Re: British (and other) Weapon Nomencalture

At 2:41 PM -0400 8/22/02, kaladorn@magma.ca wrote:
>Attention Eurolisterdudes!
>
>What's the L in L7? (the NAC AR)

Its just like the M in M16.

>Americans use M- for rifles (Military?). The Canadians use C-
>(Canadian?). Germans use G (Gewehr?). Russians have a series of AKs
>(Avtomat Kalashnikova - or something like that). But what does the L
>in L7 stand for? Why do the Brits use L designations for rifles?

Hmm. FV is Fighting Vehicle. L...Well, I haven't the foggiest. I've 
just posed to the Ferret list asking. We'll see what the blokes there 
say.

>And what designation do Brits use for pistols? (Yanks use M-... which
>again I think is Military). I don't even recall what Canucks use (I
>only ever recall that we called the Browning Hi-Power a "Browning",
>don't ever recall but I'm sure it had a code). And I think the
>Germans use P- (Pistol?).

A lot of things just get a name if they are a regularly adopted pistol.
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