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EM-2 rifle

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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/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.280 British 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Bullpup assault rifle 1
Introduced Year
1951 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 1
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Operated By

British Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: EM-2 rifle
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Manufactured By

Birmingham Small Arms Company

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Source Wikidata: EM-2 rifle
Sources
1. Wikipedia: EM-2 rifle
  • Infobox, type
    Bullpup assault rifle
  • Lead section
    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.
  • 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
  • Infobox: cartridge
    .280 British
  • Lead and body text
    The EM-2 was designed to fire the new .280 British round, one of the first purpose-designed entirely intermediate cartridges, designed to replace the .303 round to a 1945 requirement as a result of combat experience and German advances in weapons design during World War II.
  • 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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2. Wikidata: EM-2 rifle
Wikidata Q795282, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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