It's Greece 1946.
British had obtained many American weapons in Italy in 1944 and there are lots of photos with British troops using US Thompson sub MGs which were superior to the issued Stens.
Presumably in a similar vein the M1 Carbine shown was more useful to the paratroops than the longer and more unwieldy 303 Lee Enfields. As a shorter weapon it was possibly used to parachute on the man rather than in a weapons bundle with all of the problems of finding a weapon on the DZ that they cause.
Last edited by Alan O; 13-10-19 at 04:23 PM.
Reason: correct smg
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