Armed Zone

Light Support Weapon

SA80 A2 LSW has a heavier and longer barrel allowing greater muzzle velocity and accuracy than the standard SA80.

When fired from the integrated bipod and using the standard SUSAT sight, LSW is accurate and consistent. It is 95% reliable, better than any of its competitiors.

Light Machine Gun

Developed from the Minimi Light Machine Gun following experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, the LMG is a belt-fed suppression weapon.

It provides the section commander with the capability to impose sustained suppressive fire onto an objective out to 300m and increases the overall firepower available to the section commander.

The LMG complements the Light Support Weapon and enhances the effectiveness of all section weapons across the spectrum of Infantry operations.

Light Anti-Structures Missile

The Light Anti-Structures Missile (LASM) is an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) which has been fielded to fill a capability gap until Anti-Structure Munition (ASM) comes into service.

The single-shot weapon consists of a free-flight unguided rocket that is housed within a disposable telescopic launcher. The mechanical ‘pop-up’ sight is integral to the weapon and deploys when the launcher is extended, in preparing it to fire.

The rocket consists of a warhead, fuze and propulsion unit. Spring-loaded fins deploy on firing to stabilise the rocket in flight. The rocket uses kinetic energy to penetrate structures before the warhead is allowed to detonate.

Heavy Machine Gun

The powerful L1A1 12.7 mm (.50) Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) is an updated version of the Browning M2 ‘Fifty-cal’ – recognised as one of the finest heavy machine guns ever developed.

The HMG provides integral close-range support from a ground mount tripod or fitted to a Land Rover using the Weapon Mount Installation Kit (WMIK) and a variety of sighting systems. The performance of the HMG has recently been enhanced with a new ’soft mount’ (to limit recoil and improve accuracy) and a quick-change barrel (QCB).

The HMG provides the commander with added capability at greater ranges (1500-2000m) when support from armoured vehicles is not available.

Grenade Machine Gun

The Heckler & Koch 40mm Grenade Machine Gun (GMG) provides unrivalled infantry suppression combining the best characteristics of the heavy machine guns or light mortars usually employed in this role.

Conventional rifle ammunition provides no fragmentation effect and is largely not effective enough against advancing armoured infantry fighting vehicles and battle tanks. On the other hand, mortars have the disadvantage of a relatively low rate of fire. The GMG combines the advantages of both of these two types of weapons delivering high flexibility and firepower combined with the fragmentation effect of mortar ammunition.

The GMG is usually mounted on WIMIK (weapons mount installation kit) Land Rovers but can also be used from ground-based tripods.

81mm Mortar

The L16A2 81mm Mortar is a Battlegroup level indirect fire weapon which is capable of providing accurate High Explosive, smoke and illuminating rounds out to a maximum range of 5,650m.

The Mortar Platoon in mechanised and armoured infantry battalions are mounted in and fire from its Armoured Personnel Carrier, increasing its mobility, and enabling rapid disengagement and movement to another site.

Shotgun

The combat shotgun is for use by the Point Man of a section at close quarters within close country and complex terrain. It allows the soldier to apply a quick rapid rate of fire over a large area using a variety of ammunition natures.

The Combat Shotgun is a semi-automatic, tubular magazine fed weapon cambered for the 12 gauge shot/shell cartridge.  The operating system employed is the improved ARGO (Auto-Regulating Gas Operated) Twin (two gas pistons/cylinders/ports) System with a rotating bolt head with dual locking lugs.  It is fitted with an EOT Tech Sight, for use by day or night; a fixed iron sight and has a telescopic 3-position extendable buttstock.

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