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The gun was seen has unfit for army life, and the Finnish later adopted an AK like rifle. The Valmet M82 was abandoned by the Finnish Army in 1986 with fewer than 2,000 fielded to the military. However, some nations tried the bullpup trend in the 1970's/1980's, and rejected it, like the Finland M82 Valmet rifle for example (that was later used as Kyle Reese's phased plasma rifle in the first Terminator film). The new light plastic bodied Steyr AUG was an early international star of the bullpup assault rifle, and given its stellar combat performance, it became one of the more widespread bullpups during the 1980's. the French adopted the FAMAS, and the Steyr AUG was field by the Austrian military, allowing other nations to either adopt bullpups or developed their own. The late 1970's was a watershed time for bullpup rifles acceptance in major NATO military organizations, these nations were looking at transition from the heavy, large caliber battle-rifles, like the H&K G3, to lighter, more compact weapons suited more for mechanized and urban combat. Assisting in this change was with adopting the new standard assault rifle cartridge, the 5.56mm.
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Instead, the British Army adopted the FN FAL that fired the correct and approved 7.62mm round. 308 round, but it performance suffered to the point of dooming the rifle for being used by the military. There was an attempt to rechamber the EM-2 with the. The British government caved in 1952 to NATO and US wishes, adopting the 7.62x51mm round as the standard NATO cartridge. This rose fears inside the British government that if hostiles broke out with the USSR, that resupply would become an issue, and leading to British deaths on the battlefield.
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280 in 1951. This set off a storm within NATO for much of 19, where it was seen that the British were acting in their own interests, damning the concerns of the rest of the alliance. 280 caliber from achieving success across the pond or inside NATO, however, the British officially adopted the. Despite positive ballistic test in 19, there political back deals, and pressure for the US, that prevent the. This highly experimental bullpup assault rifle was developed around a new cartridge to replace the Lee Enfield. By 1951, there was the first real attempt to field EM-2 as the British small arms rifle.
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