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...
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such as the Chinese QBZ-95, Israeli IWI Tavor, French FAMAS and British SA80. The origin of term "bullpup" for this configuration has long been unclear...
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rifle Sterling SAR-87 SA80 Leader Dynamics Series T2 MK5 SR 88 List of bullpup firearms List of assault rifles "British Enfield SA80 Part 2: XL60 series"...
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British service rifle was finally adopted some years later in form of the SA80 assault rifle, which remains in service today. The British Army entered World...
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by the United Kingdom for the Individual Weapon Project, which became the SA80 series of small arms. The 4.85×49mm cartridge is based on the 5.56×45mm NATO...
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and it is said to have influenced many later weapons such as the British SA80, the Singaporean SAR-80 and SR-88, the Belgian FN F2000, the Japanese Howa...
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Kickstarter, and raised $800,256. Headstamp's second book, Thorneycroft to SA80: British Bullpup Firearms, 1901–2020, authored by Jonathan Ferguson, raised...
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Koch HK 93 Heckler & Koch XM8 M4 carbine M16 rifle PVAR rifle Ruger Mini-14 SA80 SIG SG550 / 551 / 552 / 553 / 556 Steyr AUG CZ 805 BREN IMI Galil 7.62×51mm...
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British Army's SA80 rifles (which had been manufactured by Royal Ordnance) This contract entailed a modification program to the SA80 series of rifles...
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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...
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