The No. 4 rifle, commonly known as the No. 4 Lee-Enfield, was the standard British service rifle of World War II. Even though the design was officially adopted in 1940, the British were able to produce it in significant quantities by war's end. By 1944, the number of available No. 4s was sufficient enough that small quantities of them were able to be dropped to arm resistance groups fighting German forces in France. Watch our "American Rifleman Television" I Have This Old Gun segment above to see the details of these unique rifles.

"Britain makes millions of No. 4 rifles throughout the war. They're made overseas as well, they're made in Canada at Long Branch and they're made in the United States at Savage Arms," American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. "And eventually, Britain has enough of these guns in military service that they can afford to start using some of them to arm resistance groups."

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