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Development
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Production
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Design details
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Variants
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- Action
- Gas-operated, rotating bolt
- Barrel length
- 518 millimetres (20.4 in) (L85A2)
- Cartridge
- 5.56×45mm NATO
- Designed
- 1970s–1980s
- Effective firing range
- 400 metres (1,300 ft)
- Feed system
- 30-round detachable STANAG magazine, 30-round detachable polymer Magpul EMAG, 60-round casket magazine 20-round detachable magazine (carbine)
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Overview
Development
- 7mm (.280 in) .280 British
- Bullpup
- EM-1 and EM-2 EM-2 Bullpup Rifle
- NATO
- 7.62mm rifle cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO
- Semi-automatic rifle
- FN FAL
- 4.85×49mm
- XL64E5 L64/65
- Light machine gun
- Armalite
- AR-18
- Sterling Armaments Company
- Dagenham
- Essex
- British Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- Stoner 63
- AR-15 AR-15 style rifle
- M16/M16A1 M16 rifle
- Warminster
- Aluminium
Production
- Royal Ordnance
- British Aerospace
- BAE Systems
- ROF Nottingham
- L2A3 (Sterling) submachine gun Sterling submachine gun
- Bren Bren light machine gun
- L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun FN MAG
- Royal Marine Royal Marines
- RAF Regiment
- Territorial Army Territorial Army (United Kingdom)
- Arms drill Foot drill
- Trooping the Colour
- British Overseas Territories British Overseas Territory
- Bermuda Regiment Royal Bermuda Regiment
- Ruger Mini-14
- Royal Gibraltar Regiment
- Falkland Islands Defence Force
- Steyr AUG
- Jamaica Defence Force
- Sten
- Gulf War
- Colt Colt's Manufacturing Company
- Operation Palliser British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War
- Special Air Service
- Chris Ryan
- Mean rounds between failure Mean time between failures
- M4 M4 carbine
- M16 assault rifle
- FN Minimi
- Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
Design details
- Selective fire
- Gas-operated Gas-operated reloading
- Rifle grenades Rifle grenade
- Helical Helix
- Pistol grip
- Blank-firing adaptor
- Bayonet
- Stamped Stamping (metalworking)
- Sheet Sheet metal
- Steel
- Welded Welding
- Riveted Rivet
- Machined Machining
- Nylon
- SUSAT
- Tritium
- Die-cast Die casting
- Iron sights Iron sight
- Ministry of Defence Police
- Trijicon
- ELCAN ELCAN Optical Technologies
- FIST Future Integrated Soldier Technology
- Qioptiq Thales Optronics
- STANAG magazine
- ROF Radway Green
- Beta C-Mag
- Fighting knife
- Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
- Battle of Al Amara Battle of Danny Boy
- Falklands War
Variants
- Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Netherlands Marine Corps
- High-explosive dual-purpose High-explosive anti-tank
- L85A1 HE grenade Rifle Grenade General Service
- Grenade launcher
- M203
- L17A2/L123 Heckler & Koch AG36
- 40mm 40 mm grenade
- Squad automatic weapon
- Fireteam
- Designated marksman rifle
- L129A1
- AFVs Armoured fighting vehicle
- Sea Cadet Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)
- Combined Cadet Force
- Community Cadet Forces
- .303 .303 British
- .303 Bren guns Bren gun
- Single-shot
- Electrically actuated Electronic firing
- CBRN
- EMP Electromagnetic pulse
- RS-232
- Stray bullets Stray bullet
Conflicts
- The Troubles
- Operation Banner
- Yugoslav Wars
- Operation Grapple Operation Grapple (Yugoslavia)
- Sierra Leone Civil War
- War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Veritas Operation Veritas
- Jacana Operation Jacana
- Herrick Operation Herrick
- Toral Operation Toral
- Iraq War
- Operation Telic
Users
- Afghanistan
- Bolivia
- Jamaica
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Papua New Guinea
- Sierra Leone
- United Kingdom
- Bermuda
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Ukraine
- Zimbabwe
- Afghan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- British Hong Kong
- Royal Hong Kong Regiment
- Northern Ireland
- Loyalist paramilitaries Ulster loyalism
- Ulster Defence Association
- Ulster Volunteer Force
- West Side Boys
- Royal Irish Regiment Royal Irish Regiment (1992)
- 25 August 2000 Operation Barras
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Top relations
related to References · 43
SA80 → AC71807, AC71807-C, Ammunition, And What Next, Anthony, April, Associated Equipment, British Bullpup Firearms, Cadet Training, Canada, Carbine, Cobourg, Collector Grade Publications Incorporated, CS1, Defence, Ferguson, Grant, Headstamp Publishing, Infantry Training Volume II, ISBN
related to Users · 34
