Lee-Enfield
bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle
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Summary
Lee-Enfield is a firearm model[1]. Lee-Enfield ranks in the top 3% of firearm model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,234 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: British Army[3]
- Manufacturer: Royal Small Arms Factory[4], Birmingham Small Arms Company[5], London Small Arms Co. Ltd[6], Lithgow Arms[7], Ishapore Rifle Factory[8], Savage Arms[9], Pakistan Ordnance Factories[10]
- Subclass of: repeating rifle[11]
- Designed by: James Paris Lee[12], Royal Small Arms Factory[13]
- Commons category: Lee–Enfield[14]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[15]
- Has part(s): magazine[16]
- Participated in conflict: Second Boer War[17], World War II[18], World War I[19], Easter Rising[20], Irish War of Independence[21], Irish Civil War[22], Indonesian National Revolution[23]
- Service entry: January 1, 1895[24]
- Ammunition: .303 British[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lee-Enfield rifle[26]
- Commons gallery: Lee-Enfield[27]
- Total produced: 17,000,000[28]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29]
- Native label: Lee-Enfield[30]
Why It Matters
Lee-Enfield has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Lee-Enfield is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]