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There's a third option, which I suspect is more likely: Matra developed their pods for compatibility with the British 2-inch/50mm rocket. I think this is most likely because we see that they also developed pods for a number of different international rocket designs. The attached 1963 ad shows S.A. Egins Matra advertising launchers for 37mm and 68mm SNEB rockets, US 2.75" and 5" rockets, Swiss Oerlikon 50mm rockets, Italian BPD 50mm rockets (which were usually called 51mm), and British 2-inch and 3-inch rockets. Basically, if someone made a rocket, Matra was willing to make a launcher to fit it.(Parenthetically, I have never seen a reference to an Oerlikon 50mm rocket, but they did collaborate with BPD on the larger 81mm SNORA. If I had to guess, I'd suspect that they also worked together on a 50/51mm design that was mainly marketed by BPD).
There's a third option, which I suspect is more likely: Matra developed their pods for compatibility with the British 2-inch/50mm rocket. I think this is most likely because we see that they also developed pods for a number of different international rocket designs. The attached 1963 ad shows S.A. Egins Matra advertising launchers for 37mm and 68mm SNEB rockets, US 2.75" and 5" rockets, Swiss Oerlikon 50mm rockets, Italian BPD 50mm rockets (which were usually called 51mm), and British 2-inch and 3-inch rockets. Basically, if someone made a rocket, Matra was willing to make a launcher to fit it.
(Parenthetically, I have never seen a reference to an Oerlikon 50mm rocket, but they did collaborate with BPD on the larger 81mm SNORA. If I had to guess, I'd suspect that they also worked together on a 50/51mm design that was mainly marketed by BPD).
