Rifles of the colonial Miltia, Wardie land Army and Wardie land Imperial Army

The Imperial Army uses many rifles, in different calibres, old and new, the main rifle in service is the Lee-Enfield, but 19th century rifles like the Martini-Henry and assault rifles like the SA80 are also in service.

The Matchlock, the first rifle to be used by the Wardie land Imperial Army, entered service in about 1609 with the English colonists of Wardie land, used by the Militia until Wardie land became independent in 1735, they were used by the Wardie land Army. The Matchlock was used in the earliest colonial wars, like the Selereng War of 1744 for Selereng Island (now part of Selereng Colony in the Southern Colonies). Matchlock rifles were used until they were replaced by Brown Bess flintlock rifles in 1758, used by reserves and civilians until about 1799.

Brown Bess musket, imported from the UK in 1758-1835, standard issue rifle until 1853 when supplanted by the Pattern 1853, saw extensive use in the early empire-building wars, like the Wardie land-Kulis War of 1802 and the First Snow War of 1818, used heavily by the Snowlandian Army, who found Brown Bess superior to their own musket, the M1769, saw limited service after 1853 but completely phased out of frontline service by 1865, used by reservists until 1894, carbine variant used by cavalry until 1873, Brown Bess is currently in limited service with the Military Police, but is more popular with civilians and the Imperial Militia.

Brown Bess carbine

In 1802 the Baker rifle began entering service, but did not replace the Brown Bess, which was kept in service as the Army's standard "long rifle", the Baker was used in frontline service until about 1855, but saw limited service after this date up to about 1880, a carbine version was used by some cavalrymen until about 1875, a few Bakers can still be seen being used by Military Police and the Imperial Militia.
Baker rifle with Pattern 1802 24-inch sword bayonet

Baker cavalry carbine

A Pattern 1853 Enfield musket, entered service in 1853, supplanting the "Brown Bess" muskets, saw extensive use in the Second Snow War of 1867, but was being supplanted by the Snider-Enfield rifle in 1867, found in frontline service until the 1880s, cavalry carbine version managed to see frontline service into the 1890s, the last 1853s saw frontline service with native colonial troops like the Saqan Askaris until about 1903.

A Snider-Enfield, the first breech-loader to see service, used from 1867, where they entered to late to see any significant service in the Second Snow War, but were standard issue from 1867 to 1871, when they were supplanted by the Martini-Henry, but was issued to regular infantry up to about 1896. It has been said that had the Snider-Enfield entered service sooner the Second Snow War would've ended much quicker, as they would completely dominate the Snow Landian muzzle-loading rifles, like the First Snow War-vintage Brown Bess rifles that Snow Land was still using. A carbine variant was used by cavalrymen until about 1885, the Snider is still in limited service with reserves and Military Police, but is more commonly seen being used by the Imperial Militia, the civilian army.

A Snider-Enfield cavalry carbine

M1867 Russian Krnka, the Krnka was a breech-loading conversion of the M1857 Six-Line musket, and was a contemporary of the Snider-Enfield, the Krnka was just beginning to enter Snow Landian service by the time of the Second Snow War, and wasn't able to make much of a difference in the outcome of the war, captured Krnkas entered Wardian service, and were in Wardian stock for many decades before being used to equip native forces in the colonies, all of the Krnkas left in Wardian service in 1940 were given to the Snow Landian Imperial Army.

In 1876 a sniper version was made, this version didn't have a rear leaf sight, and used the Malcolm scope, the type of scope used on the 1874 Sharps sniper. Used by the 1st Sharpshooter Section until 1885. The Snider-Enfield sniper is popular with hunters, military police snipers and militia sharpshooters.
A Snider-Enfield sniper

A Martini-Henry chambered in .577/450, the Martini-Henry entered service in 1871 and was modified and upgraded through the years and was the main rifle of the Imperial Army until 1889 when she was replaced by the Lee-Metford, the Martini-Henry was still used by the cavalry until about 1932, and can still be found in use by reservists, and by the Military Police.

A .577/450 round

In 1875 Wardie land ordered some Lee Vertical Action Rifles from James Paris Lee in .577/450 after hearing of how quickly he could reload with the action, Lee delivered and the Lee Vertical Action Rifle (also known as the L.V.A.R in shorthand) entered service as the Remington T1876 Rifle (US), the action was popular due to its somewhat similarity with the Martini-Henry action and the speed of reload which could be attained with it, the L.V.A.Rs were later modified to take 0.303 British, and a few are still in action today.

In 1885 some Martini-Henrys were modified into snipers, the leaf sight was removed and replaced with a Malcolm scope, the type of scope used on the 1874 Sharps sniper. These rifles replaced the 1874 Sharps rifles used by the first sniper unit, the 1st Sharpshooter Section.

A Martini-Henry sniper

Martini-Enfield, the Martini-Enfield was, for the most part, a Martini-Henry rechambered for 0.303 British, the Martini-Enfield began entering service in 1889, shortly after the 0.303 round entered Wardian service, Martini-Enfields remain in military service, particularly with training and rear-guard units.

An 1874 Sharps sniper, the Sharps sniper was the first scoped sniper rifle to enter service with the Imperial Army, the first sniper unit was formed in 1875, the 1st Sharpshooter Section. Saw service with some frontline Home Islands snipers until 1902, relegated to colonial snipers, used in the colonies until 1909, saw limited service with reserves and native snipers until the 1920s.

A Lee-Metford, entered service in 1889, started being replaced in 1907 by the Lee-Enfield, but was in frontline service until about 1935, still in use by reserves.

