November, 2024

Gewehr 88-05

German Empire
First World War
Made by Spandau in 1890
7.92x57mm

World War I, United Kingdom, Carbines, Bolt Action, .303, 1899, Enfield, Lee Enfield, Police Weapons Walter Gurske World War I, United Kingdom, Carbines, Bolt Action, .303, 1899, Enfield, Lee Enfield, Police Weapons Walter Gurske

Lee Enfield RIC Carbine

Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the British Royal Irish Constabulary adopted a new carbine for its constables, built from older MkI Lee Enfield and Lee Metford Carbines with some modifications. These would serve through the Easter Rising of 1916, as well as the subsequent Irish War of Independence that would see the end of British rule in most of Ireland, and the dissolution of the RIC itself in 1922.

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