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Britain
Knight's Armament KS-1 Selected as the UK's New Assault Rifle - L403A1 (video)
2023-09-10
[YouTube] The United Kingdom has announced the selection of the Knight's Armament Company KS-1 as the new Alternative Individual Weapon for the new Ranger battalions and the Royal Marines Commandos. The requirement for the new rifle was released back in August 2021. It will enter service as the L403A1.

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Defense News story and link found here.

L1A1 link.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Always inventing policy from the last war.
Who thought 20 yrd engagements would evolve to 200 yrd standoffs? Stupid Fox.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-09-10 23:15  

#4  Meanwhile US combat troops are switching to the 6.8mm cartridge.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-09-10 12:03  

#3  To be known as the Alternative Individual Weapon System, or L403A1, in British service, the weapons will be manufactured in the United States by Knights Armaments, but assembled in the U.K. by Macclesfield, northwest England-based arms company Edgar Brothers.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355   2023-09-10 09:11  

#2  M14 In Ukraine YouTube
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-09-10 08:13  

#1  Brits to spend $19 million on rifles. Americans to spend $ 22 billion on helmets.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-09-10 07:56  

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