British early postwar rifles and mgs (not EM1 and EM2!)
Does anyone have any information about two projects using the
.280 calibre ammo in the late 1940s which are not the famous
EM 1 and EM2 rifles covered in another thread.
BSA apparently offered a rifle using the usual configuration
similar to the FN SLR with a pistol grip.
At the same time a new machine gun based on the Bren with
belt feed was proposed to replace British Army machine guns.
Because EM2 was so expensive it was proposed to equip second line units
with the Danish Madsen machine gun (This weapon often featured in
1960s films and TV series) and looked like a cross between a Schmeiser
and a Greasegun.
UK 75
ps I was amazed and depressed to find out how much better the EM2
was than the SA 80 despite over twenty years gap.
