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[โ€“] Baggins@feddit.uk 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The lads used to carry these when on patrol in Northern Ireland in the 80s and 90s.

[โ€“] Zron@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Some mad lad bolted one of these to the hand guard of an L85 and called it a weapon light.

This was, of course, really to add mass to the rifle for when it was used as a bludgeon, because it is so British that it spontaneously ejected its own magazines as a form of silent protest against violence.