March 25th, 2008, 12:32 PM
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Re: British semi-automatic
British didn't need a semi-auto as in trained hands a Lee Enfield "Mad Minute" made the Germans think the British were using machine guns.
mad minute@Everything2.com
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During the 'mad minute' British riflemen were required to hit a target 300 metres away, with at least fifteen rounds fired in sixty seconds; one round every four seconds....
....The upper limits of aimed fire in the mad minute were 30-35 rounds per minute, slightly more than one round every two seconds, including the time taken to cycle the bolt and stuff four clips into the rifle.
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THE LEE ENFIELD RIFLE ASSOCIATION
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However, a Small Arms School Corps QMSI managed a rate of 37 rds a minute in the 1930's.
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