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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.
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.
A distinct sub-family was the Commonwealth inch-dimensioned versions that were manufactured in the United Kingdom and Australia (as the L1A1 Self Loading Rifle or SLR), and in Canada as the C1. The standard metric-dimensioned FAL was manufactured in South Africa (where it was known as the R1), Brazil, Israel, Austria and Argentina. Both the SLR ...
L1A1/A2.50 inch Machine Gun (Also referred to as the L1A1/A2 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun) [34] [35] 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 ...
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (licensed FN FAL derivative) (7.62 calibre) M14 rifle (used by the Special Air Service Regiment) M21 Sniper Weapon System (used on a small scale by Australian troops in the later years of the Vietnam War) Grenades. M26 grenade; M79 grenade launcher / various smoke grenades; Assault rifles. Colt M16A1 (5.56 calibre)
The L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) is the British version of the FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Leger) – Light Automatic Rifle, one of the most famous and widespread military rifle designs of the late 20th century.
A self-loading rifle or auto-loading rifle is a rifle with an action using a portion of the energy of each cartridge fired to load another cartridge. Self-loading pistols are similar, but intended to be held and fired by a single hand, while rifles are designed to be held with both hands and fired from the shoulder.
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