The British Army’s SA80 rifle will retire by 2030. Project Grayburn aims to choose its replacement and shape how the U.K.

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Steven O'Connor, Irish identity and integration within the British armed forces, 1939-45, Irish Historical Studies, Vol. 39, No. 155 (May 2015), pp. 417-438 ...