A few more videos from my recent trip to Thales Australia in Lithgow, New South Wales. In these videos, Rob Maylor is test firing the EF88 out to 600m, and the Madritsch ML40AUS at 150m. In the first video, Rob is using the 20″ barrel EF88 (equivalent to the F90M, or Marksman variant) with a Harris bipod and 4x ACOG. We were firing ADI (Thales Australia) manufactured F1A1 ball. In the second video, we’ve still got the 20″ variant, this time without the bipod, and with a Thales-designed quadrant sight. You can see some high-speed footage of the ML40AUS in use here.
Photo and videos copyright N.R. Jenzen-Jones.
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