Collections

This cabinet contains rifles from a Snider-Enfield dated 1862 and traces the rifles development through the Martini Enfields, Long Lee Enfields, the SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) and finally to the ill-fated Canadian Ross Rifle.

This cabinet contains the No. 4 Mk. I rifle that has been used from 1931 to the present. It was used by the Canadian Rangers until 2020. The .22 version C No. 7 Mk. I was used by Cadets into the early 2000’s. The cabinet also includes some attachments used with the Lee Enfield, a Modified SMLE used for firing Smoke Grenades and an EY grenade launching rifle.

This cabinet contains a mixture of military weapons from Sweden, Russia, United States and more modern Canadian Small Arms. Also included are sniper rifles used in British and Canadian service.

This cabinet contains weapons from the Axis Powers of the Second World War: Germany, Italy and Japan. Rare weapons include the Japanese Type 100 Submachine gun, and an MG34 and MG42 from Germany.

The FN is sometimes called the “Arm of the Free World” as it was used by so many countries. Canada was the first country to formally adopt the FN in 1955. The cabinet contains Canadian, British, Australian, and Israeli versions, as well as Equipment Issue Scale (EIS) issued to Canadian soldiers. Of note are the two Night Vision Devices, one Infrared and the other Starlight.

Included in this cabinet are many captured weapons brought back to Canada after the First and Second World Wars by Canadian soldiers, including some captured by members of the Regiment. One of the latest additions to the collection was a pistol captured by a member of the 16th Bn. during the First World War.

Of note in this cabinet are the First World War Lewis Gun and the Bren gun used in the Second World War by Canadian soldiers. The cabinet also holds Sten guns and an submachine gun that was once owned by Major General John Meredith Rockingham, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, ED, CD.