UK Cadet Force Weaponry: Armament Research Services, British Enfield SA80 Cadet GP Rifle
By Jonathan Ferguson In the UK there are several “Cadet” forces. These comprise the Army Cadet Force, the (RAF) Air Training ...
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End of an Era in British Firearms Manufacturing: The British Enfield SA80, XL70 – Part 4
The final prototype series of the SA80 family actually overlapped with the service L85A1 and L86A1 variants and consisted of ...
Hitting the Reset Button: The British Enfield SA80, XL70 – Part 3
As other installments in this series show, there were already significant issues with the first few iterations of the new ...
The L85A2 Rifle Still Going Strong: British Enfield SA80, SA80 A1 vs. A2, British Enfield SA80, XL80 SERIES, PART 5
As our previous instalments have covered, the SA80 family endured a very troubled development cycle, and many of these challenges ...
Replacing the Bren: The Post-War British Army Considered Korsak’s Bullpup Design LMG for Infantry Support
This experimental British light machine gun or automatic rifle was developed from 1945–1947 under the auspices of the British Armament ...
Trials and Tribulations: Britain’s Quest for Area Effect Weapons, British Enfield SA80 Grenade Launchers
An “area effect” weapon was a requirement from the outset of the SA80 program and appeared in wooden mock-up form ...
Evolution Toward The British Enfield Weapon System
Right-hand profile of an early “00” series XL60 individual weapon. Serial number 001. By Jonathan Ferguson, Photography by N.R. Jenzen-Jones ...
British Thorneycroft Bolt-Action Rifle
Right-side profile of the British Thorneycroft bullpup bolt-action rifle. (N.R. Jenzen-Jones/ARES) By Jonathan Ferguson A True Forgotten Weapon The world’s ...
The British Janson E.M.2 Automatic Rifle
By Jonathan Ferguson, Armament Research Services (ARES) Small Arms Technology in the Face of Opposition Genesis Better known than either ...
The British Thorpe E.M.1 Automatic Rifle
By Jonathan Ferguson, Armament Research Services (ARES) Above: The Thorpe E.M.1 automatic rifle in profile (left-hand side). (N.R. JENZEN-JONES/ARES) Introduction ...
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