Soderberg (right) with Bren guns, Private Earl Israel (rear), October 1943, Italy. Lance Corporal George Netherwood (left) and Private W.L. 4 was manufactured in Britain, the US, and Canada. Fortunately there was no such controversy during the latter conflict. Despite being issued with temperamental Ross rifles early in the First World War, Canadian troops often threw them away in favour of reliable Lee-Enfields picked up on the battlefield. Earlier marks had been in service with the British Army since 1895, and were to continue until 1957. 4 was the standard infantry rifle used by Canadian troops during the Second World War. tanks), and artillery worked in close cooperation with infantry to provide additional fire support on the battlefield. The Lee-Enfield rifle and Bren light machine-gun (LMG) were the basic Canadian infantry weapons, but fire-power was supplemented by grenades, sub-machine guns (also called machine carbines) like the Sten gun, mortars, Vickers medium machine-guns, anti-tank weapons such as the 6-pounder and PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank), and light anti-aircraft guns. Canada in the Second World War > Arms & Weapons > On Land > Infantry Weapons Infantry Weapons
