Sir,—Compliments to Seán Bernard Newman on his excellent article on the Ulster Special Constabulary. He is correct that the weapons toted by the half-squad of B Specials (HI 29.2, March/April 2021, p. 35) are not the standard government-issued short magazine Lee Enfield rifles (SMLEs), but nor are they ‘Larne era’. They appear to be Lee ... Read more
