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To: davetex

Yes - Lithgow is a town in New South Wales, and the Lithgow Small Arms Factory has been manufacturing weapons for the Australian military since 1912. It’s now owned by Thales.

The L1A1 SLR is a Commonwealth derivative of the FN-FAL and Lithgow manufactured them for the Australian forces - it was our standard military rifle for quite a long while.


146 posted on 12/14/2014 7:01:42 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Thanks for the lesson. Very interesting stuff.


147 posted on 12/14/2014 7:04:46 PM PST by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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