EM2 production

[Peter Laidler]

That (thread 7) was a 7.62mm version and 7.62mm was definately over powered for that rifle. Mind you, the UK originally specified FN/FAL's in the 7mm EM2 type cartridge........ It's mind bogglingly hard to believe - but true! Thank god common sense prevailed.

[browningautorifle]

without proper sleep even the world's brightest person degrades

And then you start to see the bushes doing fire and movement toward you...been there, done that.

[Flying10uk]

Does any-one know if the design team behind the EM2 was unusually large? If so was there an element of every-one in the design team wanting their input to go into the project resulting in too many cooks spoil the broth?

[mrclark303]

Great thread so far guys, many thanks for everyone's input ... give yourselves a pat on the back for getting to page 2 without our usual going off on a tangent!

[mrclark303]

Does any-one know if the design team behind the EM2 was unusually large? If so was there an element of every-one in the design team wanting their input to go into the project resulting in too many cooks spoil the broth?

I would guess it was, it seems most defence programmes of that era were monstrously bloated and poorly controlled, both here in the UK and in the rest of the world.

[David TS]

I recognise that range the rifle was tested on, I have been lucky enough to put rounds down it myself .

[can14&]

We had an em2 traded to us that didn't work from Halifax, Nova Scotia. I don't remember who got it from us.

[mrclark303]

When you say, didn't work, was it deactivated, or parts missing/damaged?

As Peter said it had "issues" that would have required engineering effort to rectify before it was ready for service.

It was a pleasure being able to study an example of Firearm history though, historically it sits alongside other British doomed engineering efforts like the TSR2 programme.

[Peter Laidler]

The difference between the TSR-2 bomber and the EM2 rifle is that sooner or later, you'd get the TSR-2 off the ground. The EM2 was never likely to make the grade. I think that the complexity of the bolt was greater than that of the control surfaces of the TSR2

[can14&]

Parts were missing. The owner lost some of them