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Increased recoil due to shorter barrel

This is patently false, whatever the source, as any physics student can tell you. A shorter barrel results in lower muzzle velocity, which again reduces recoil. Increased recoil is entirely caused by reduced weight. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asgrrr (talk • contribs) 21:05, 7 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

just a suggestion - but shouldn't this be moved in with the rest of the Lee-Enfield/SMLE article? TSR2 20:25, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the comment "The flash supressor is considered to have been nearly useless for reducing the increased flash associated with the shortened barrel", as it's not factually correct- a Jungle Carbine (with flash suppressor) does not flash nearly as much as comparable carbines (like the Mosin-Nagant M44). The purpose of the Flash Hider is simply to prevent the firer from being dazzled, not prevent the muzzle-flash entirely. --Commander Zulu 06:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite so. The Carbine was intended for the dense jungles of the Far East where the jungle canopy can make it almost dark at mid-day and where the eyes become adjusted to the low light. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.247.9 (talk) 16:23, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

on scavenging ammunition

New Zealanders used the jungle carbine in the vietnam war. i'm told that it could use many types of ammunition because the NZers were so badly equipped they needed to use Austrailian, American, and even NVA ammo! is this true?

--Waxi skanki 10:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)Waxi_skanki[reply]

Untrue. The Jungle Carbine is chambered for the .303 British cartridge, and in unmodified form will not chamber or fire any other ammo. Of course, it's not outside the realms of possibility that the VC had converted captured WWII arms to 7.62x39. More importantly, the NZ Military was equipped with the L1A1 SLR by the time of the Vietnam War, and as far as I am aware, the only Enfields taken into action would have been carried by individual soldiers who were using WWII vintage ammo, or maybe commercial target ammo. Either way, the Jungle Carbine wasn't an official issue weapon to either the Australian or NZ militaries during Vietnam, to the best of my knowledge. --Commander Zulu 10:57, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

jungle carbine chambered in 308

I have a jungle carbine that is chambered in 308, is this original?, as the stampings are original and not overstriked. The markings are on the right side receiver band under bolt. It states "RIFLE 7.62mm2A1, RFI 1966" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.208.90.161 (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

No, your rifle isn't original- it's a sporterised Rifle 7.62mm 2A1. RFI is "Rifle Factory, Ishapore". Jungle Carbines were only ever made in .303 British calibre by Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakarely and BSA Shirley, both of which are in the UK, with the exception of a few experimental models produced at SAF Lithgow in Australia. --Commander Zulu 10:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Australian No6 carbines were built on the SMLE MkIII action as produced at SAF Lithgow rather than the modified No4 action used to build the No5 in Britain.

The "jungle carbine" 2A1 was most likely converted to that format by Navy Arms in the US. Navy Arms imported a large number of 2A and 2A1 rifles from India and modified a number of them---probably rifles with damaged or worn muzzles---into a shortened "jungle carbine" loosely based on the experimental Australian No6 carbine mentioned above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.102.128.29 (talk) 02:58, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyedit

I've begun a copyedit and reference addition to try and boost the article up some more; I think it was missing something previously. Commander Zulu (talk) 12:40, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]