This example needs almost nothing - maybe a little help with the finish, the wood re-linseed treating and some screw tightening and remains as it was last left by the Armoury in 1904. This one seems to be converted from a Lee Metford Carbine and so probably saw service in this guise in the Boer War - as indicated by the bore in the left wrist - which was for the prior models saddle loop. In all some 11000 LEC models were produced - of which documents show that 10,000 were r

The STEN need was determined by the British Government during the summer of 1940 - having lost a lot of men and material on the retreat and beaches of Dunkirk. The German forces at that time were observed to have more Full Automatic Small arms dispersed amongst every level of unit encountered. The US was selling as many of the Thomsons as could be agreed and produced - but theses were expensive - even after cost cutting and process simplification exercise waves - their supp

British Expeditionary Force - 1940 Poor Blinking Infantry - 1942 1HQ Canadian Parachute Battalion - 1944 Last updated for content 1-25-25...