A Royal Marine aims an L85A2 equipped with an L123A2 Heckler & Koch AG36 grenade launcher. With the exception of the L98A2, the SA80 system is a selective fire gas-operated design that uses ignited powder gases bled through a …

May 29, 2023 · Regardless, after 15 years of combat use in Iraq and Afghanistan, the L85A2 rifle is still going strong. Complaints are few and since a widely publicised incident in 2002, even the press controversy has petered out.

Feb 3, 2020 · The SA80 A2 L85 is a 5.56mm gas-operated assault rifle manufactured by Heckler & Koch. It is a member of the SA80 family of assault weapons and serves the British Armed Forces as Individual Weapon (IW) and Light Support Weapon (LSW). A soldier from Royal Netherlands Marine Corps aims a SA80 A2 assault rifle during unilateral training.

May 1, 2024 · Heckler & Koch's upgraded L85A2 was a weapon that worked, and its next A3 upgrade made it an even better fit for modern warfare.

Apr 30, 2024 · The L85A2 was a far more competent rifle, seen here being carried by infanteers from the Irish Guards in Afghanistan (Picture: MOD) In our follow-up article, Jonathan explains how the L85 was upgraded still further into the A3 variant – the one that's in use today.

SA80 is the designation for a family of assault weapons in service from the mid 1980s. SA80 A2 comprises the Individual Weapon (IW) and the Light Support Weapon (LSW). These are the British Army's standard combat weapons. They fire NATO standard 5.56 x 45 mm ammunition.

May 20, 2017 · At last, we have reached the L85A2, when the rifle was finally made into something reliable and effective. In 1995, after extensive public scandal from the L85A1’s shortcomings being blatantly exposed in the first Gulf War, Heckler & Koch was given a contract to retrofit the rifles.

The L22A2 carbine is a shortened version of the L85A2 rifle. It was developed for use by vehicle drivers, helicopter aircrew, and crews of armoured vehicles, who needed an easily-stowable personal defence weapon in a more compact form than the fullsize L85A2.

Oct 14, 2019 · The L85A2 is a magazine-fed, gas-operated rifle locked by a rotating bolt, engaging in lugs behind the breech and carried in a machined carrier running on two guide rods; a third rod controls the return spring. It is capable of firing in both single shot and fully automatic.

About 200 000 rifles were upgraded into the L85A2 configuration, out of total 320 000 or so original L85A1 rifles produced. While official reports about the upgraded weapons were glowing, the initial field reports from the British troops, engaged in the Afghanistan campaign of …