M32 motorway The M32 was planned to be a key radial link through to the hub of a network of radial and ring roads within a rectangle encompassing Bristol. Other bounds of this scheme were parts of the M4 (north eastern side), the M5 (north western side) and the tidal reaches of the River Avon (south western side), the south eastern side not being defined by landmarks. The motorway was partly funded by Gloucestershire County Council and Bristol City Council, with a 75 per cent grant supplied by the national Ministry of Transport. It was provisionally called the Hambrook Spur or the
Benelli M4 competition. In early 1999, ARDEC awarded the M1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun contract to Heckler & Koch, American subsidiary for importation of the Benelli M4 Combat Shotgun. The first units (count of 20,000) were delivered to the United States Marine Corps in 1999. During testing, the prototype was named "XM1014", but after adoption, the 'X' was dropped, and the weapon was officially designated the "M1014".<ref name="Benelli M4 Super 90 / M1014 JSCS Semi-Automatic Combat Shotgun February 05, 2014"></ref> The M4 was the first gas-operated shotgun produced by Benelli. Its function is designed around an entirely new method called the "auto