The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56mm small arms. It is a selective fire gas-operated assault rifle. Elements of its design in particular the bullpup configuration come from the earlier EM-2 rifle. The first prototypes were trialled in 1976 and production ended in 1994.
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length (km)
0.785
weight (kg)
3820.0
origin
United Kingdom
type
Squad automatic weapon, Assault rifle
used in war
Kosovo War, The Troubles, Operation Granby, Operation Telic, Operation Veritas, Sierra Leone Civil War, Bosnian War
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