The L85A3 of today is an accurate and reliable weapon, but it took the UK government too long to correct the problems. In the mid-1980s, the United Kingdom became the first major NATO power to adopt a ...

The British military has a long history of equipping its soldiers with reliable weapons, but occasionally, a blunder sneaks through that leaves lasting scars. The L85A1, part of the SA80 family of ...

Adopted in 1985 as Britain’s new bullpup service rifle to replace the L1A1 FAL and Sterling SMG, the L85A1 (the “A1” here simply denotes the first British iteration) promised a compact, modern small ...

In the mid-1980s, the United Kingdom became the first major NATO power to adopt a so-called “bullpup” assault rifle. The L85A1 Individual Weapon was unique in that it placed the rifle’s operating ...