SAR 80
| Rifle, 5.56 MM, SAR 80 | |
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Iron sights |
The SAR 80 (Singapore Assault Rifle 80) is an assault rifle from Singapore.
History and development
In the late 1960s, the
Singapore Technologies Kinetics
) to economically maintain operations at its rifle factory. Export sales of the M16S1 were not a viable option. Due to the requirements of the license agreement, CIS had to request permission from Colt and the US State Department to allow any export sale, which they rarely granted.
In the early 1970s,
Armalite AR-18 assault rifle. While Sterling could not legally sublicense the AR-18, their AR-18 derived Sterling Assault Rifle (SAR) was available.[2][3]
This was based on a refined version of the Light Automatic Rifle, fitted with an AR-18 trigger group. Sterling licensed the SAR design to CIS, who put it into production as the SAR 80.
The successor to this weapon is the
SR-88
.
Users
Central African Republic: Seen in the hands of Central African Gendarmerie.[4]
Croatia: Croatian Army.[5][6]
Democratic Republic of Congo[7]
Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea Defence Force.[8]
Slovenian Army.[9]
Somalia: Somalia received SAR 80s during the 1980s.[9] Most seen in the Middle East, heavily modified by various forces fighting in the region.[10] 20,000 from Charted Industries of Singapore 1982-83 [11]
Non state users
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ISBN 1848844379
- ISBN 0-910676-28-3, Ca 1981
- ISBN 978-2-8288-0103-8. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 2, 2014.
- ISBN 9781841769639.
- ^ Popenker, Max R. "SAR-80 (Singapore)". Modern Firearms. Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2006-06-06.
- ^ a b Small Arms Survey (2015). "Waning Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA" (PDF). Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 201. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-415-49461-8.
- ^ a b C. J., CHIVERS (January 25, 2012). "Somali Pirate Gun Locker: An Oddball Assault Rifle, at Sea". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "SR Podcast No.3- Turkish Glockalikes, Singaporean Rifles in Yemen, and the Sudanese Defense Industry". 3 August 2019.
- ISBN 0811722805.
- ^ Smith, Chris (October 2003). In the Shadow of a Cease-fire: The Impacts of Small Arms Availability and Misuse in Sri Lanka (PDF). Small Arms Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 12, 2011.
- ISBN 0811722805.