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===L98A1===
===L98A1===
The '''L98A1''' GP Rifle is used to train the Army Cadet Force and air training corps for basic weapon handling and shooting skills, and the rifle is fired as a manually operated, straight pull magazine repeater rifle.  
The '''L98A1''' GP Rifle is used to train the Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps for basic weapon handling and shooting skills, and the rifle is fired as a manually operated, straight pull magazine repeater rifle.  
[[Image:Sa80-L98A1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|L98A1 5.56mm Cadet GP Rifle. Inert rifle for Drill Purposes hence the white tape and "DP" stamp.]]
[[Image:Sa80-L98A1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|L98A1 5.56mm Cadet GP Rifle. Inert rifle for Drill Purposes hence the white tape and "DP" stamp.]]



Revision as of 17:22, 20 July 2009

The SA80 can be seen in the following films, television series, anime and video games used by the following actors:

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SA80 5.56mm

SA80 Rifle Series

The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a series of 5.56 mm Bullpup Assault Rifles designed on the AR-18 operation and produced (From 1985 to 1994) by the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock. In 1988 production of the rifle was transferred to the Royal Ordnance’s Nottingham Small Arms Facility (later British Aerospace, Royal Ordnance; now BAE Systems Land Systems Munitions & Ordnance).

Variants

L85A1

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L85A1 5.56mm

L85A2

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L85A2 5.56mm

SA80 carbine

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SA80 carbine 5.56mm
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SA80 carbine 5.56mm

L22A1 carbine

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L22A1 carbine 5.56mm

L22A2 carbine

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L22A2 carbine 5.56mm
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L22A2 carbine 5.56mm

L86A1

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L86A1 5.56mm

L86A2

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L86A2 5.56mm

L98A1

The L98A1 GP Rifle is used to train the Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps for basic weapon handling and shooting skills, and the rifle is fired as a manually operated, straight pull magazine repeater rifle.

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L98A1 5.56mm Cadet GP Rifle. Inert rifle for Drill Purposes hence the white tape and "DP" stamp.

L98A2

The L98A2 is a semi-automatic revamp of L85A1's and L98A1's to be issued to all Cadet Forces between 2009-2010.

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L98A2 5.56mm

Specifications

  • Weight - 3.82 kg (8.4 lb) (L85A1 empty)
  • Length - 785 mm (30.9 in) (L85A1)
  • Barrel - length 518 mm (20.4 in) (L85A1)

The SA80 can be seen in:

Film

  • British Soldiers in Flood
  • Seen in rows on a gun rack on the Sulaco in the extended version of Aliens
  • Used by the squad in Dog Soldiers (fitted with the Blank Fireing Adaptor(B.F.A.) to make the action cycle while using blanks).

Television

  • Battlestar Galactica (Re-imagined) Season 1 (seen used briefly by an Honor Guard and in the arsenal of the Caprica Bucaneers resistance)

Video Games

Anime