The EM-2, also known as Rifle, No. 9, Mk. 1, or the Janson rifle, is a British assault rifle designed by Stefan Kenneth Janson and briefly adopted by the British Army in 1951. It used an innovative compact bullpup layout with a built in carrying handle and optical sight and fired the intermediate .280 British cartridge, but the government of Winston Churchill withdrew it soon after adoption in favor of pursuing a standardized NATO rifle cartridge, and it saw only very limited service before being abandoned in favor of the more powerful 7.62x51mm NATO round. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Bullpup assault rifle
Introduction, paragraph 1
briefly adopted by British forces in 1951
service status
A bullpup layout for a British service rifle was finally adopted some years later in form of the SA80 assault rifle, which remains in service today
caliber
280 British cartridge, but the government of Winston Churchill withdrew it soon after adoption in favor of pursuing a standardized NATO rifle cartridge, and it saw only very limited service before being abandoned in favor of the more powerful 7.62x51mm NATO round
Operated By: British Army, Wikipedia article text
It was briefly adopted by the British Army 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.
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