Weapons+&+Equipment+Involved

=__WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT USED;;__ =


 * [[image:Lee2.jpg width="169" height="180" align="left"]]Lee EnField #.1 **

- was a standard weapon in WW2, before that there was another weapon called LEE ENFIELD #.1 and it was shorter and was used until the new LEE ENFIELD #.4 came out on June 1943. The #.1 was used up till November 1942.

- Fasted operating bolt-action rifle in the world, it is affective up to 900 yards in distance. This gun carried 2 5-round clips of 303 ammunition. Over 100 000s of LEE ENFIELD were made during the world.


 * [[image:Vickers_303.JPG.jpeg width="230" height="233" align="left"]]*Vickers 303 Machine Gun. **

-This gun was used in both World Wars 1 & 2. It was a medium class weapon because it could be fired high or low angles. It was cooled by water and was operated by a gasassited rocoil system.

-It could be shot from 1100 yards, fires 60 shots per minute & 250 rapid fires.

**__*3 Inch Mortar.__**

- it could launch shells in high places that cannot be reached & could hit targets as closed as 250 - 2800 yards but it was heavy. - The soldiers treated it as 3 parts; the smooth bore, the base plate & the mounting. Once in place there was a 10-pound was dropped down a barrel & exploded -3 types of mortar bombs used; smoke, high explosive & star. -4.2-inch mortar fired a 20 pound bomb


 * __Grenades__**