When the British military unveiled the SA80 in the 1980s, it was expected to be a revolutionary weapon system that would define modern warfare. Instead, it quickly earned a reputation as one of the ...

The SA80 is the British Army’s main assault rifle, and everything about it just screams “1980s.” The British Army Rumor Service — a message board and comedy site — described it as the weaponized ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite some talk of replacing the weapon, the British military plans to keep the SA80 until at least the 2020s — whether or not the lads like it. The SA80 is the ...

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 ...

A REVAMPED version of the British Army’s rifle has been hailed one of the world’s “most lethal” weapons by military chiefs 20 years after its manufacturers received criticism over its poor performance ...