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  2. British military rifles - Wikipedia

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    The EM-2 Bullpup Rifle, or "Janson rifle", was an experimental British assault rifle. It was designed to fire the experimental .280 British round that was being considered to replace the venerable .303 British , re-arming the British and allied forces with their first assault rifles and new machine guns.

  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. Lee–Enfield - Wikipedia

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    Only SMLE Mk III* rifles are known to have been assembled under this program. GRI stands for "Georgius Rex, Imperator" (Latin for 'King George, Emperor (of India)', denoting a rifle made during the British Raj. RFI stands for "Rifle Factory, Ishapore", denoting a rifle made after the Partition of India in 1947.

  5. 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 ]

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

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    In British service designated "75 mm SP, Autocar". T48 Gun Motor Carriage – 680 provided by lend-lease from America. Many had gun removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers. M14 and M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage – provided by lend-lease from America. Many had guns removed to convert them back to armoured personnel carriers.

  7. 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 ...

  8. List of military weapons of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Crusader tank mk III main British built tank in British service in the middle of World War II. However it was not the most numerous in service. The main British tank in 1942 was the M3 Lee and the M3 Grant a British variant of it and in 1943 it was early M4 Sherman variants.

  9. Category:Rifles of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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