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No9 Bullpup Rifle
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Rifle, Automatic, No9 Mk1, Also known as the Enfield EM-2 cancelled due to NATO ammunition commonality agreements. Attempts wee made to rechamber it in 7.62 but a number of factors precluded this and would have made it more expensive than the SLR.
The rifle is fairly well-balanced, and was one of the first to be designed with a (1x) optical sight as standard. This sight had an inverted-post reticle, which allows the user to use "Kentucky hold over" for targets at longer ranges. An interesting design, but ultimately a dead-end.
