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Enfield SA80

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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).

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

L85A1

The original variant of the SA80 series issued to the British Forces. These were manufactured by Royal Ordnance (Formerly known as Enfield) from 1985 until 1994 after the notorious faults of the weapon in battlefield conditions.

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L85A1, 5.56x45mm

Movies

  • Seen in rows on a gun rack on the Sulaco in the extended version of Aliens

Video Games


L85A2

Revamped L85A1 rifles by Heckler & Koch from 2001-? with improved components, Most notably the external 'Comma' shaped combined cocking handle/brass deflector.

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L85A2 5.56x45mm
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L85A2 with SUSAT scope 5.56x45mm
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L85A2 5.56x45mm with SUSAT scope and L17A2 grenade launcher 40mm

Film

  • British Soldiers in Flood
  • 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

  • Bugs (episode "Stealth')
  • 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

L22A1

Converted from L86A1 Light Support Weapons, These are issued to AAC Crew as a personal defence weapon.

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L22A1, 5.56x45mm

Video Games


L22A2

Converted from L86A1 Light Support Weapons, These are issued to AAC Crew as a personal defence weapon.

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L22A2, x45
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L22A2, 5.56x45mm


L86A1

The L86A1 Light Support Weapon is the sustained fire variant of the SA80 series. Many have been replaced by the FN Minimi in this role or converted into L22 Carbines for AFV/Chopper crew members as a personal defence weapon. The L86A1 is also used by the ACF but only 3-Star+ Trained Cadets are allowed to use this weapon.

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L86A1, 5.56x45mm

Video Games


L86A2

A revamped L86A1 LSW. The L86A2 is in limited usage along the FN Minimi, only for DMR purposes as it has superior accuracy/range.

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L86A2, 5.56mm

Video Games