Originally posted by stanc
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Officially the BA is neutral on the bullpup question, but they definitely want to buy off-the-shelf next time and will be looking for a well-tested system to avoid any risk of the problems which beset the SA80. Bearing in mind that the UK is only likely to buy from HK, FN or the USA, what is there in the way of bullpups? Only the FN F2000, and that has handling issues which the small-arms experts in the BA are not happy with. So the next rifle will almost certainly not be a bullpup, simply for that reason.
The best I can hope for is that they go for a modular, multi-calibre rifle which can be acquired in 5.56mm and 7.62mm initially, and is readily adaptable via a conversion kit to any intermediate round.
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