![]() ![]() ![]() The 1917 date is a fairly late one, anti-sniper and specialised engagement of observation posts and machine-gunners had been going on for a couple of years, both with privately and with officially supplied large-bore rifles whilst the optically sighted SMLE was well established in Service use.Īs always with Treaties, they are usually more observed in the breach, by 1917 the provisions of the 1899 Hague Convention relating to the use of poison gas, the taking of hostages, the infliction of collective punishments, aerial bombardment and the unrestrained use of submarines had been broken and reading the text of the Convention I see that it only requires the participants to “abstain” in the use of expanding ammunition … although when the War Office discovered that British Officers were taking to France privately purchased soft-nosed loads of 0,455" revolver ammunition that was on sale in London in the early years of the war they put an end to the practice pretty smartly.Įven now the argument persists with hollow-point ammunition being used as anti-materiel rounds, against non-state participants in wars and internal conflicts and by police and paramilitary units. That would give some indication of the thinking behind the purchase. I think the first thing to do is see if there’s anything relevant in the Minutes of the Small Arms Committee just prior to the issuing of this requisition.
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