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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.
EM-1: .280 calibre bullpup design experimental assault rifle, 1951. EM-2: .280 calibre bullpup design experimental assault rifle, 1951. ADEN cannon (Armament Development Establishment + Enfield): 30 mm revolver cannon for aircraft use, entered service in 1954. L1A1 SLR, a British FN FAL derivative 7.62 mm Self Loading Rifle, from 1954.
The EM-2, also known as Rifle, No.9, Mk.1 or Janson rifle, was a British assault rifle. It was briefly adopted by British forces in 1951, but the decision was overturned very shortly thereafter by Winston Churchill 's incoming government in an effort to secure NATO standardisation of small arms and ammunition.
Brown Bess musket – precursor to the early British rifles. The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket.While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards (91 m), due to a lack of rifling and a generous tolerance to allow for muzzle-loading, it was cheap to produce and could be loaded quickly.
M. M-56 Howitzer; M-160 mortar; M-1951 field jacket; M-1952 Flak Jacket; M5 bayonet; M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon; M14 mine; M14 rifle; M15 mine; M16 mine; M17 gas mask
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The British Army had considered bullpup designs with intermediate calibre rounds in the 1950s, and officially adopted one of these as .280 British in 1951 in the EM-2 and Taden gun. However, US intransigence during NATO standardization efforts, and Winston Churchill 's interest in standards above all, led to the adoption of the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
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. Cromwell tank mk V main British built tank late in World War II. It was the main tank of the 7th Armoured Division late in World War II.