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020			_a9781472842350 _q(pbk.)
020			_a1472842359
020			_z9781472842367 (ePub ebook)
020			_z9781472842336 (PDF ebook)
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100	1		_aHoughton, Steve _c(Author of The British sniper), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBritish sniping rifles since 1970 : _bL42A1, L96A1 and L115A3 / _cSteve Houghton ; illustrated by Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland.
300			_a1 volume : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aWeapon ; _v80
520			_aIn response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was deployed in Dhofar and Northern Ireland, but arguably saw its finest hour during the Falklands War in 1982. The harsh conditions of the South Atlantic laid bare the L42A1's inadequacies and a new company, Accuracy International, won the contract to replace the L42A1 and the PM Rifle, a world-beating revolutionary design, was adopted in 1985 as the L96A1. Progressively upgraded, the L96A1 went on to serve as the British Army's primary sniper system, being deployed in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The L115A3, chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum, joined the L96A1 in the front line in 2008 and since 2012 has been Britain's standard issue sniping rifle.
650		0	_aSniper rifles _zGreat Britain _xHistory. _951831
700			_aShumate, Johnny, _eillustrator. _945706
700			_aGilliland, Alan, _eillustrator. _945707
776	0	8	_iebook version : _z9781472842367
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948			_hNO HOLDINGS IN NZWMT - 6 OTHER HOLDINGS
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