The XL-65 Light Support Weapon is an experimental British squad automatic weapon developed by the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield. It is chambered in .280 British, an intermediate cartridge. The automatic rifle has a bullpup layout, a gas-operated rotating bolt action, a longer and heavier barrel, a folding bipod and is normally issued with 20-round detachable box magazines. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the XL-65 has begun replacing the Bren Gun with certain units in the British Armed Forces, such as the 3 Commando Brigade.