SA80 → Adopted, Afghanistan, August, Bermuda, British, British Armed Forces, British Overseas Territory, Combined Cadet Force, Community Cadet Forces, Defence, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Defence Force, Jamaica, L22, L85, L85A2, L86, L98, Mozambique, Nepal
related to Accepted into service: 5.56×45mm, L85A1, L86A1, L98A1 · 32
SA80 → After, BAE Systems, Belgian SS109, Bren, British Aerospace, British Armed Forces, Enfield Lock, Gun, In, It, L1A1 SLR, L2A3, L4 Light Machine Gun, L7A2 General Purpose Machine, L85A1 Rifle, L86A1 Light Support Weapon, L98A1 Cadet GP Rifle, LSW, Nottingham Small Arms Facility, October
related to A2 upgrade programme · 30
SA80 → A2, A2-style SA80, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, As, At, BAE Systems, Both, Changes, December, Defence, Despite, Ernst Mauch, February, Heckler, HK A2, In, Koch, L85A2, L86A2
related to 1980s, 5.56×45mm, XL85, XL86 · 26
SA80 → E1, E3, E3/E4, E5, Environmental User Trials, Further, L85, L86, Lastly, LSW, One, Phase, Pressure, Royal Small Arms Factory, The, The E4's, The XL85E2, Three, While, XL85
related to A3 upgrade programme · 22
SA80 → An, British, Defence, Flat Dark Earth, Heckler, It, Koch's HKey, L85, L86 LSW, Magpul's M-LOK, MLI, Only, Project Grayburn, SA80A2, Security Equipment International, September, The, The A3, The L85A3, The Mid Life Improvement
related to Bayonet · 22
SA80 → Afghanistan, Al Amara, As, Battle, British, Falklands War, In British Armed Forces, Iraq, It, L22 Carbine, L3A1 Bayonet, L85 Rifle, L85s, L86 Light Support Weapon, May, On, Operation Granby, Princess, SA80s, The
related to External links · 20
SA80 → Army, British Bulldog's Bullpup, British Enfield SA80 Part, Electronics, Forgotten WeaponsSA80 A2 L85, Individual Weapon, Jonathan Ferguson, Jonathan FergusonThe Electronic SA80, May, Part One, Part Two, SA80 That Runs, Small Arms, The EIW97, The Sorry Saga, XL60, XL70, XL85, XL86, YouTube
related to Conflicts · 19
SA80 → Afghanistan, British Armed Forces, Deployments, Gulf War, Herrick, Iraq War, Jacana, Operation Banner, Operation Granby, Operation Grapple, Operation Palliser, Operation Telic, Operations Veritas, Sierra Leone Civil War, The SA80, The Troubles, Toral, War, Yugoslav Wars
related to Magazines · 16
SA80 → A2, Blank, British-issue, Colt, EMAG, Heckler, Initially, Koch, L86's, ROF Radway Green, STANAG, The, The Beta C-Mag, The Magpul Industries, These, This
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Important terminology
weapon rifle british weapons used service also l85 fire royal use forces variant magazine light barrel small family cadet carbine
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA80 | Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Barrel length | 518 millimetres (20.4 in) (L85A2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Cartridge | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Designed | 1970s–1980s | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Effective firing range | 400 metres (1,300 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Feed system | 30-round detachable STANAG magazine, 30-round detachable polymer Magpul EMAG, 60-round casket magazine 20-round detachable magazine (carbine) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | In service | 1985–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Length | 785 millimetres (30.9 in) (L85A2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Manufacturer | Royal Small Arms Factory | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Manufacturer | Royal Ordnance | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Mass | 4.98 kilograms (11.0 lb) (L85A2 with SUSAT sight and loaded 30-round magazine) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Muzzle velocity | 930–940 m/s (3,100–3,100 ft/s) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | No. built | Approx. 350,000 (L85, L86) Approx. 21,700 (L98) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Place of origin | United Kingdom | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Produced | 1985–1994 | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Rate of fire | 610–775 rpm | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Sights | Telescopic SUSAT, ACOG and ELCAN LDS scopes, aperture iron sights | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Type | Bullpup assault rifle (L85) Light support weapon (L86 LSW) Carbine (L22) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Unit cost | £1,300 (2015) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Used by | See Users | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Variants | See Variants | 1.00 | infobox |
| SA80 | Wars | See Conflicts | 1.00 | infobox |
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Nodes168
Edges167
Triples373
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011905
Components1
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