eg Gordon's Brigadier sent 6" be to ( Note 18th May, 1951. LIGHT l.in this as we but ing First of all, questionwe are have offered I would like to not actuatedby the free In this respect, RIFLE make it perfectly clear any motive of #inancial manufacturing only from a desire that the British alongside the Belgian, may be given 20 how the you AUTOMATIC I have rights without War Office has to develop. definitely already our accepted 3.> At arguments against previous the noticed with i) The complicated ii) The fact this ammunition on the 27th the Eii2 :- interview adoption that of nature this any soldier, who is likely the weapon which suits great well the 7 m/m cartridges supplied by us behaved when trials and, in addition, we have been very pleased to which its design. weapon was not royalty, to be fights him best. satisfaction used during learn that the we February, of that interest, have I had sufficiently helped two main reliable. This last opinion was based on the trials in the U.S.A., where we noticed that the weapon needed cinstant attention between firings; but after the trials at Pendine at which I was present, I no longer dispute the fact that the weapon is now reliable under normal conditions. 4.- Further, I do not advance any additional argument in our favour from the fact that this time EM2 was definitely surpassed by the F.N. in sand, mud and seawater tests. I know that Brigadier BARLOW is concerned about this because he is of the opinion that a gun should never be stripped in the field. My that the " point of adverse viesw is conditions different, " tests, as you however will see, and considering severe they may be, give a true picture of not hold EW2's present weapon. what may happen in the field, I inferiority in this respect too | 5. far too many Finally, as Veakages. This as our is always gun is likely concerned, to happen I admit where concerned, The fact is that the same breakages did not Moreover, these breakages are not serious and can very do consequently much against that we not would the had prototypes are occur in the States, easily be overcome. I would go still further and bring out another point here : it is a fact that with the exception of the broken extractor spring, none of these breakages prevented the weapon from firing. They were all discovered when stripping the weapon. They thse Pats served a purpose in showing up the soundness of our basic design. 6.- As weapons, these your for attention the were stoppages practically to the fact which would not be accepted and irregular pressure. that in which occurred equal we were our in in the number. firing country on I the functioning should like British account of to of the draw ammunition, its too high on 0e es