The left-handed SA80: So everyone can fire a really bad rifle.
Royal Armouries
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16m
The SA80 is famed for its disastrous introduction into British Army service, even inspiring unofficial t-shirts to be worn by soldiers stating it was, " Designed by the Incompetent; Issued by the Uncaring; Carried by the Unfortunate."
During development, the British Army gave serious consideration to manufacturing a left-handed version for up to 10% of the total weapons produced. Jonathan explains what happened to these plans and this early version of the rifle.
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