UK selects 7.62 LMT rifle

[Loner]

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdw/jdw091229_1_n.shtml

[thmpr]

wow....5700 a unit....still cheaper than a M110 SASS KAC unit.

[Josh3239]

And another AR style rifle beats out the HK417 and FN's SCAR

[bigstick61]

They should have just brought out some L1A1 SLRs like we brought out the M-14. Then again, they tend to destroy all of their weapons when they're taken out of service, at least for the last couple of decades.

[Solidsnake87]

Accuracy speaks. lol. The good ol' AR-10 will spank a piston in the distance and accuracy game any day.

[NiteQwill]

I hope those Brits send some bad guys to the grave, and many more.

[RMTactical]

Not a bad choice IMO.

[dwa]

They should have just brought out some L1A1 SLRs like we brought out the M-14. Then again, they tend to destroy all of their weapons when they're taken out of service, at least for the last couple of decades.

i believe that this is replacing FALs that were.

[Q]

ttt of the wish list goes.

[The Director]

The 'ol AR keeps chugging away as a viable weapons platform well into the 21st century....awesome!

[bRiT636]

Found this Image.

[bRiT636]

Taken from here. I guess they are using it already.

[TurboFall]

That looks like a 5.56 SAM-R, as used by the Marines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM-R

[bRiT636]

That looks like a 5.56 SAM-R, as used by the Marines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM-R

Yeah maybe but why have another 5.56 rifle when the L85A2 has SUSAT? Actually it does look like a 5.56 mag housing...

[smle-man]

Ghurkas and the SAS have been using M16s for years. Maybe just carrying on the tradition of the M16 in UK service.