The No. 5 Enfield had a prominent role in the emergencies in Kenya and Malaysia, though from what I've read the special ops troops there who could get them carried the U.S. M1 Carbine when they could lay their hands on one. That too was a carbine that was not without its deficiencies.
I read that the "Jungle Carbine" appelation given to the No. 5 Enfield was the invention of a U.S. mail-order arms dealer advertising in the American Rifleman during the 1960s, probably the one which used to advertise on the inside of the back cover. The advertising was lurid -- "a military-made sporter, complete with a flash-hider and recoil pad." The name stuck and is still used today.
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