it is mainly manufactured from thin pressed light gauge steel that twists, fractures and dents easily in service. It would be wrong to condemn this without stating some facts. This was rejected because of political pressure, exactly the same reason that the S.A 80 was adopted. We had designed a wonderful bull pup rifle in the 1950’s called the EM 2 in. The bull pup design was re-born and produced even though it was known to be rubbish. Production of ANYTHING would look good, even if it was a failure. The S.A.80 was a political decision, the Small Arm Factories were being privatised and the like of Enfield had been existing rather than producing.Ī busy factory was needed to show potential customers that things were in a healthy state. The SA80 entered service with us in the late 1980’s and soon disgraced itself, but then, it never did pass it’s sand, dust, mud & arctic trials, all our previous firearms had these hurdles to overcome & overcome them they did. L.1.A.1 commonly known as the S.L.R., in service with us from 1957 until the late 1980’s.
The reason for this was to make exit from an armoured personnel carrier easier than with the conventional length rifle as in the form of the Rifle 7.62mm. This allows a normal length of barrel but keeping the overall length of the rifle as short as possible. It is a bull-pup design which means the magazine is at the rear of the weapon, behind the pistol grip. Millions of pounds have been spent on it eventually getting Heckler & Koch to try to get it to work better as the A2 model. The worth of any weapons system is how well it sells abroad We finished up GIVING the thing to a Mozambique who sent it back to us! No sale to foreign forces has occurred, although the SUSAT sight has been more successful in the export market. Nottingham can only be seen as a disaster for the British Forces. Well, somebody had to make a disaster, but that it was manufactured at the Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield and later at R.O.F. RIFLE 5.56MM (223”) L85 A1 KNOWN AS THE SA 80 IN POLITE CIRCLES is the current (2006) issue to the British Forces. LAW 66, M72, L1A1 Light Anti-Tank Weapon.
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