Army Drills With The New Rifle - But No 'Slope' - Recruit Norman Kirtley Coldstream Guards of Blackhill, County Durham (left) 'shoulders arms' with the new FN rifle at Warminster to-day.'Sloping arms' with the old-type .303 rifle is Private Colin Taylor, Worcestershire Regiment, of Worcester.Drill with the new Belgian - designed FN rifle, adopted for the British Army last December, was demonstrated before high-ranking officers at the School of Infantry, Warmisnter, Wiltshire, to-day (Tuesday).It was noticed that there was no 'slope arms' in the new drill. October 12, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).
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