Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 KS family of rifles was unveiled at military small arms conventions in 2022 as being developed for an international special operations forces (SOF) requirement. [1] In September 2023, the British Armed Forces selected the KS-1 rifle under Project Hunter to replace the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles used by the British Army Special Operations Brigade and elements of the Royal Marines ...
Replacement project for the SA80, expected to be delivered in 2026. The current Out of Service Date (OSD) for the SA80 rifle is 2030. [275] The new weapon system will consist of a rifle using a common lower receiver group and a variable upper receiver group based on role, likely of a conventional layout rather than a bullpup, with up to four ...
Initially used by 43 Commando, [6] before being declared as the replacement for the SA80 family of weapons in all Royal Marines units. [7] Both A1 and A2 variants are used. [8] L403A1 United States: Assault rifle 5.56×45mm
SUSAT was the primary sighting system for the British Army's SA80 series weapons. [1] It was also used with L108 and L110 light machine guns, and mounted to L7 and L111 machine guns. [citation needed] It was phased out and replaced by ACOG and ELCAN sight units during mid-life upgrade programmes. [1]
SA80 L85 rifle [4] – Adopted right at the end of the Cold War in 1987. Sniper rifles. Lee–Enfield – sniper variant from World War II.
A development of the HK79A1 is the 40 mm underslung SA80 grenade launcher, adapted for use on the British 5.56×45mm NATO L85A1 assault rifle, where it is mounted by replacing the handguard in a similar manner to the early versions of the US-made M203. This was one of the early studies for an under-carried launcher to be mated to the SA80, and ...
The ArmaLite AR-18 is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition.The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the Colt AR-15 design, a variant of which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16.