Do not rate this weapon on what the media says, you have to be like me, live with it and use it regularly to know it." It would be interesting to find out what these gentlemen are comparing the SA80 to. old magazines would rarely jam with 30 rounds. stoppages are all attributed to the rounds. Log in to your Paradata account to identify personnel with our image tagging. While the premise of a shorter rifle is laudable, the fact is that this particular 'design' can only be shot from the right shoulder forcing soldiers to shoot from positions without cover thereby putting their lives at greater risk, and negates the British Forces previously unchallenged position as leaders in Urban Operations, ( FIBUA/OBUA/ MOUT.) It has previously and erroneously been defined and described as "a good overall weapon" and "undoutably the best weapon series in the world today. Para with an early issue SA80 rifle, c1985. SA80 is the designation for a revolutionary family of assault weapons and, on its introduction, it proved so accurate that the British Army's marksmanship tests had to be redesigned. and The SA80 L85A2 is a gas-operated selective-fire rifle with a bullpup layout that is chambered for the standard NATO 556 by 45 millimeter round. Since 1987, The l85 rifle version has replaced the l1a1 model of Appendix A as the standard-issue service rifle of the British armed forces. But in the halls of Westminster political careers deemed to be worth more than brave men's lives. The SA80 L85A2 is ranked fourth of the top ten military rifles in the world. VENDRE Join Mailing List Add to Favourite Feedback email Click.
It has been kept on purely for political reasons, rather than because it is a good weapon. BRITISH ARMY SA80 Rifle Full Size Wooden Training Drill Gun L85A2 Lazer Cut - EUR 28,15. The only outstanding point of the weapon is that it is the most expensive battle rifle available. British Army SA80 A2 Assault Rifle Upgraded to A3.
A poorly researched, badly designed and sloppily constructed weapon, of a layout that generations of designers have been trying to foist on the Army since 1911. The A1 variant was significantly upgraded in the early 2000s by Heckler & Koch as the SA80A2.