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Originally Posted by Alan O
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.
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It was certainly shorter and lighter than the Lee Enfield, and (semi)automatic too which I reckon is a huge advantage in battle. It fired a .30 caliber cartridge that was not used on Bren, Sten, Lee Enfield or Enfield/Webley revolver so that must have put a strain on RASC to supply another type of ammo.