In the mid 1980s, many NATO armies looked on enviously as the British Army traded in its L1A1 rifles, based on the ... bringing them up to the L85A2 standard, cost more than the price of a brand ...

So a British-made sniper rifle has been used by Russian soldiers in the same war-torn country that British Army soldiers and ... categories of arms licence: Standard and Open.

If we’re going to go with length of service, then one could make the case for the M16/M4 series, which in one variant or another has been the Army’s standard issue rifle since 1965.

A deactivated sniper rifle is among the weapons allegedly stolen from the Ministry of Defence An ex British Army captain stole rifles and weapons components worth thousands of pounds from a ...