Can someone tell me what the primary small arms where? Example, did they use K-98's? No.1's? No.4's? Obselete Type 38's from WW1? What about any LMG's or SMG's germany sent in?
From what I can make out, they were equipped with a range of modern to obsolescent British, Italian and various other equipments. Here is a statement of the materials captured by the British at the siege of Habbaniya: "The material results of the raising of the siege of Habbaniya were important and included the capture of seven 3.7" Howitzers, two Anti-Tank guns, three 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, forty five Bren guns, eighteen Vickers guns, three Hotchkiss machine guns, three Lewis guns, four Italian machine guns, ten Crossley armoured cars, one Italian light tank, three dragons, seventy nine motor vehicles of various kinds, seven motor cycles, and a vast quantity of rifles, machine gun spares and ammunition and other equipment. This booty, particularly the guns, Bren guns and MT was invaluable; and it now became possible to operate aircraft in greater security, and their repair and maintenance had no longer to be carried out under intermittent shell and machine gun fire. Above all, foraging parties were able to bring in sheep and cattle from the countryside to augment the not very large stocks of food in the Cantonment. But the greatest benefit enjoyed by the garrison was psychological - a feeling of freedom and of now having "room to breathe"." From this site which gives a good account of this decisive part of the battle: http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/opsrep.html
