
June, 2025
Enfield No2 Mk1*
United Kingdom
Second World War
Made by Enfield in 1942
.38/200
Type 38 Arisaka
Problems with Japan’s first smokeless powder rifle prompted a redesign of the mechanism, leading to one of the strongest and simplest rifles ever produced, which would serve the Empire for almost half a century.
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