WA stumped by bizarre and cool SMLE Accessory

Wildalaska · June 30, 2007, 11:43 PM

Bought a copy (been looking for this one for a while) of Browns IWM Book of the First World war, and there on the frontispiece is a pic of some men of the Worcestershire Regiment waiting their turn on the Somme holding their rifles...

And attached to their SMLEs, on left side of the nose cap is a set of....WIRECUTTERS!!!!

I cant figure out how they work. Anybody ever seen a pair? I havent...ever.....nor was I even aware they existed

WildnewthingAlaska

Redneckrepairs · June 30, 2007, 11:59 PM

Nope never seen em , Took me a bit to figger out how the " wirecutter " end of my stg 58 worked tho , after i did hell it even works on rebar lol .

James K · July 1, 2007, 12:05 AM

I am really digging into the memory on this, but I seem to recall reading that there were two kinds. One was the conventional "bolt cutter" type attached to the rifle in lieu of the bayonet. The other was a sort of V shaped guide which was intended to guide the wire to the muzzle of the rifle so a shot would cut it.

Regular wire cutters were also used, but they were hand held, not attached to the rifle.

Jim

Redneckrepairs · July 1, 2007, 12:15 AM

Jim the second type is what the stg 58 fal has , and there is a new spendy attachment for the ar platform that does the same . basicly center it in the flash suppression cuts and pull the trigger with ball ammo. It is the same idea that a breaching break uses with 12 ga slugs to take a door down .

Wildalaska · July 1, 2007, 12:54 AM

This was a V shape......so Jim its just a guide you reckon? This was off to the side so it wasn't mounted like a bayo...

WE NEED A BRIT HERE...CALLING ALL BRITS...IGNORANT YANK ALErT.

I WANT ONE!!!!

WildcoolcoolAlaska

PS..Red I think you center, twist and shoot in those

SDC · July 1, 2007, 08:08 AM

Is this the type you saw, WA? A fellow named anzac16 posted a pic of his over at a WW1 forum, and he describes it as working basically the same way as a standard pair of garden shears. The soldier would push the rifle into the wire, and the body of the cutter is hinged so that as it rotates backwards, the two cutter blades (riveted onto the body of the cutter with those two largest rivets) cam together, cutting the wire.

deadin · July 1, 2007, 08:41 AM

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I WANT ONE!!!!

Why?? Have the natives got you fenced in??

Wildalaska · July 1, 2007, 12:36 PM

Thats it!!!!!

You are my hero!

When the Yukon and NWT secede from Canada and join Alaska in that new independent nation called Meltedpermafrostia, you should flee Ontario!

I WANT ONE (at a reasonable price)

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Have the natives got you fenced in??

No, check this out an acessory like this fits in with my mania. Like when I take my (unloaded 1911) and start peering under the bed...when SWMBO asks what I am doing I tell her I am digging Jap soldiers out of caves...a few well placed "take that Tojo"s makes her run over to the computer and start pricing tickets back to Tokyo!

Now Im gonna get a Webley and an Enfield and one of these wire cutter accessories, dig a hole in the yard, and start charging it yelling "Take that Fritz, here come the 4th Bantam Regiment of Feet, Sussex division"..

SWMBO thinks I am crazy, I want to see what the neighbors think!

WildanyoneeverseecornellwildeinthenakedpreyAlaska

June 30, 2007, 11:43 PM	#1
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	WA stumped by bizarre and cool SMLE Accessory Bought a copy (been looking for this one for a while) of Browns IWM Book of the First World war, and there on the frontispiece is a pic of some men of the Worcestershire Regiment waiting their turn on the Somme holding their rifles... And attached to their SMLEs, on left side of the nose cap is a set of....WIRECUTTERS!!!! I cant figure out how they work. Anybody ever seen a pair? I havent...ever.....nor was I even aware they existed WildnewthingAlaska

July 1, 2007, 08:08 AM	#6
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	Is this the type you saw, WA? A fellow named anzac16 posted a pic of his over at a WW1 forum, and he describes it as working basically the same way as a standard pair of garden shears. The soldier would push the rifle into the wire, and the body of the cutter is hinged so that as it rotates backwards, the two cutter blades (riveted onto the body of the cutter with those two largest rivets) cam together, cutting the wire. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936. Last edited by SDC; July 1, 2007 at 03:58 PM.

June 30, 2007, 11:59 PM	#2
Redneckrepairs Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2006 Posts: 666	Nope never seen em , Took me a bit to figger out how the " wirecutter " end of my stg 58 worked tho , after i did hell it even works on rebar lol .

July 1, 2007, 12:05 AM	#3
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I am really digging into the memory on this, but I seem to recall reading that there were two kinds. One was the conventional "bolt cutter" type attached to the rifle in lieu of the bayonet. The other was a sort of V shaped guide which was intended to guide the wire to the muzzle of the rifle so a shot would cut it. Regular wire cutters were also used, but they were hand held, not attached to the rifle. Jim

July 1, 2007, 12:15 AM	#4
Redneckrepairs Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2006 Posts: 666	Jim the second type is what the stg 58 fal has , and there is a new spendy attachment for the ar platform that does the same . basicly center it in the flash suppression cuts and pull the trigger with ball ammo. It is the same idea that a breaching break uses with 12 ga slugs to take a door down .

July 1, 2007, 12:54 AM	#5
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	This was a V shape......so Jim its just a guide you reckon? This was off to the side so it wasn't mounted like a bayo... WE NEED A BRIT HERE...CALLING ALL BRITS...IGNORANT YANK ALErT. I WANT ONE!!!! WildcoolcoolAlaska PS..Red I think you center, twist and shoot in those