#L403A1

Photo Of The Day and we start out strong with the Knight’s Armament KS-1, United Kingdom’s newly selected Alternative Individual Weapons system, or the L403A1. This image is part of the U.K. Ministry Of Defense’s Best of Defence Imagery 2023, and we understand why it was selected.

Knight’s Armament Company have released a statement on the selection of the KAC KS-1 by the UK military. The selection of the KS-1 for elements of the UK’s Royal Marines Commandos and new Ranger Regiments was announced last week.

Edgar Brothers, the UK-based prime contractor for the UK’s new  Alternative Individual Weapon System – the L403A1, has provided some further details on the rifle and a breakdown of its components. The UK plans to procure 10,000 of the rifles over the next decade at an estimated cost of £90 million ($110 million).

Aimpoint has been chosen to deliver mini red dot sights to the Alternative Individual Weapon System, designated L403A1 to the UK’s Ministry Of Defence. Deliveries will be handled by Aimpoint’s exclusive UK distributor Edgar Brothers. The Alternative Individual Weapon System consists of three elements – the rifle itself made by Knight’s Armament Company and designated L403A1, the optic system L900A1, and a training system. As part of the optic system, Aimpoint will supply the ACRO® P-2 red dot sight.

For the love of Arctic warfare! In this Photo Of The Day, we’ll take a quick look at the new L403A1, as used by Britain’s elite Royal Marine Commando Forces. The model is a Knight’s Armament Company KS-1 rifle.

The United Kingdom has selected the Knight’s Armament Company KS-1 as the new individual weapon for the new Ranger battalions and elements of the Royal Marines Commandos. The requirement for the new rifle was released back in August 2021.