SA80

The SA80 (small arms of 1980's) is the main battle rifle for the british army. There are 4 variants L85A2, L86A2 LSW, L98 cadet version and the L22 carbine. It features the bullpup design with the cocking handle and magazine housing are located behingd the pistol grip. It has the caliber of 5.56mm and is magazine fed that holds 30 rounds. it has an effective range of 300 metres and is capable of inflicting wounds upto 800 metres. It either has its iron sights and carrying handle or the susat (sight unit small arms trilux) with 4x magnification. But recently they have come with an 1x-4x magnification acog (advanced combat optical gunsight) scope. Please leave comments about the weapon and the blog as this is first blog.