A Short and Convoluted History of the Jungle Carbine

It was one of the shortest lived variants of the mighty Lee Enfield family of rifles but it's become one of the most popular for military surplus collectors. In today's video, the Redneck Preppy goes over the brief history of the Lee Enfield No. 5 Mk I, otherwise known as the Jungle Carbine.

0:15 Introduction
0:55 A Closer Look at the Lee Enfield No 5 Mk I
4:22 Before the No 5 Mk I
6:44 The Designer
7:56 Continuing the Story
14:00 The Case of the Wandering Zero
16:52 Variants
18:16 Other Users of the No 5 Mk I
22:30 The Legacy of the No 5 Mk I

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Music:

Opening

"Kiss Me Good Night Sergeant Major" by Art Noel and Don Pelosi (1939)

Chapters

"Imagine Me In the Maginot Line"
"We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall"
"Men of Harlech"
"Land of Hope and Glory"
"(We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing on the Seigfried Line"
"There Will Always Be an England"
"Waltzing Matilda"
"Out in the Middle East"