The EM-2, also known as Rifle, No.9, Mk.1 or Janson rifle, was a British assault rifle. It was briefly adopted by British forces in 1951, but the decision was overturned very shortly thereafter by Winston Churchill's incoming government in an effort to secure NATO standardisation of small arms and ammunition.

The EM-2 was the result of a British research and development program looking for a replacement for the venerable Lee Enfield rifle after WWII. As with just about every other country on the planet, they were largely influenced by the German Sturmgewehr, and the program was built around the .280 Enfield cartridge.

2017年7月12日 · The EM-2 was the rifle that the British pushed for NATO trials in 1950. It was a rifle well ahead of its time in several areas – as a select-fire bullpup rifle, it was intended to replace both the infantry rifle and the submachine gun.

The EM-2 was designed for a .280-inch calibre cartridge, and less suitable for the proposed NATO calibre. Winston Churchill supported adoption of the FAL in anticipation that it might also be taken up by the U.S. Military, who were certainly not intending to invest in …

2021年6月1日 · The EM-2 rifle, which occupies a somewhat mythological status in the history of British firearms design, was created in the late 1940s by Kazimierz-Stefan Januszewski, a Polish immigrant working for Britain’s Armament Design Establishment.

2021年12月20日 · While the EM2 type rifles have developed quite a following as an infallible firearm and caliber combo and therefore was purely eliminated due to NATO and American bias against their cartridge, it wasn’t without fault. This article will explore a bit of the EM2 type history.

In 1951 the EM2 was one of if not the first bullpup service rifle adopted, albeit briefly, by any nation. In the photograph above we can see Janson firing his design with one hand to demonstrate its balance and lack of muzzle climb.