The Martini Henry

When 'arf of your bullets fly wide in the ditch, Don't call your Martini a cross-eyed old bitch; She's human as you are -- you treat her as sich, An' she'll fight for the young British soldier.

—Rudyard Kipling, “The Young British Soldier”

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This episode is dedicated to what could be called -until recently - the right arm of the British Empire. It's the Tommy's best friend, the Lee Enfield.

Links:

• War Thunder on Steam (steampowered.com)

• War Thunder - MajorGeeks

• Muzzleloading Flintlock Words Used in Everyday Language (Nature Reliance channel)

• A Pair of Arresting Montenegrin Gasser Revolvers (Forgotten Weapons)

• Gordon at Westercon 69

• Lee–Enfield 

• James Paris Lee 

• M1885 Remington 

• Martini–Henry 

• The River War, by Winston Churchill (complete text at gutenberg.org)

• Stripper clip