39 GMT
During the 'Old Contemptible' era there was only two weapons mainly used by the infantry - the Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) and the Maxim or Vickers machine gun, i'm not sure how many Maxim's had been replaced by the Vickers before 22nd November 1914, but at the time of the Battle of Mons there were only 2 Maxims per infantry battalion As for websites, there's a really good one on the Vickers here www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk/And quite a good one on the SMLE and other Lee Enfield's in general here enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ |
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Post by qms on Nov 17, 2009 18:27:36 GMT
Is there a site that deals in detail with the specific dress and weapons that the Old Contemtibles wore/used. [glow=red,2,300]I have my grandfather's bayonet (no blood channel) and wonder if that was common for the time[/glow]. He just once spoke of 'shooting the victim' off the bayonet! Any input on this? I must ask, how long is the bayonet blade? The 1907 bayonet is 17 1/2 " and 'fullered' (has the so called "blood channel") The earlier 1903 pattern has the same hilt but the shorter double edged blade of the 1881 (Long Lee Enfield) bayonet. Tom |
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