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Weapons · United Kingdom · 1942-1945

Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)

sniper rifle

The No. 4 (T) was Britain's standard WWII sniper rifle, built by selecting standard No. 4 Lee-Enfields that shot particularly well in factory accuracy tests and fitting them with a wooden cheek-rising piece and mounts for the No. 32, 3.5x telescopic sight. Conversion began at RSAF Enfield in late 1941-1942 on a batch of about 1,403 rifles left over from earlier trials, but the bulk of production, roughly 23,000 rifles, was carried out by the London gunmaker Holland & Holland, with further conversions by Stevens-Savage, BSA Shirley, James Purdey and Sons, and Canadian Arsenals Limited. Built on the reliable, fast-cycling Lee-Enfield action, it served British and Commonwealth forces across every theatre of the war and remained in front-line use well into the 1960s.

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caliber.303 British
weight4.4 kg
effective range600 m
scopeNo. 32 3.5x

Western Europe, Pacific, China, Burma and India

Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mk I (1903), UK. Caliber .303 British. From the collections of Armémuseum (Swedish Army Museum), Stockholm.
Short Magazine Lee Enfield Mk I (1903), UK. Caliber .303 British. From the collections of Armémuseum (Swedish Army Museum), Stockholm.Armémuseum (The Swedish Army Museum) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldier provides medical support to a teammate simulating an injury during a combat life saver course held March 19-26, 2011 in Gako, Rwanda. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Austin Drake RDF soldier
A Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldier provides medical support to a teammate simulating an injury during a combat life saver course held March 19-26, 2011 in Gako, Rwanda. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Austin Drake RDF soldierUS Army Africa from Vicenza, Italy · CC BY 2.0 · source
Accession number: MZ 01411; Lee-Enfield rifle with shortened stock and barrel. Possibly improvised or modified for use in trenches, narrow underground passages or tunnels during the First World War.
Accession number: MZ 01411; Lee-Enfield rifle with shortened stock and barrel. Possibly improvised or modified for use in trenches, narrow underground passages or tunnels during the First World War.Own work · CC0 · source
A storage locker containing 15 drill purpose Lee Enfield No. 4 rifles. The rifles are currently (as of June 8 2026) used by 307 RCSCC Mariner, a corp of the Canadian Sea Cadet Program
A storage locker containing 15 drill purpose Lee Enfield No. 4 rifles. The rifles are currently (as of June 8 2026) used by 307 RCSCC Mariner, a corp of the Canadian Sea Cadet ProgramYourFavouriteGamer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source