Army Drills With The New Rifle - But No 'Slope' - Recruit Norman Kirtley Coldstream Guards of Blackhill, County Durham (left) 'shoulders arms' with the new FN rifle at Warminster to-day. 'Sloping arms' with the old-type .303 rifle is Private Colin Taylor, Worcestershire Regiment, of Worcester. Drill with the new Belgian - designed FN rifle, adopted for the British Army last December, was demonstrated before high-ranking officers at the School of Infantry, Warmisnter, Wiltshire, to-day (Tuesday). It was noticed that there was no 'slope arms' in the new drill. October 12, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).