The LSW variant has always been fully auto and is 25 years old, and the L85 is to this day semi-automatic and is the main rifle in use in the British army. I do

The LSW variant has always been fully auto and is 25 years old, and the L85 is to this day semi-automatic and is the main rifle in use in the British army. I don't see how they've "only just relented". Full auto isn't that useful anyway! The ability to empty your magazine in a second comes in handy less often than you'd think. In fact the US Army's M16 was changed from automatic to semi-automatic, so it seems there is a movement in the other direction.