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Thorneycroft to SA80

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ISBN-10 : 1733424628
ISBN-13 : 9781733424622
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Book excerpt: Reference work for all those interested in the history of military firearms. It charts the British love affair with the 'flipped' bullpup rifle and machine gun - weapons with their firing mechanism positioned behind the trigger - from a faltering start in the Edwardian period, through the controversy of the NATO rifle trials, to the troubled history of the current SA80 family.


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