which features the Integrated Upper Receiver (IUR). Rifle, 7.62mm L129A1 Lewis Machine & Tool's LM308MWS, was chosen by the MoD in 2010 to meet a £1.5 million urgent operational requirement in the Afghanistan conflict for a semi-automatic 7.62mm rifle with excellent accuracy, whose rate of fire and robustness made them usable within infantry squads, not just by specialised sniper teams. It had to demonstrate lethality in the 500–800-metre range, which was not uncommon in Afghanistan. More than 400 of the semi-automatic Sharpshooter rifles have been bought. It is the first new Infantry combat rifle to be issued to troops for more than 20 years. Army Special Operations Brigade Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) System In 2021 the MoD put out a requirement for an Armalite Rifle (AR) platform based weapon to equip the new Army Special Operations Brigade. L96 and L115 Sniper Rifles The L96 is a sniper rifle produced by Accuracy International derived from their PMR (Precision Marksman Rifle), which was designed in conjunction with double Olympic champion Malcolm Cooper. This weapon was adopted into British Service in the early 1980s as a replacement for the Lee–Enfield L42. The L96 in turn was replaced by the Accuracy International L115A3 rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. See also Bolt action Cartridge (firearms) Musket German military rifles List of assault rifles List of battle rifles References UK-NRA – Historic Arms Resource Centre – Enfield and Lee–Enfield Training Rifles Reference Pages TheRiflesShoppe.com MilitaryRifles.com allows attributed use of his photography AdamsGuns.com allows attributed use of his photography Baker Rifle – 2/95th Rifles 16th Light Dragoons site 17th Light Dragoons site British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740–1840 by De Witt Bailey PhD Percussion guns & rifles;: An illustrated reference guide by De Witt Bailey British Enfield Rifles, Vol. 1, SMLE (No.1) Mk I and Mk III, by Charles R. Stratton British Enfield Rifles Vol II 2nd Ed. by Charles Stratton British Enfield Rifles, Vol. 4, Pattern 1914 and US Model of 1917 by Charles R. Stratton .577 Snider-Enfield Rifles & Carbines; British Service Longarms, 1866 – c. 1880 Martini-Henry .450 Rifles & Carbines by Dennis Lewis British Enfield Rifles, by E.G.B. Reynolds British Infantry Equipments (1), 1808–1908 by Mike Chappell British Military Rifles: 1800 – 2000 by Peter Duckers External links Details of The Enfield Pattern 53, through to the Snider MkIII Loading and Firing British Muskets in the Crimean War 1854–1856 Martini Henry rifle 1881