The British Empires' last ditch Charlton-Enfield self-loading rifle
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Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum examines the last-ditch conversion of a SMLE into an LMG. The brainchild of a car mechanic from New Zealand, the Charlton was one of the more successful conversions of the Lee Enfield during the Second World War.
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