bolt action centre-fire rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19700162-001
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1945-1989 Cold War
1950-1953 Korean War - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Small Arms Limited
- Date Made 1943
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/01/01
- Latest 1943/12/31
- Brand Name / Model No. 4, Mk. I* Line Thrower
- Inscription No. 4 MKI* over long branch over 1943. On left side of forend: Line-throwing-rifle
- Pattern Name Lee-Enfield
- Materials Steel, Wood
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Measurements Height 20.5 cm, Length 113.0 cm, Width 7.5 cm
- Caption Lee-Enfield Line-throwing Rifle
- Additional Information Royal Canadian Navy sailors used this converted Canadian-made Lee-Enfield rifle to pass lines to other vessels at sea. The rifle fired a special cartridge to launch a rod with a loop at its end. The rod carried with it a lightweight line. Sailors on the receiving ship used this to haul over a heavier line that could then be used to transfer equipment, supplies, or even, using a special harness, people. Line-throwing rifles could also be used to establish lines for rescue or salvage work.