This video from the Royal Armouries features Curatorial Assistant Joe Ford discussing the Beardmore-Farquhar, a British light machine gun designed to be lighter, cheaper, and more efficient than the Lewis Gun. The video details the LMG's unusual gas-spring system, its trials between 1916 and 1931, and the reasons for its eventual failure to enter service. The content includes a look at early trials, the troubled 1921 trials, a disassembly of the weapon, and later design iterations.
The H&K 33F, a predecessor to the HK416F, was marketed to French forces in the 1960s-70s. Despite performing well in 1974 trials against the FN CAL and M16, France opted for the domestic FAMAS. This variant features a reinforced magazine well and specific barrel modifications for rifle grenade use, including range rings and a grenade sight mount.
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