British Infantry Rifles

[James Langham]

Cracking job James...I like the sidebars with the quotes - really bring it to life. Was Staff Sergeant Nancy Aird RMP married to a Fusilier called Paddy by any chance

Very minor point re: the photos...in the section on the SLR the picture is captioned as showing a member of 5/8 Queens Regt - should that be 5/8 Kings Regt

There are a few in jokes, quite probably she was.

It should be Kings - will correct.

Can anyone see anything to add So far I have M72, LAW80 and Carl Gustav plus the rifle grenades. Oh and the kukri.

[Rainbow Six]

Can anyone see anything to add So far I have M72, LAW80 and Carl Gustav plus the rifle grenades. Oh and the kukri.

How about rubber bullets (Not sure if that comes under the rifle grenade category)

[pmulcahy11b]

How about rubber bullets (Not sure if that comes under the rifle grenade category)

Please, this topic has driven me quite insane already. And I already have a head start...

This is probably not as hard as trying to simulate chokes (as on shotguns), but nonlethal rounds still drives me nuts.

[B.T.]

Can anyone see anything to add So far I have M72, LAW80 and Carl Gustav plus the rifle grenades. Oh and the kukri.

Hi James,
maybe some words on the MILAN are justified.

And speaking of the kukri - what a bout the "MOD 4". Maybe not a real beauty, but scary as hell. From all I've read about that "survival knife", it may be really hard to slice bread with it, but an ideal tool, if you don't have a crowbar with you

[ArmySGT.]

According to the "Small Arms Identifications Series, .303 Marks I & II" by Ian Skennerton.

With the adoption of the 7.62N in December 1953 some were converted to the new round and the "L" series nomenclature.

.303 No. 4 Mark 2 L8A1
.303 No. 4 Mark 1/2 L8A2
.303 No. 4 Mark 1/3 L8A3
.303 No. 4 Mark 1 L8A4
.303 No. 4 Mark 1* L8A5

With the intention of issue to Police and Security Forces. This conversion was done by Sterling as well as a commercially available conversion kit for .303 to 7.62N.