Original British WWII Swift Training Rifle Series B in Original Transit Chest - Serial B5190 - Functional with Intact Fork U.S. Militaria On the right shoulder is

On the right shoulder is a French Fourragere cord

which is a later war replacement

but there is not one installed on the handle

and as an expression that "heavy measures" are being taken

Original British WWII Swift Training Rifle Series B in Original Transit Chest - Serial B5190 - Functional with Intact Fork U.S. Militaria On the right shoulder isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a British WWII produced Swift Training Rifle Mk. III in its original transit chest. This was a rifle shooting training device made in Great Britain during the Second World War. This rifle did not actually fire a cartridge, but shot out a forked probe that punctured a paper target barely an inch from the "muzzle". The system illustrated, to a recruit or trainee, the required sight