Similarly, Filipino forces were given the type for resistance actions against their Japanese occupiers in the Second World War. Norwegian use amounted to British surplus stocks being delivered to Norway resistance fighters during World War 2 following the German invasion and subsequent occupation.
Other global operators to join in its use became Afghanistan, Australia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Greenland, India, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Norway, Philippines, Poland, the Soviet Union, and the United States. In 1926, they were redesignated as "No.3 Mk 1". Production totals of this fine instrument of war are said to have reached nearly 1,235,300 units.īritish use of the gun (mainly in the sniper role) continued throughout the inter-war period.
The Winchester rifles were typically fielded with the aforementioned Aldis scopes. Winchester produced nearly 235,300 rifles of their own and these were generally considered of higher quality that the competing offerings. Of the three brands involved, Eddystone led the way in production with a whopping total of 600,000 rifles while Remington added a further 400,000 guns. Remington-produced guns became "Pattern 1914 Mk I (R)" and so on. Fine-adjustment aperture sights were introduced in the follow-up "Pattern 1914 Mk I (F)" model and "Pattern 1914 Mk I* (F)" models while an Aldis scope was issued with "Pattern 1914 Mk I* (T) rifles".ĭesignations were also affected by their place of production so Winchester-produced Pattern 1914 Mk I rifles were noted as "Pattern 1914 Mk I (W)". That same year, the rifle was revised with larger bolt lugs to improve the action and this resulted in the "Pattern 1914 Mk I*" beginning its service career. As such, the rifle did not appear in useful quantities until 1916 after which point the war had reached its two-year mark. The cross-cultural shift in production came with a price for early-form units, designated "Pattern 1914 Mk I" - were not up to British standards. This rifle then became known as the "Pattern 14", or "P14". Both Winchester and Remington, as well as Remington subsidiary Eddystone, agreed to manufacture the P13 in an alternate form chambered for the British.
PATTERN 14 ENFIELD BARREL SERIES
A limited stock of 1,257 P13s were made in all and the series did not enter official British Army service.Ī shortage of capable long guns led British authorities to approach the United States to produce the P13, tapping into their massive industrial output, while British factories were tied up in other wartime commitments. This weapon came to be designated as the Pattern 1913, or P13, but its development was derailed by the arrival of World War 1 in the summer of 1914. After experience in the Boer War (1899-1902) showed British troops outmatched and outranged by Mauser-based rifles, work was authorized in 1912 to further a new accurate service rifle centered on firing the equally-new.
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