PERSONAL WEAPONS

Rifle. The soldier's personal weapon, it fires a high velocity 5.56mm round out to 600m. It is highly accurate with x 4 magnification sight.

LSW. The Light Support Weapon is a heavier version of the rifle, the LSW has a heavier and longer barrel, allowing greater muzzle velocity and accuracy than the Individual Weapon. When fired from the integrated bipod, and using the standard SUSAT sight, the LSW is impressively accurate and consistent.


Sniper Rifle. The L96 Sniper Rifle is the British Army's latest sniper rifle and was developed from the start as a military sniping rifle, by Accuracy International. The rifle is accurate enough to achieve a first round hit at 900m and achieve harassing fire out to 1100m. Although fitted with fully adjustable iron sights for use out to 700m, the rifle is normally fitted with a Schmidt and Bender 6 x 42 telescopic sight. The front bipod is fully adjustable and folds forward when not in use.



Pistol. The 9mm Browning pistol has long service with the Army as a personal protection weapon.

SUPPORT WEAPONS

81mm Mortar. The 81mm Mortar is a Battalion level indirect fire weapon which is capable of providing accurate HE, smoke and illuminating rounds out to a maximum range of 5,650m. Mortar Platoons in mechanised and armoured infantry battalions are mounted in and fire from their Armoured Personnel Carriers, increasing its mobility, and enables rapid disengagement and movement to another site.


51mm Mortar. The 51mm Light Mortar is a Platoon level, indirect fire weapon that can be carried and fired by one man. The mortar is used to fire smoke, illuminating and HE rounds out to a range of approximately 750m; a short range insert device enables the weapon to be used in close quarter battle situations with accuracy.

Milan. Milan is a second generation anti-tank weapon, the result of a joint development between France and West Germany with British Milan launchers and missiles built under licence in the UK. The Milan consists of two main components, the launcher and the missile; these are simply clipped together to prepare the system for use. On firing, the operator has only to keep his aiming mark on the target and the Semi Automatic Command to Line of Sight (SACLOS) guidance system will do the rest.

LAW. LAW (Light Anti Armour Weapon) replaced the 84mm Carl Gustav and the US 66mm in service with the British Army. Using the latest materials and explosive technology this one-man portable weapon is capable of destroying main battle tanks at ranges up to 500m. Accurate due to a built-in semi-automatic spotting rifle which reduces aiming errors. Penetrates armour in excess of 650mm. Built-in sight allows good low light performance; night sight provides full night capability. Due to be replaced by NLAW.

GPMG. The General Purpose Machine Gun is a favorite weapon of the infantry, and provides powerful, accurate fire at ranges up to 1800m. The General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) can be used in the light role but is more normally used in the sustained fire role, mounted on a tripod with the C2 optical sight unit. The weapon is operated by a two man team and a number of weapons are normally grouped in a specialist machine gun platoon. The GPMG is used at Battalion level in the fire support role.

.50" HMG. The Browning .50" Heavy Machine Gun is an old system recently modernised and re-introduced into service. It fires an extremely large round at ranges up to 4000m.

VEHICLES

Wolf Land Rover. The Land Rover has long been the backbone of the British Army, and the latest Wolf variant is powered by a massive V6 2.5 TDi engine on a lightweight chassis giving high speed and mobility.

Truck Cargo 8 Tonne 4 x 4 Medium Mobility. Developed to meet the requirement for an 8 tonne Medium Mobility load carrier capable of carrying 6 pallets or unit load containers of NATO standard dimensions, general stores, fuel loads and certain container loads. Also suitable for towing trailers of up to 8 tonnes gross weight on roads or tracks.


Battlefield Ambulance. The Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance, based on the TUM chassis, will replace the current fleet between 1997 and 1999. It has a capacity for a combination of up to 4 stretcher cases or 6 seated casualties and provides a very high standard of medical facilities. It is airportable and meets amphibious requirements.