To help counter the increasing threat of micro and mini drones, the British Army has shelled out £4.6million (US$5.8 million) to equip the infantry's SA80 A3 assault rifles with the SmartShooter SMASH ...

Beretta Defence Technologies UK (BDT UK) is positioning itself as a leading contender in the British Ministry of Defence's Project Grayburn. The initiative aims to replace the SA80 service rifle by ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has asked industry to provide solutions for new 5.56mm “assault machine gun” and a ...

Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT) has told Janes that it intends to put forward its New Assault Rifle Project (NARP) and Sako rifle for the British Army's Project Grayburn, a programme to replace the ...

For nearly 40 years, the British Army’s standard rifle has been the SA80. Officially designated the L85, the weapon has been praised, cursed, upgraded and carried everywhere from the Gulf War to ...

Britain has successfully fired a laser weapon from an army combat vehicle for the first time, the UK government announced today. During trials, the system “neutralised” targets at distances in excess ...

Further details of the status of the British Army's procurement of 10,000 in-line optical sights were revealed in an announcement by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 18 November 2024. Janes learnt ...

The British Army has successfully tested a Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW) that took out multiple swarms of drones simultaneously and near instantaneously using high-frequency radio ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: The Martini-Henry rifle made history. Many shots have been heard around the world. And each time it was fired from a different rifle. During the Victorian era that rifle ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Pattern 53 proved effective against infantry, cavalry and even artillery positions alike. The era of the smoothbore musket—which had been “good enough” at ...