BRITISH ARMY WEAPONS - RECOILESS RIFLES

It appears that (at least in one time line) the British Army only adopted the Recoilless Rifle in 1953 - see this entertaining Pathe Newsreel HERE. In this respect, the Army was clearly slow to adopt the lessons of the Hereford VBCW, and the Presteigne Communists use of the same technology mounted on PMW 1.5 ton trucks. The Army finally mounted its own "Wombat" RCLs on stripped down Land Rovers ...

For further "new weapons" of the British Army in 1953, see this Pathe Newsreel HERE. This has a Very British commentary to enjoy, a Very British approach reinforced (in both newsreels) by the central importance of "the tie" to the ordinary infantryman.....