Telescopic SUSAT, ACOG and ELCAN LDS scopes, aperture iron sights
The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army.[4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in 1985 and ending in 1994. The A2 variant came to be as the result of a significant upgrade in the early 2000s by Heckler & Koch and remains in service as of 2023. The A3 variant was first issued in 2018 with several new improvements.
The remainder of the SA80 family comprises the L86 Light Support Weapon, the short-barrelled L22 Carbine and the L98 Cadet rifle.
The SA80 was the last in a long line of British weapons (including the Lee–Enfield family) to come from the Royal Small Arms Factory, the national arms development and production facility at Enfield Lock, before its weapons factory was closed down in 1988.
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The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. The L85 Rifle variant has been the...
such as the Chinese QBZ-95, Israeli IWI Tavor, French FAMAS and British SA80. The origin of the term "bullpup" for this configuration has long been unclear...
Kickstarter, and raised $800,256. Headstamp's second book, Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901–2020, authored by Jonathan Ferguson, raised...
the .280 as "lacking power", but the bullpup layout was used later in the SA80. A somewhat similar Australian concept was the KAL1 General Purpose Infantry...
be seen in the thumb grooves found on the cocking handles of the British SA80 family of rifles; these provide extra grip when charging the weapon, preventing...
and functionality of select firearms from the Armouries. Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901–2020 (Headstamp Publishing, 2020) Black &...
/ thermal imaging sight for the SA80 A3. Laser Light Module (LLM Mk3) - used for aiming and illumination with the SA80 A3. Jim Compact Sight - new infared...
belt-fed LMG designed to fill the gap between RPK and PK machine gun. The SA80 program was designed to create a family of light assault weapons that had...
forward in a manner similar to the British SA80. Instead of the sheet metal receiver of the AR18 and SA80, the Bushmaster M17S uses an extruded 7075-T6...
a security detail to the workers, an eighteen-year-old private fired his SA80 rifle 14 times at the company's sergeant major in a frenzy, killing him in...
reliability and has now standardised on these for all C8 and operational SA80 users, with well over a million magazines purchased. Many weapons are fitted...
designed to fit other STANAG 4179-compliant weapons such as the HK416 and SA80 is introduced, as well as several other products such as the MBUS (Magpul...
necessary as a standard procedure on any firearm. An exception is the British SA80. Having realized the frequency with which the firearm jammed when taken outside...
original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022. "The British Army – SA80 individual weapon". www.army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June...
List of bullpup firearms Ferguson, Jonathan S. (2021). Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms 1901–2020. Nashville, Tennessee: Headstamp Publishing...
original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2015. Williams, Anthony G. "SA80: MISTAKE OR MALIGNED". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. McNab 2021...
replaced with weapons such as the Steyr AUG, Heckler & Koch G36, FAMAS, and SA80. However, battle rifles do continue to be used in certain roles where the...
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