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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.
Vickers machine gun, 12,500 Mk I, Mk V, and Mk XXI produced from 1929 to 1943. Bren light machine gun, 17,500 produced from 1940 to 1945. L1A1 Self Loading Rifle, 222,773 rifles produced from 1959 to 1986; L2A1, 9,557 produced; L1A1-F1, 460 produced; F1 submachine gun, 25,000 produced from 1962 to 1973; Austeyr F88, produced from 1988
The SA58 SPR (Special Purpose Rifle) is a semi-automatic only configured variant that was submitted for the U.S. Army SASS rifle trials. It features a 19-inch fluted barrel, 10-round magazine and an upgraded speed trigger. The SA58 DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle) is a semi-automatic only variant that features a 16.25 inch fluted heavy barrel.
L1A1.50 inch Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Mounting (For use with the L1A1 MG) [34] L1A1 Vehicle Stand (For use with the L1A1 MG) [34] L1A1/A2 84mm AT4 (CS) HP Rocket System (Also referred to as the L1A1/A2 Interim Light Anti-tank Weapon (ILAW)) [35] L1 120 mm rifled gun - used on Conqueror tank; L1A1/A2/A3 [36] 66mm HEAT Rocket and Launcher (Also ...
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. FN FAL assault rifle (50.00 model). FN FAL 50.61 variant. Heckler & Koch G3A3 rifle. M16A1 assault rifle. L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle: Standard service rifle of the Rhodesian Army, adopted in the early 1960s; seconded to reserve status in 1966, being subsequently replaced by the FN FAL and G3 assault rifles. [79] [80] [44]
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle United Kingdom: L1A1 7.62x51mm NATO: 1960 1990 [1] [4] [10] M16 rifle United States: M16A1 5.56x45mm NATO [1] Parker-Hale M82 sniper rifle United Kingdom: 7.62x51mm NATO [1] Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle United Kingdom [1] Steyr AUG Austria Australia: 5.56×45mm NATO: 1988 2017 [1] [11]
Long rifles continued to be used by snipers, but infantry patrols favoured the use of assault rifles such as the L1A1 and M16. The heavy machine-guns which were useful for the static defences of the Korean War were replaced by the lighter general-purpose M60 machine gun , which was man-portable by a patrol machine-gunner.
The FN FAL from which the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle was derived was not designed for mounting optical sights like the SUIT. To mount the SUIT, a new top cover was designed. This had a rail welded to the top to accept the sight mount, and two tabs at the rear of the pressed sheet steel cover which butted against the back of the upper receiver, preventing the cover from sliding on its rails and ...