Did the British armed forces use airguns in WW2 for training?

[walnutfarmmick]

https://imgur.com/g8TOBDa

Any idea how many were supplied, Trev?

If anyone is thinking 'Yeah, right' I'd just like to point out that this is the nation that voluntarily assumed rationing, out of solidarity with the Mother country Great Britain.

ATB, Mick

[cinedux]

Mick,I found this in 'Papers Past'(an interesting site).I've no idea how many guns they rallied-or why they didn't want Greeners.Weird,eh? I do recall sitting up in an old oak in the front garden,tossing acorns at a platoon of Home Guarders carrying broomsticks!regards Trev

[Garvin]

I've no idea how many guns they rallied-or why they didn't want Greeners.Weird,eh?

Could it have been that they didn't want break barrels, only underlevers, perhaps because the rifle practice would have been in the prone position?

[cinedux]

although Sharpe and I could load and fire a break-barrel faster!

[walnutfarmmick]

I think even you would struggle with an Improved Britannia, Trev. Oddly enough shooting it prone was one of the possible reasons for the design proposed when we were discussing the whys and wherefores of said unnatural beast. If anybody fancies holding a seance to contact Mr. Bonehill ....

ATB, Mick

[martin bingham]

i'm sure that i read somewhere that air guns in warfare are banned under the Geneva convention,wether true or not,i dont know.
atb
M

[JB101]

Found this in a book recently