My article on takedown No.5 Mk1 rifles is in the August issue of Man at Arms magazine

[Peter Laidler]

I never really understood all this need for folding or take-down 'para' this that and the other. That's what the containers are for - and carry! You might as well open up your container and retrieve your shoulder arms as sit there screwing your rifle together........... And you've STILL got to get to your container to get the rest of your big kit! Based on nothing more than having been a coerced paratrooper