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Originally Posted by Canadian Army
Some Taliban snipers in Afghanistan use British Lee-Enfield rifles (or locally manufactured copies), which were designed in the 1880s and used in both World Wars. (A basically similar weapon chambered for NATO-standard battle rifle ammunition was in use by the British Army in the same role until relatively recently.)
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In the Australian Army too (until the 1980s IIRC).
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Originally Posted by Canadian Army
During the Cold War, a squad of of SAS commandos were tasked with defending an Omani fort when they were suddenly attacked by hundreds of Communist guerrillas. In desperation, a couple of the SAS soldiers rushed over to a nearby shed that housed an antique WWII era anti-tank gun. They managed to get it working and it proved to be the deciding factor in the fight, buying them enough time for reinforcements to arrive.
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I believe this Badass of the Week article tells the story of the battle to which you refer:
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/takavesi.html