SAR 21, right side view. Pictured SAR 21 is attached with the Round Corner Firing (RCF) module and has had its magazine removed.
Type
Bullpup assault rifle
Place of origin
Singapore
Service history
In service
1999–present[1]
Used by
See Users
Production history
Designer
Tuck Wah Chee and Felix Tsai of Chartered Industries of Singapore/ST Kinetics[2]
Designed
1996[1]
Manufacturer
• CIS: 1999–2000[1] • ST Kinetics: 2000–present[1]
Produced
1999–present[1]
Variants
See variants
Specifications
Mass
• SAR 21: 4 kg (8.82 lb)[1] • SAR 21 GL/M203: 5.3 kg (12 lb) • SAR 21 P-Rail: 3.6 kg (7.9 lb) • SAR 21 MMS: 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) • SAR 21 Light Weight Carbine 3 kg (6.6 lb)
Length
805 mm (31.7 in) (SAR 21, SAR 21 40 GL/M203, SAR 21 P-Rail) 680 mm (26.8 in) (SAR 21 MMS) 640 mm (25.2 in) (SAR 21 Light Weight Carbine)
Barrel length
508 mm (20.0 in)[1]
Cartridge
5.56×45mm NATO[1]
Caliber
5.56 mm (0.22 in)[1]
Barrels
Single barrel 1:12" and 1:7" twist options [3]
Action
Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire
450–650 rounds/min[1]
Muzzle velocity
970 m/s (3,182 ft/s) (M193) 945 m/s (3,100.4 ft/s) (SS109)
The SAR 21 ("Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st Century") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore, chambered for the 5.56x45mm cartridge. First revealed and subsequently adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as its standard service weapon in 1999, it was designed and developed over a four-year period to replace the locally license-built M16S1[3] by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Singapore Army and the former Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS), presently ST Engineering Land Systems.[4]
Many of its design features are directly intended to address the weaknesses of the M16S1 as encountered operationally by some infantrymen.[1] The rifle is being sold for export use aside from domestic use.[5] In the United States, it was marketed by ST Kinetics via its American subsidiary, VT Systems.[6]
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^"Factsheet - Singapore Assault Rifle 21". Singaporean Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
^"Infantry Article Index". 19 November 1999. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
^"Call to arms in Singapore yields explosive results". Fairfax Digital. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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