In the 1920s, the British Army examined a number of options to replace the bolt-action Lee Enfield rifle. Several self-loading rifle systems were examined at a time when the US Army was looking at adopting the M1 Garand. One such weapon proposed in the trials was the 'Bang' rifle as covered in a previous episode (link below), and the Vickers Pedersen was another.
Bang Model B1 Episode [ Ссылка ]
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