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...us distinction of quite possibly being the most despised rifle in Canadian military history. ... issued.<ref name="Duguid, Col. A.F. 1999">Duguid, Col. A.F. ''A Question of Confidence; The Ross Rifle in the Trenches" ([[Service Publications]], 1999

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...l Arms Factory|Lithgow]], this '''Austeyr''' model is also in use by [[New Zealand]]), Bolivia, Ecuador (1988), Ireland, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia (in ...UG is a modular, [[bullpup]] configuration rifle that employs a high level of synthetic and advanced alloy components.

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