The Charlton Automatic Rifle was to act as a substitute for what First World War-era light machine gun of US design?
Charlton Automatic Rifle The Charlton Automatic Rifle was a fully automatic conversion of the Lee–Enfield rifle, designed by New Zealander Philip Charlton in 1941 to act as a substitute for the Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time.
Mauser Model 1871 The Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr" 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr" 71, or "Infantry Rifle 71 ("I.G.Mod.71" was stamped on the rifles themselves) was the first rifle model in a distinguished line designed and manufactured by Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company and later mass-produced at Spandau arsenal.