Editing Royal Marines (section)

====Light weapons====
The basic personal weapon of the Royal Marines Commandos is the 5.56mm [[C8 carbine]] rifle, sometimes fitted with the [[Heckler & Koch AG-C/GLM#Users|L123A3]] underslung grenade launcher.<ref name="rafpdf2">{{cite web|title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons page 45| date=2013| publisher=Royal Air Force|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=45 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=45 | archive-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> Support fire is provided by the [[L7 (machine gun)|L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun]] (GPMG)<ref name="rafpdf3">{{cite web |title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons page 46|year=2013|publisher=Royal Air Force |url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=46|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=46 |archive-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> and the [[M2 Browning|L111A1]] heavy machine gun<ref name="rafpdf4">{{cite web |title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons page 48 |year=2013 |publisher=Royal Air Force |url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=48 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=48 |archive-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> (which is often mounted on an armoured vehicle); indirect fire is by the [[L16 81mm Mortar|L16A2 81mm mortar]].<ref name="rafpdf4" /> Sniper rifles used include the [[L115A3]],<ref name="rafpdf3" /> produced by [[Accuracy International]]. More recently the [[Lewis Machine and Tool Company#Products|L129A1]] has come into service as the [[designated marksman rifle]].<ref name="rafpdf2" /> Other weapons include the [[FGM-148 Javelin|Javelin anti tank guided missile]],<ref name="rafpdf5">{{cite web |title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons page 49 |year = 2013 |publisher=Royal Air Force |url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=49 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=49 |archive-date=10 July 2017 }}</ref> the [[NLAW]] disposable anti tank missile, [[MATADOR]] anti-structure recoilless rifle, the [[Glock 17#Users|L131A1 pistol]]<ref name="rafpdf1">{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Royal Air Force Aircraft and Weapons page 44 |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=44 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710150246/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/E28BE76F_5056_A318_A833EB4C9A735AD8.pdf#page=44 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |publisher=Royal Air Force}}</ref> and the [[Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife]].<ref>{{cite book |first= W.E. |last = Fairbairn |author-link= William E. Fairbairn |title= Get Tough |orig-year= 1942 |edition= new |publisher= [[Paladin Press]] |location= Boulder, Colo. |date=December 1996 |isbn = 978-0-87364-002-2 }}</ref> The Royal Marines are in the process of replacing all of their L85 rifles with the [[Colt Canada C7 and C8#United Kingdom|L119]] and the [[KS-1 rifle|KS-1 (L403)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/90-million-contract-equips-armed-forces-with-advanced-new-rifle|title=£90 million contract equips Armed Forces with advanced new rifle|date=7 September 2023|publisher=Gov.UK|access-date=10 October 2023}}</ref>