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improvements for Chieftain including an

advanced fire-control system.

3RD DRAFT

Mines

35. Development is well advanced of a new anti-tank mine,

with increased lethality, and of an associated anti-personnel

mine.

Small Arms

36.

Development has begun of a new family of small arms

and ammunition to replace the 7.62mm self-loading rifle; the

9mm sub-machine gun, and the 7.62mm general purpose machine

gun in the light role. This family is planned to contend in

NATO trials to select the small arms ammunition on which NATO

forces may standardise as far as possible.

Quality Control

37. Our policy continues to aim at placing the maximum respon-

sibility on the contractor for the quality assurance of his

products. Since April 1973 new quality assurance requirements,

published as Defence Standards, have applied to most contracts

for defence material placed by the Procurement Executive.

Procurement Executive assesses the quality control and

management systems of its suppliers against the requirements

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of the Defence Standards, with the agreement and full co-operation

of the defence industries.

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