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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.
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.
In 1951, the British officially adopted the EM-2 bullpup design as the "Rifle, Automatic, No.9 Mk.1". However, American insistence on the use of 7.62×51 NATO cartridges as the NATO standard meant that the rifle, which used 7 mm rounds, was shelved and the Belgian FN FAL rifle adopted.
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.
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The 2nd Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Clark of Queen Victoria's Rifles was given the task, and on 15 May 1942 the Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps was born.
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 ...
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