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  • Army's £92m rifles 'still jamming'

    02/27/2003 11:30:26 PM PST · by green team 1999 · 37 replies · 1,949+ views
    Times online ^ | feb-28-2003 | By Daniel McGrory in Kuwait and Michael Evans
    February 28, 2003 Army's £92m rifles 'still jamming' By Daniel McGrory in Kuwait and Michael Evans SOME British troops training for war in Iraq are complaining that their SA80 rifles, modified at a cost of £92 million, are still jamming. A group of soldiers approached The Times in Kuwait and said that the rifle, now called SA80-A2, had jammed on numerous occasions. An army captain who asked not to be identified said that live firing exercises had been carried out on board ships taking them to the Gulf. “In the past, dust and sand have been blamed for jamming, but...