List of PA Battle Rifles

[Jakashh]

in our local language its called 8mm

Ah, I see. One of those country to country things.

 

[Khan_yz]

The Type 56

Chinese copy of the AK-47

i have this gun (type 56) in excellent conditions, the accuracy is very good and built quality is flawless

 

[denel]

The .303 Lee Enfield

Yes which ones were used? There are many variants. The man in photo is holding No4 Mk1 or Mk2. That is same which i have also. Previous ones appear to be No2

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Yes which ones were used? There are many variants. The man in photo is holding No4 Mk1 or Mk2. That is same which i have also. Previous ones appear to be No2

Jungle Carbine No.5 was also issued... I have one in perfect condition...

 

[untitled]

Yes which ones were used? There are many variants

I think we can safely assume that majority of them were manufactured at Ishapore

 

[denel]

I think we can safely assume that majority of them were manufactured at Ishapore

Yes for your side. On our side, these were manufactured in Pretoria from 1930s onwards; but earliers came from Uk. Mine was built in Pretoria.

Here they were taken out of service in the 50s and replaced with R1/FNs; later R4s/Galils then became the standard bearer.

For Ishapore; they were still using the No2/3 design but switched to 7.62x51 a good move to standardise on the round. Still for what we use .303 for is more a ceremonial rifle and a general purpose hunting rifle.

Anyway, back to normal thread, I digressed.