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Project Grayburn and Infantry Body Armour Overmatch

Darragh McGovern
11 August 2026clock8 Minute Read
Granit cremic armour insert for 6B45 body armour with test impacts

Vitaly Kuzmin via Wikimedia Commons

As the British Army seeks a successor to the SA80, the pursuit of rifles capable of overmatching infantry body armour may be aiming to solve the wrong problem.

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