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[Steel_Lion_FIN]

Getting that ammo to front lines might be dodgy, but

WTF No.1?

Southern Asia has a long British colonial history, and nowadays there still are a lot of antique British weapons there. The Taliban in Afghanistan still use weapons like the No1. These soldiers are clearing a cache; it's not that soldier his rifle.

Ammo problem solution: kill Talibans and take control of their caches.

[Yustax]

Ammo problem solution: kill Talibans and take control of their caches.

And you will only find 7.62x39 and 7.62x54.

[Steel_Lion_FIN]

They rechambered their no.1's to 7.62??

[Eat Uranium]

Ammo problem solution: kill Talibans and take control of their caches.

And you will only find 7.62x39 and 7.62x54.

Taliban have lots of .303.  If its not mass produced stuff, it'll be Khyber pass ammo.  The new generation might be all over the AK, but the elders fought with Lee Enfields.  being able to shoot accurately was very important out there.

[Yustax]

Taliban have lots of .303.  If its not mass produced stuff, it'll be Khyber pass ammo.  The new generation might be all over the AK, but the elders fought with Lee Enfields.  being able to shoot accurately was very important out there.

Yeah I know, but not that many. The majority of them use Ak's. And thats besides the point; modern armies needs modern weapons, not some old rifle even if it shoots very accurately. If you want accuraccy then be sure to have a DMR rifle next time.

[Eat Uranium]

Much of the terrain in Afghanistan favours long range warfare, where the advantages of older bolt action rifles outweigh their disadvantages.

[THeTA0123]

Much of the terrain in Afghanistan favours long range warfare, where the advantages of older bolt action rifles outweigh their disadvantages.

indeed i was about to say that aswel. An AK47 its bullet becomes inaccurate beyond 300m while a good old powerfull bolt action rifle goes far beyond that

[th_battleaxe]

At least he's showing that he considers his L86 more worthy of lying in the dirt than his new SMLE.  Pity he probably won't be able to keep it.

that's a shame

[Yustax]

Much of the terrain in Afghanistan favours long range warfare, where the advantages of older bolt action rifles outweigh their disadvantages.

Alright deploy with that rifle and then come here and tell me how it went. Or we could ask Tolga; Im sure that he has find a shit load of Enfields.

[Thorondor123]

I see no pictures. Help me to see them.

[IrishReloaded]

Ortler Vorgipfelstellung 3850 m
K.u.K Tropps at the Orlter. 1.World War. Austrian Southwest front

[Tolga<3]

Alright deploy with that rifle and then come here and tell me how it went. Or we could ask Tolga; Im sure that he has find a shit load of Enfields.

Nein sorry. The weapons are more modern on our end.

indeed i was about to say that aswel. An AK47 its bullet becomes inaccurate beyond 300m while a good old powerfull bolt action rifle goes far beyond that

I dont remember a range where the AK wasnt inaccurate. Its reliable but a piece of sh!t.


A visit in an unnamed country.

[hOMEr_jAy]

Troops in Contact (TIC): Bravo Plattoon of Task Force Kunduz in a firefight in September 2010 in Qala e Zal

[Invincible]

Much of the terrain in Afghanistan favours long range warfare, where the advantages of older bolt action rifles outweigh their disadvantages.

there are no big advantages of using a bolt action Enfield rifle in Afghanistan really.
It might sound like an advantages but it isn't.

Good thing every modern country who is fighting against the Taliban have Light machine gun's, marksman rifles and Anti-tank weapons to blow them on range.

[VonMudra]

One of the guys I know in reenacting is a Major in the US army.  Before going to Iraq, when he was a Captain, he found a stash of wood stocked M14 rifles.  He then equipped his entire company with M14 rifles before they left for Iraq.