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British
Infantry Weapons of WW2
by, Steven M
The British infantry forces used a wide variety of weapons. They rangedfrom
the small arms weapons like the No.1 MK (S.M.L.E) Enfield, the No.4 MK
I Enfield Rifle., and the Tompson 1928 Machine gun. They also used the
sidearms weapons like the Enfield MK 2 .38Revolver,the Inglis MK 1 Browning,
and the Colt 1911 .45.
Source:http://www.britishairborne.org/infantry.html
Some of the machine guns used were the Vickers Mark 1 Machine gun, the
Browning M2.50 Machine gun, and the Browning M1919.30 Machine gun. The
Brithish forces used two different types of gernades the Mills bomb and
the Gammon bomb. They were also using antitank and personnel weapons such
as the "Lifebouy" Flamethrower, the .55 Boys Anit Tank Rifle Mark 1, the
2.5 Northover Project, and the 6 pounder and 17 pounder Antitank guns.
Source:http://www.britishairborne.org/infantry.html