New Rifle Drill For British Army - "The Old and the New" on the left is the lefthanded salute with the new rifle at the shoulder arms, in contrast with the right-handed salute with the old rifle at the "slope" (seen on right).A demonstration of proposed alterations in drill caused by the adoption of the self-loading Belgian F.N. 30 rifle for the British Army, was given at the School of Infantry at Warminster, Wiltshire.The drill was demonstrated by squads of the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and recruits form the Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey. December 13, 1954.
New Rifle Drill For British Army - "The Old and the New" on the left is the lefthanded salute with the new rifle at the shoulder arms, in contrast with the right-handed salute with the old rifle at the "slope" (seen on right).A demonstration of proposed alterations in drill caused by the adoption of the self-loading Belgian F.N. 30 rifle for the British Army, was given at the School of Infantry at Warminster, Wiltshire.The drill was demonstrated by squads of the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and recruits form the Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey. December 13, 1954.