From Green Meanie, to ‘three men in a shed’, to gamers running wild with the ‘AWP’ –Accuracy International and their L96A1 created the modern template for sniper rifles to this day.

Less well-known, as Jonathan shows in this week’s episode, is the integrally suppressed variant.

Books mentioned:

Steve Houghton, 2021, 'The Green Meanie L96A1'. Swift and Bold Publishing.

Dave Walls, 2023. 'It Started in the Shed'. New Generation Publishing.