Howell Automatic Rifle

Howell Automatic Rifle
Type	Automatic Rifle
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
Used by	Home Guard
Specifications
Cartridge	.303 British
Action	Gas
Rate of fire	Semi automatic
Feed system	10 / 20 round box magazine
Sights	Iron

The Howell Automatic Rifle an automatic conversion for the Lee–Enfield rifle.^[1] The weapon was reliable but unergonomic for the user as the force of the recoiling bolt interfered with handling. Similar conversions were the South African Rieder and Charlton of Australian/New Zealand origin which had full automatic capability.

References

↑ Special Service Lee Enfields: Commando and Auto Models by Ian Skennerton. Published by Ian D Skennerton, PO Box 80, Labrador 4215, Australia, 2001. ISBN 0-949749-37-0. Paperback, 48 pp, 50 plus b & w drawings and photos, 210 x 274 mm

External links

Howell Automatic Rifle at the Royal Armouries

Weapons of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations 1722–1965

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