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This book outlines the development of the rifle and chronicles its use in the British Army over the past two hundred years. It takes the story of the British rifle from its earliest days in the American Revolutionary War, through its 'coming of age' in the Napoleonic War and, via the technological changes of the Victorian era, through to the present 'individual weapon', the SA80, used by British forces on service around the world.

About the author: Peter Duckers is Curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum and has written many military books for Shire. Other titles by this author:

British Campaign Medals 1815 - 1914

British Campaign Medals 1914-2000

British Gallantry Awards 1855 - 2000

The British Indian Army 1860-1914

British Orders and Decorations

about 56 pp, colour and b/w ills.