Surprising that wasn't explained. Suspect it's just to distinguish them from fully operable rifles. In scenes of street riots shown on TV news (usually caused by Muslim agitation), you still see police armed with Mk IIIs.
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Surprising that wasn't explained. Suspect it's just to distinguish them from fully operable rifles. In scenes of street riots shown on TV news (usually caused by Muslim agitation), you still see police armed with Mk IIIs.
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Not all DP rifles were decommissioned as there are plenty out there which are fully operational. DP is a downgrade. Very often due to excessive wear which cannot be repaired.
The red and white DP rifles are from India and they beat the crap out of them before dumping them on the surplus market.
Not only are they still using the SMLE, they were still producing them at RFI as late as 1988. If there are any newer, they haven't been surplused off yet. We were surprised to find 1970's dated rifles. Surprised again years later with the 1980's ones. None were DP'd though.
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