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Two British soldiers inspecting an unexploded German bomb at the railway station at Grong, near Namsos, Norway, 30 Apr 1940; note Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles

Caption   Two British soldiers inspecting an unexploded German bomb at the railway station at Grong, near Namsos, Norway, 30 Apr 1940; note Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifles ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseImperial War Museum
Identification Code   4700-57 N 73
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 4 Jun 2010
Licensing  Crown Copyright / Public Domain. According to the Crown Copyright laws of the United Kingdom, copyright protection has expired for photographs created prior to 1 Jun 1957.



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. bishop says:
5 Jun 2010 04:04:18 PM

These guys were nuts. I wouldn't get within a mile of it. "What's that ticking noise Aarry?"
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
19 Sep 2011 04:59:41 PM

UBX: UNEXPLODED BOMB

LOOKS LIKE A JERRY SC500 TO ME, BUT LETS TAKE IT TO THE CAPTAIN TO MAKE SURE...

THE TWO TOMMIES ARE ARMED WITH LEE-ENFIELD NO.3 RIFLES. THE NO.3 HAD A FLAT-NOSED FOREND COVERED THE BARREL UP TO THE MUZZEL.
3. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
19 Sep 2011 05:46:40 PM

LETS SEE WHAT THE TOMMIES UNIFORMS ARE, LOOKS
LIKE THEY ARE WEARING LEATHER JERKIN LINED WITH THICK KHAKI CLOTH. THIS ITEM WAS FIRST WORN DURING WWI, AND PROVED POPULAR AND PRACTICAL.

EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE 1937 PATTERN UNIFORMS,
MK.1 STEEL HELMET, PANTS ARE BLOUSED WITH ANKLE-BOOTS W/LEATHER OR CANVAS GAITERS.
RIFLES COULD BE LEE-ENFIELD .303 CALIBER NO.1 OR NO.3 SMLE. WITH TEN ROUND FIXED BOX MAGAZINE. ANYWAY, THATS MY GUESS.
(SHORT MAGAZINE LEE ENFIELD)
4. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
19 Sep 2011 06:10:15 PM

CORRECTION FOR COMMENT #2, SHOULD READ
UXB: UNEXPLODED BOMB.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT 900 TONS OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE BOMBS, SHELLS, BULLETS, GRENADES, LAND MINES AND NAVAL MINES, ARE RECOVERED IN EUROPE TODAY.

BETWEEN 2006 TO 2009, OVER 15,000 ITEMS OF ORDNANCE WERE FOUND IN THE UK ALONE.
5. Mike says:
30 Apr 2012 01:44:28 PM

No. 1 Mk III* rifles, No. 4 did not make mass appearances until later in the war.
6. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
13 Oct 2012 09:10:26 PM

ENFIELD RIFLES: SHORT MAGAZINE LEE-ENFIELD

STANDARD RIFLE OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN ALL ITS VERSIONS FROM 1895 TO 1957

ENFIELD MK.I INTRODUCED IN 1904, THE MK.I* WAS ISSUED FOR A FEW YEARS IN THE 1890s UNTIL BEING REPLACED BY NEWER MARKS.

THE NO I, MK.III INTRODUCED IN 1906 ISSUED DURING WWI.

THE NEW NO.I MK.III* PRODUCED FROM 1915 TO 1918 ISSUED DURING WWI.

NO.4 MK.IV INTRODUCED IN 1939 AND LATER ADOPTED IN 1941.

NO.5 MK.I WAS SHORTER AND LIGHTER USED IN JUNGLE OPERATIONS, AND BY SUPPORT TROOPS.
THE NO.5 WAS INTRODUCED IN 1944 AND KEPT IN SERVICE UNTIL THE END OF THE 1950s

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