In 1902 the Lee-Metford was given a scope and at that time was only used by one dedicated sniper unit, the 1st Sharpshooter Section, new sniper units began to emerge and by 1907 there were 29 different sniper units.

Type 30 rifle, the Type 30 rifle was a Japanese rifle from 1899, and was originally chambered for the 6.5mm Arisaka round, before being converted to take the .303 British, the rifle entered service in 1900 as the Arisaka T1900 Rifle (J), the T1900 was used in frontline service until 1949.

A Lee-Enfield, the main rifle of the Imperial Army, entered service in 1907, still in frontline service, a sniper version is the main sniper rifle of the Army. A cruder variant was produced for a short while in 1942, the ELE "Ellie" Rifle (ELE standing for "Emergency Lee-Enfield"), the Ellie was a Wardie land equivalent of the "Last Ditch rifle", and was produced for a few months from May to September 1942, in May 1942 the Japanese made a push to conquer the Home Islands, and the Wardian government decided to produce a simplified Lee-Enfield in large numbers in order to equip the Imperial Militia and every citizen with a rifle in case the Japanese invaded, the ELE had a cut-down stock, simplified iron sights, unvarnished furniture, simplified metalwork and cruder finish, but was functionally no different from a normal Lee-Enfield, so much that a few may still be seen in active Militia service, because the ELE was only produced for 4 months they are rarer to see than normal Lee-Enfields, and are therefor generally more expensive.

Type 38 rifle, the Type 38 rifle was an improvement of the Type 30, and entered service in 1907 as the Arisaka T1907 Rifle (J), the T1907 was originally chambered for 6.5mm Arisaka, but was converted to .303 British, the Type 38 was in frontline service until the 1950s. Wardie land purchased 300,000 Type 38 rifles from Japan during WWI, and largely followed British procedure of giving the Arisaka rifles to either training battalions or naval units, in order to free up Lee-Enfields for the frontline army troops, as such the Royal Imperial Wardian Marines were a big user of the Arisaka, due to this the Wardian Type 30 and Type 38s were most commonly seen during naval landings, most of the troops who served in the East Island Campaign were armed with Arisakas.

Type 44 Carbine, the Type 44 was developed from the Type 38, and entered service in 1912 as the Arisaka T1912 Rifle (J), as with the Type 38 the T1912 was originally chambered in 6.5mm Arisaka, before being converted to .303 British.

In 1914 Wardie land purchased a number of Winchester 1895 lever guns in 0.303 British to arm training and rear guard troops, these guns had charger clip guides so the rifles could use Lee-Enfield 5-round charger clips. These rifles ended up seeing active service in the 1914 Tuvalian Rice Rebellion, WW1, the Saqan Uprising of 1933, the Third Snow War of 1939-1940, the Pacific War and Korea, a few may still be in service today. These rifles were designated Winchester T1914 Lever Rifle (US).

Type 99 Arisaka, a few hundred Type 99 rifles were imported in 1939, the Type 99 used the 7.7mm Arisaka round, effectively a copy of the 0.303 British round, making conversion to 0.303 easier. Many Type 99 rifles were later captured during WW2, in which Wardie land fought in the Pacific War. Type 99s were often supplied to anti-Wardie land forces, and Wardie land captured these rifles when the pro-Japanese rebels were defeated. Wardie land has thousands of converted WW2 vintage Type 99 rifles stockpiled in case of emergencies, whilst most are stockpiled a few 0.303 Type 99 rifles are still in active military service. Because the vast majority of Wardie land's stock of Type 99 rifles have been converted to 0.303 British unconverted rifles are far more expensive than converted ones.

A Berdan II rifle, Berdan II rifles were captured in large numbers on the Eastern Front of the Third Snow War the Berdan at first used local Snow Landian Russian 10.75x58r ammo used in the Russian Berdans but the Berdans were soon re-chambered to take .303 British.

Berdan rifles were issued to frontline troops until about 1947, to rear-echelon troops into the late 1970s, with training units into the late 1990s, and still equips native troops in the colonies, Berdan rifles saw frontline service in both the Saqan Mercenary War of 1941 and in the Pacific War, Saqan Askaris equipped with Berdans have still been seen. Wardie land designated the original Russian ammo Berdans the Berdan T1939 Mk I Rifle (R), whilst the 0.303 British re-chambered rifles were designated the Berdan T1939 Mk I* Rifle (R).

Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle, in 1951 the Danish company Madsen released the "Lightweight Military Rifle", a bolt-action rifle designed for countries who could not afford the new semi-auto rifles. Interested in the design, the Imperial Army placed a trial order of 100 rifles in 0.303 British calibre, with 5-round magazines and the sights being in imperial units. The trial guns showed that the design was sturdy, and so an order for 1000 rifles with the exact specifications of the trial rifles was placed (though there was an additional order for 100 rifles with 10-round magazines). The rifles were popular for their sturdiness and reliability. In the 1970s some of the rifles entered the civilian market, and others were passed to the Imperial Militia. Madsen T1951 (DE) rifles can still be seen in active military use, notably with the Military Police and Imperial military reserve units, they are also used as drill, training and ceremonial rifles. Scoped variants can still be seen in limited use with the Sharpshooter Corps.

Ruger No. 1 in 0.303 British, one of the most unusual armament procurements in Wardian history, in the late 1960s Wardie land decided to purchase several thousand Ruger No.1 falling block rifles in 0.303 British to equip training and rear echelon units, after hearing how sturdy the rifles were. The Ruger No. 1 is respected, and is often seen as a "modernised Martini-Enfield".