Inside Britain’s Arsenal — The 172-Year History of the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield
For 172 years Enfield forged Britain's most famous rifles, from Crimea to Afghanistan, where Taliban fighters still carried its mid-century .303s against Kalashnikovs. The factory closed in 1988, but its SA80 and GPMG remain in British army service today.
— via Military History Now, MilitaryHistoryNow.com
