Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A British paratrooper using an SA80A3 rifle, which is much improved on the original A1 version - Cpl Aaron J Stone/Army The ...

Senior British Army and Royal Marines officers led by Gen Sir Mike Jackson, who commanded the allied force that occupied Kosovo, insisted yesterday that the modified SA80 A2 rifle was a "highly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A British soldier aims a rifle. For nearly 40 years, the British Army’s standard rifle has been the SA80. Officially designated ...

December 15, 2005: Is the British SA80 rifle (officially designated the L85) a piece of junk? This is a question of no small importance to the grunts in the British Army. The rifle has been plagued ...

Fielding of the first tranche of upgraded SA80 A3 rifles to the British Army has begun, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 11 April. Heckler and Koch is upgrading the British Army’s SA80 A2 ...

The much-criticised SA80 rifle is a "highly reliable" weapon, a top military commander has insisted. Gen Sir Mike Jackson, Commander-in Chief, UK Land Forces, said that he was satisfied that the ...

A FIREARMS expert has described as "pathetic" attempts to blame British troops for problems with the Army’s controversial SA80-A2 rifle. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

The Army is to keep the controversial SA80 A2 assault rifle after it passed "intensive" tests in the desert. A top military commander told a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in central ...

The army signalled today that it is to persevere with its much-criticised SA80 assault rifle, when a top military commander insisted it was a "highly reliable" weapon. General Sir Mike Jackson, the ...

The bullpup-style SA80 service rifle has caused the British Army no small number of headaches—but it is unclear what other weapon it might choose instead. The United States military has continued ...

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