The Lee-Enfield Rifle No.5 Mk I — better known as the Jungle Carbine was the British Army’s answer to the conditions faced in Burma in 1942. The goal was to produce a light, handy weapon with good accuracy up to 400 yards. Although it entered service near the end of the Second World War, the No.5 saw more extensive use post war during the Malayan Emergency, where it earned its now nickname, 'the Jungle Carbine'. You can see this rifle, alongside many other weapons used during the war, in our exh

Lee–Enfield Jungle Carbine No. 5 Mk I