Ishapore No6 Jungle Carbine SMLE Prototype
This video examines the Ishapore No. 6 Jungle Carbine, an SMLE prototype developed in 1943. The British government initiated a program to create a shortened and lighter SMLE rifle for production in India and Australia, as their ordnance factories hadn't converted to the No. 4 rifle. This prototype, the first pattern from Ishapore, features a 16.5-inch barrel with a conical flash hider, a unique 3-position flag-style aperture sight, and repositioned sling swivels. While tested in the UK, modifications were recommended. A second Ishapore pattern was provisionally approved as the No. 6 Mk.I in 1944 but canceled, and the Australian pattern approved in 1945 was declared obsolete before production. The end of WWII and Indian independence led to the loss of funding and impetus for the new rifle, with Ishapore later converting to 7.62mm NATO No. 1 pattern rifles.













