Historical Documents: "Just Say No" (Bullpups) Campaign 1986
Bloke on the Range
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The Bloke has recently unearthed some important Historical Documents relating to the SA80 adoption. In 1986, the cast of the BBC's Grange Hill soap opera for kids produced a hit single as part of a campaign to un-adopt the SA80 and adopt the M16 or FN FNC in its place.
The campaign failed for unfortunate reasons.
This short video explains all.
(Yeah, the animation's a bit bonk. But the preview in the editor is aligned perfectly, then the final rendered version is off. So I'm flying kinda blind, frame by frame...)
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