The EM-2, also known as Rifle, No.9, Mk.1 or Janson rifle, was a 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.

The EM1 was an experimental British rifle developed in the late 1940s, and was definitely the high-tech wonder rifle of its day. It was a bullpup-style design before that was a trend, and used a roller locking action take right from the fancy German arms captured during and after WWII.

Jul 6, 2017 · The EM-1 was one of the British post-WWII rifle development projects with the ambitious goal of replacing both the infantry rifle and the submachine gun with a single select-fire weapon optimized for combat within 600 meters (as opposed to the prior doctrine of 1000m effective ranges).

Jan 18, 2019 · The two most promising were Korsak’s 7.92x57mm light machine gun and an automatic rifle developed by a team led by Stanley Thorpe, at that time chambered for the intermediate 7.92x33mm cartridge. The new requirement specified a light weight of between 7 and 8 pounds, a short overall length and rifle-grade accuracy with a closed, front-locking ...

Jul 20, 2017 · Dreams Come True (Living Vicariously) – Forgotten Weapons Disassembles the British Thorpe EM-1 Bullpup Rifle

May 25, 2012 · The EM1 was an experimental British rifle developed in the late 1940s, and was definitely the high-tech wonder rifle of its day. It was a bullpup-style design before that was a trend, and used a roller locking action take right from …

The EM-1 (officially the Rifle, caliber .280, EM 1), was a prototype assault rifle that was produced by RSAF Enfield. The EM-1 rifle was designed in the mid-40s and entered British rifle trials during the following years.

Jul 6, 2017 · Confusingly, both the Korsac and Thorpe designs received the designation ‘E.M.1’ (for ‘Experimental Model 1’). This might have made sense given their differing roles; there would be a British E.M.1 rifle and E.M.1 light machine gun, just as there was an M1 Rifle and an M1 Carbine in U.S. service.

The EM-1 (Experimental Model 1) was a British prototype automatic rifle that was produced by RSAF Enfield. The EM-1 was developed as part of a first wave of automatic rifle prototypes commissioned by RSAF Enfield in 1946.

View a short video of the EM-2 rifle shown in use as part of a 1950s military demonstration. A recent important addition to research documentation on the EM-1 and EM-2 rifles is the book "Thorneycroft to SA80 - British bull-pup friearms" by Jonathan S. Ferguson.