Infantry Weapons Lee-Enfield Rifle | Sten gun | Bren gun | Vickers machine gun | Mills Bomb | Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT)

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. 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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