Are you kidding me ?
The lee enfield is NOT in use by the british forces in this age. The game is set in modern britain, IN LONDON (NOT rural) for the most part.
If we want the common british weaponry, then its like this:
From the police forces, the MP5, HDK or MP5K are the most commonly used weapons.
From our armed forces, the most common weaponry are the likes of the m4, automatic rifles.
The Lee Enfield is a british weapon, sure, but it wouldnt fit here. Its old and outdated.
It would be lovely to see it as a special weapon in the rural maps like farm or something, but not in the middle of london. Id rather have a mp5.
Im in the uk and im british. The Lee Enfield is a lovely rifle, but its not commonly used. Do you see pictures of british troops carrying lee-enfields in iraq? No. They carry variations of automatic rifles.
Here:
[url]http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/support-weapons/1458.aspx[/URL]
The SA80, is the most common small arms rifle.
[url]http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/support-weapons/1459.aspx[/URL]
The L115A3 is our latest sniper rifle.