The Lee-Enfield
rifle and Bren
light machine-gun (LMG) were the basic Canadian
infantry weapons, but fire-power was supplemented
by grenades,
semi-automatic rifles (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. Air power, armour
(i.e. tanks), and artillery worked in close
cooperation with infantry to provide additional
fire support on the battlefield.
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Platoon
Commander Lieutenant I. Macdonald
(with binoculars) ready to give
order to attack at S. Leonardo
di Ortona, Italy, 10 December
1943. Left to right, Sergeant
J.T. Cooney, Privates A.R. Downie,
O.E. Bernier, G.R. Young (kneeling,
with Lee-Enfield rifle), Corporal
T. Fereday and Private S.L. Hart
(lying down with Bren gun) all
of the 48th Highlanders. |
| Photo
by Frederick G. Whitcombe. Department
of National Defence / National
Archives of Canada, PA-163411. |
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Canada in WWII
