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Weapons

L129A1 Sharpshooter Rifle

The L129A1 was selected in 2009 to replace the L96 Rifle in the sharpshooter role.

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L85A2, 5.56mm Rifle, SA80A2

SA80 is the designation for a family of assault weapons in service from the mid 1980s.

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L128A1 Combat Shotgun

The combat shotgun is for use by the Point Man of a section at close quarters within close country and complex terrain. It allows the soldier to apply a quick rapid rate of fire over

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L6 WOMBAT Recoilless Rifle

The L6 Weapon of Magnesium Battalion Anti Tank (WOMBAT) was a 120mm Recoilless Rifle introduced into service in the late 1960s to replace the earlier

3 PARA soldier on patrol with a Light Machine Gun, Musa Quelah, Afghanistan, 2008

L110 Light Machine Gun

Developed from the Minimi Light Machine Gun following experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, the LMG is a belt-fed suppression weapon.

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Little Baldon Air Disaster

On 6 July 1965 a Hastings aircraft took off from RAF Abingdon with a crew of six and 35 assorted service personnel for a parachute drop over RAF Weston on the Green.

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Soldier from 3 PARA pauses on patrol, Musa Quelah, Afghanistan, 2008

L85A2, 5.56mm Rifle, SA80A2, with Underslung Grenade Launcher (UGL)

The L85A2 is the British Army's standard combat weapon.

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L1A1 Self Loading Rifle (SLR)

The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, is the British version of the Belgian FN FAL rifle, and was produced in the UK, under licence

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Lynx Helicopter

Lynx is the British Army's primary battlefield utility helicopter. Lynx has been used extensively within the Army Air Corps for a wide variety of roles and tasks throughout the world.

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L118 Light Gun

The versatile 105mm light gun is used by the parachute and commando field artillery regiments of the British Army.

Vehicles

Land Rover Truck Utility Light

The Land Rover was launched by Rover in 1948. Over the following years it developed into a a series of four-wheel-drive models in both long and short wheel base versions.

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Light Radar Unit at Arnhem

Airborne Operations. 38 Group - RAF specialist enablers

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Letter statement by Capt EJ Davies MC

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

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List of those who made up the Coup de Main. 6th June 1944.

Glider No.1 A Horsa glider towed by a Halifax tug piloted by Wing Commander Duder.

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Letter from Cpl Albert Osborne to his brother.

29. 7. 43. 6461257. H.Q. Coy. A/T. L/Cpl. Osborne, A. 1st Parachute Battalion. A.A.C. B.N.A.F.

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Letter from Joe Berry 11th Battalion

Wimbledon SW 19 London

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Letters to the pegasus journal by Bill Collard

Letters from ‘Bill’ Collard, B-Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion to the PEGASUS Journal. Letter in ‘PEGASUS’. January 1971. Page 2.

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Leapfest August 2022

Paratroopers compete for parachuting glory

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Lt Col Peter A Geraghty Personal Account

3 Para was sent to Australia Sep - Nov 1966 to take part in Exercise Barra Winga, which was the largest peacetime exercise at that time held by the Australian armed forces.

OS CLE containing Number 4 rifles and ammunition, c1944.

Lee Enfield Rifles

The Lee Enfield Rifle has a long and prestigious heritage within the British Army, tracing its roots back to a requirement for a new rifle in the late 19th century.

Aircraft

Lockheed Martin C-130 'Hercules' aircraft

The first production C-130 Hercules or 'Herc' entered service with the US in December 1956.

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Lance Corporal Ray Sheriff, date unknown.

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Lancashire Lads Trek Across Cyprus, press release on Ptes Farnworth and Mercer, 2 PARA, 1959.

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L/Cpl Zdzislaw Galasiak, 10 September 1945.

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L/Cpl Galasiak, on right, with a comrade in Tel Aviv, 1942.

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Leslie Dunn, 2nd from the left, 1st row, date unknown.

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L/Cpl Zdzislaw Galasiak, with helmet and webbing, date unknown.

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L/Cpl Stan Bixby, Gaza, 1945.

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L/Cpl Bixby with Morris Truck, Palestine.

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L/Cpl Volf, 2 PARA, Stanley on the morning of the surrender, Falkland Islands, 1982.

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L/Cpl Volf with 2 PARA Machine Guns before Wireless Ridge, Falkland Islands, 1982.

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L/Cpl C J Edmonds on his Basic Jump Course, March 1982.

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Lance Sergeant Victor J Lewis, c 1943.

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Letter to Capt Shelley from Maj Gen Gale, January 1944.

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Laurie Wheeden and General Hill CBE at the 71st Anniversary Commemorations in Normandy, 5-7 June 2015.

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Lt Dennis Rendell at a fair in Sulmona, Italy, flanked by two German soldiers, November 1943.

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Lt Dennis Rendell, taken in the UK, 1942.

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Lt Col 'Jeff' Nicklin, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, pre 1939.

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Left facing Pegasus Flash

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Lieutenant General F A M Browning, GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO at Netheravon, October 1942.

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L129A1 Sharpshooter Rifle

L85A2, 5.56mm Rifle, SA80A2

L128A1 Combat Shotgun

L6 WOMBAT Recoilless Rifle

L110 Light Machine Gun

Little Baldon Air Disaster

L85A2, 5.56mm Rifle, SA80A2, with Underslung Grenade Launcher (UGL)

L1A1 Self Loading Rifle (SLR)

Lynx Helicopter

L118 Light Gun

Land Rover Truck Utility Light

Light Radar Unit at Arnhem

Letter statement by Capt EJ Davies MC

List of those who made up the Coup de Main. 6th June 1944.

Letter from Cpl Albert Osborne to his brother.

Letter from Joe Berry 11th Battalion

Letters to the pegasus journal by Bill Collard

Leapfest August 2022

Lt Col Peter A Geraghty Personal Account

Lee Enfield Rifles

Lockheed Martin C-130 'Hercules' aircraft

Lance Corporal Ray Sheriff, date unknown.

Lancashire Lads Trek Across Cyprus, press release on Ptes Farnworth and Mercer, 2 PARA, 1959.

L/Cpl Zdzislaw Galasiak, 10 September 1945.

L/Cpl Galasiak, on right, with a comrade in Tel Aviv, 1942.

Leslie Dunn, 2nd from the left, 1st row, date unknown.

L/Cpl Zdzislaw Galasiak, with helmet and webbing, date unknown.

L/Cpl Stan Bixby, Gaza, 1945.

L/Cpl Bixby with Morris Truck, Palestine.

L/Cpl Volf, 2 PARA, Stanley on the morning of the surrender, Falkland Islands, 1982.

L/Cpl Volf with 2 PARA Machine Guns before Wireless Ridge, Falkland Islands, 1982.

L/Cpl C J Edmonds on his Basic Jump Course, March 1982.

Lance Sergeant Victor J Lewis, c 1943.

Letter to Capt Shelley from Maj Gen Gale, January 1944.

Laurie Wheeden and General Hill CBE at the 71st Anniversary Commemorations in Normandy, 5-7 June 2015.

Lt Dennis Rendell at a fair in Sulmona, Italy, flanked by two German soldiers, November 1943.

Lt Dennis Rendell, taken in the UK, 1942.

Lt Col 'Jeff' Nicklin, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, pre 1939.

Left facing Pegasus Flash

Lieutenant General F A M Browning, GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO at Netheravon, October 1942.

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