File:British Assault Rifles MOD 45162602.jpg
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DescriptionBritish Assault Rifles MOD 45162602.jpg |
English: Pictured (field stripped) is the the EM-2, also known as Rifle No.9 Mk1 or Janson rifle, which was an experimental British assault rifle.
It was briefly adopted by British forces in 1951, but the decision was overturned very shortly thereafter by Winston Churchill's incoming government in an effort to secure NATO standardisation of small arms and ammunition. An innovative weapon with the compact bullpup layout and an optical sight, it used one of the early intermediate cartridges (a concept introduced by the Germans with the 7.92×33mm Kurz) as a result of combat experience and German advances in weapons design during World War II. It used the experimental, intermediate powered, but highly efficient .280 British round, which was designed to replace the venerable .303 round and Lee–Enfield rifle variants which had served since before the turn of the 20th century. As the EM-2 could not be easily adapted to the longer and more powerful 7.62×51mm NATO round, it faded from use. However, the bullpup layout for a British service rifle was finally adopted some years later in form of the SA80 assault rifle, the EM-2's spiritual successor, which remains in service today.
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Author | PO Phot Owen Cooban |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon EOS-1D X Mark II |
Author | PO Phot Owen Cooban |
Exposure time | 1/50 sec (0.02) |
F Number | f/8 |
ISO speed rating | 1,000 |
Date and time of data generation | 10:01, 18 May 2017 |
Lens focal length | 33 mm |
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Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 16:37, 19 May 2017 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 09:24, 17 May 2017 |
APEX shutter speed | 5.643856 |
APEX aperture | 6 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 4 APEX (f/4) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 67 |
Color space | 2 |
Focal plane X resolution | 1,520 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 1,520 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Serial number of camera | 023011000631 |
Lens used | EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM |
Image width | 5,313 px |
Image height | 2,102 px |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:30, 2 June 2017 |
Category | MOD |
Original transmission location code | UNCLASSIFIED |
Headline | British Assault Rifles |
Writer | Harland Quarrington |
Credit/Provider | MoD/Crown copyright 2017 |
Source | MOD |
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City shown | Shrivenham |
Country shown | UK |
Sublocation of city shown | London |
IIM version | 2 |
Fixture name | Free |