Elkins Automatic Rifle
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The Ekins Automatic Rifle was one of the numerous attempts to convert a Lee-Enfield
SMLE to an automatic rifle. Similar platforms of the time were the Canadian Huot
, South African Rieder and Charlton
of Australian/New Zealand origin which had full automatic capability.
Lee-Enfield
The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century...
SMLE to an automatic rifle. Similar platforms of the time were the Canadian Huot
Huot automatic rifle
The Huot was a Canadian World War I light machine gun project.-Design and development:In 1916, the Canadian Expeditionary Force was desperately short of light machine guns. Since the Ross rifle had finally been taken out of service, there were large numbers of surplus rifles.That year, Joseph Huot,...
, South African Rieder and Charlton
Charlton Automatic Rifle
The Charlton Automatic Rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the Lee-Enfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time....
of Australian/New Zealand origin which had full automatic capability.