why the L1A1 SLR is SO Feared

why the L1A1 SLR is SO Feared The L1A1 SLR served the British Army for thirty-seven years. It was born from a political compromise, stripped of its automatic fire before a single soldier carried it on operations, and handed to a generation of men who had no choice but to master it. In the Falklands, it faced the full-automatic version of itself across open ground — and didn't lose. This is the story of how a committee room decision shaped a rifle, and how that rifle shaped the men who carried it.