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  2. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Rifle 7.62 mm 1A1, or the Ishapore 1A1, is a copy of the L1A1 self-loading rifle. [18] It is produced at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli of the Ordnance Factories Board . [ 19 ] It differs from the UK SLR in that the wooden butt-stock uses the butt-plate from the Lee–Enfield with trap [ 20 ] for oil bottle and cleaning pull-through.

  3. List of Cold War weapons and land equipment of the United ...

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    Lee–Enfield [1] – Main service rifle until the 1950s and afterwards adapted for a variety of specialist roles. EM-2 rifle [2] – Experimental rifle adopted very briefly in 1951. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle [3] – Main Cold War service rifle from 1954 to 1994. SA80 L85 rifle [4] – Adopted right at the end of the Cold War in 1987.

  4. List of semi-automatic rifles - Wikipedia

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    L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle: Royal Small Arms Factory: 7.62×51mm NATO United Kingdom: 1947 M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System: Knight's Armament Company: 7.62×51mm NATO United States 2007 M1916 Kalashnikov automatic rifle Sestroretsk plant 7.62x54mmR Russia: 1916 M1941 Johnson rifle.30-06 Springfield 7×57mm Mauser (Chilean variant).270 Winchester

  5. British military rifles - Wikipedia

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    Ferguson rifle. Also in 1776, Major Patrick Ferguson patented his breech-loading Ferguson rifle, based on old French and Dutch designs of the 1720s and 1730s.One hundred of these, of the two hundred or so made, were issued to a special rifle corps in 1777, but the cost, production difficulties and fragility of the guns, coupled with the death of Ferguson at the Battle of Kings Mountain meant ...

  6. SA80 - Wikipedia

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    The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in ...

  7. SLEM-1 - Wikipedia

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    When the 8×33mm Kurz was tested everything changed and the British set up the Small Arms Calibre panel that led to the .270 in (6.9 mm) and .280 in (7.1 mm) rounds. The Belgian team then redesigned the SLEM to become the prototype FAL, first in 8mm Kurz and then in .280 British. The extractor groove of the .280 was changed to meet US ...

  8. List of equipment of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    The Accuracy International AWM (known in British service as the L115A3/4) is the primary precision rifle for British Armed Forces snipers. It is equipped with a 25x scope, a suppressor , a folding stock, a five-round .338 Lapua Magnum magazine and has an effective range of over 1,100m. [ 52 ]

  9. List of World War II weapons of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Despite the 'official' name of Stuart applied, most British primary sources refer to the tank as the 'Honey' [citation needed]. Light Tank (Airborne), M22-US supplied light tank called the 'Locust', was used in small numbers in 1945. Light Tank, M24 – US supplied tank, called the 'Chaffee' in British service, named after General Adna R ...