TEST YOUR UK MILITARY PREFIX KNOWLEDGE

[Gil Boyd]

L99A1 – Rifle 7.62mm. Registered in the Royal Armouries in Leeds, which had this number next to the entry, with words "silenced with case".....?

So I wonder if this is the moderated AI 7.62mm rifle with its ‘Carlton’ suit case?

L28A1 another rifle with little written about. This should not be confused with the two L29 .22 Sportco rifles which minus wood furniture were used in gunnery training.

One possibility, is the Tikka M55 .22/250 rifle which the SAS used both in the UK and in Australia.

Sure someone will know out there!

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[Gil Boyd]

AIDE MEMOIRE of BRITISH MILITARY PREFIX CLARIFICATION (COMMONWEALTH)
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[Simon P]

Had a few L66 Wather PP Pistols, still in the box with Nato Stock Numbers in 2019. Most went to collectors in the UK on Section 7(3), apart from 2 that headed back to NI

[Gil Boyd]

Simon,
Ironic, that "we" in this United Kingdom of ours, have an anomoly, in so far that ALL handguns are banned in England, Scotland and Wales, except Northern Ireland, where you are allowed to have a pistol(s) for personal protection!!

One could argue, the long standing peace since the Good Friday Agreement, negates the need for such independent approval, when you consider it was one man at Dunblane that changed the handgun policy for the rest of the nation and its responsible gun owners, who were, and had to be, members of a registered club to own handguns!!!

No Politics here................... just a statement on allocation of rights in a small nation such as ours, very sad.

[AlexRod85]

Well you know The Marlin 1895 SBL Marlin Firearms. is had a best rifle.

[mrclark303]

L99A1 – Rifle 7.62mm. Registered in the Royal Armouries in Leeds, which had this number next to the entry, with words "silenced with case".....?

So I wonder if this is the moderated AI 7.62mm rifle with its ‘Carlton’ suit case?

L28A1 another rifle with little written about. This should not be confused with the two L29 .22 Sportco rifles which minus wood furniture were used in gunnery training.

One possibility, is the Tikka M55 .22/250 rifle which the SAS used both in the UK and in Australia.

Sure someone will know out there!

Have you found a fun day out in Yorkshire Gil😉

[mrclark303]

AIDE MEMOIRE of BRITISH MILITARY PREFIX CLARIFICATION (COMMONWEALTH)
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It's mind boggling and confusing the amount they used L1A1!!!

So what does the 'L' stand for, Land Pattern??
The '1' the item, the A1 the variant of the item.....

I once worked for the VAG group and we had a storeman (I'm sure he lived in the vast stores we had), a wise bearded man, who would mysteriously appear as you entered the stores. Ask for any VAG component part and he would know the 16 digit part number and immediately go to the right shelf and get it.

This was before the 'Just in Time' craze, when we could literally build a car from the parts we had in store.

Anyway, going off track here, point being, every single component part, from a screw to trim piece on every single model, going back decades, had a unique serial id number.

I wouldn't want to be a REME Quartermaster,
"got a self retaining plunger spring for an L1A1 guv" errrr

[Flying10uk]

self retaining plunger spring

Or perhaps, Spring, Plunger, Self-Retaining?

[Gil Boyd]

John,
Yes great ranges up there at Strensall, near York. Queen Elizabeth Barracks, most I've seen in all my service in one spot nowhere near anybody "except" Married Quarters who have to suffer it day and night as they are busier than Bisley up here!!!

WW2 Air raid warning Claxton goes off to say keep clear, flags up and no more dog walking in the catchment areas.
Well controlled and great ETR ranges.