Re: Acronym Overload

> > As to the military SLR. I know it's the old British
> > NATO caliber
> > assault rifle. But waht does the acronym stand for ?
>
> Self-Loading Rifle.
>
> AKA FN-FAL AKA C1 AKA wasn't there a Spanish knockoff?
> AKA looks a lot like a G3 but who am I criticizing?

I'm not so sure the CETME is a knockoff of the G3.  I remember reading
about
the German designers living in Spain for a few years after World War II
and
working on what would become the G3.  If I remember correctly, it was
for
CETME company they were working for...