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...eir lot with the U.S., given that the UK appeared to be favoring their own EM-2. ... appeared to be correct when the British unilaterally decided to adopt the EM-2 and .280 British cartridge in the very same month. This decision was later

| '''[[EM-2]]''' | colspan="5"| The EM-2 was an experimental British [[bullpup]] assault rifle. It was designed to f

* [[EM-2|Enfield EM-2 "Janson" rifle]], a.k.a. the "Rifle No9 Mk1"

*[[EM-2 Bullpup Rifle|EM-2]] bullpup design

...ation, designated the [[EM-2 Bullpup Rifle|EM-1]] and [[EM-2 Bullpup Rifle|EM-2]]. When NATO adopted the [[7.62x51mm NATO|7.62x51mm]] rifle cartridge as th

...as standard issue for all [[NATO]] countries. After briefly adopting the [[EM-2 rifle|Rifle No. 9 Mk 1]] with [[.280 British|a 7 mm intermediate cartr

... British was tested in a variety of rifles and machineguns including the [[EM-2]], [[Lee-Enfield]], [[FN FAL]], [[Bren]], [[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]] and ...d with the US Army dragging its feet on the issue, the British adopted the EM-2 and the .280/30 as their primary rifle and ammunition in 1951 with the .280

...itish]]) intermediate cartridge for their very modern and groundbreaking [[EM-2]] bull-pup assault rifle. Due to political pressure from the Conservative P ...ugh bullpup rifles had existed since the 1930s, the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[EM-2]] was one of the few bullpup assault rifles prior to this time. Examples of

...rt, long-ranged rifle the bullpup configuration was an obvious option. The EM-2 was adopted by the UK in 1951 as the world's first (limited) service bullpu