Its a nice suprise to see Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armoury Museums in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history on another on of my watched channels.

It’s a lot of fun watching Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armoury museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, talk about weapons

Lol came for this comment

Your elected officials are "Owned" just like our's in the U.S. Also you guys can't offset costs via civilian sales. Ironically American civis likely would buy L-85 variants if offered.

If that is true (Except for the A3), that's a steal. (I think the A3 costs come down to man hours)

Inflation

@@kenb.1096 Welfare contract and corruption too.

There is nothing more bizarre, unfathomable and insane as British MoD procurement. They ignore the successes of the past and endeavour to repeat all the mistakes.

A real man’s gun

Heavy artillery

Man stopper, not a pea shooter

EM2 needed expensive engineering, but it was good, and larger ammunition too! More stopping power.

@@davidbarrett1487 even changing the calibre to 5.56 it would probably still made a better weapon instead of what we got . What we have now is the equivalent of spending £1000000 to modify an old Lada . Sure it’d be a lot better than what it was but you could just get a brand new car for far cheaper.

@@durkin9664 Yes, it was a nice looking & machined as they used too! I don’t know the barrel lengths etc so I can’t say on performance with different sizes. The L1A1 FN was beautifully made at RSAF ENFIELD and very powerful at stopping opposition, but it was old school.

There is nothing inherently mechanically wrong with the SA80. It was entirely down to bad manufacturing, and qaulity control. If the manufacturer of the sa80 tried making the EM2 it would of ended even more poorly.

@@davidbarrett1487. I think the new US army rifle calibre equivalent of the British .280?.possibly could save money????

Well, as long as it's not the Rangers or RM Commandos. It should probably tell the British something that their special forces and elite units, along with almost all of NATO, prefer the AR-15 design

@@USN1985dosit’s called different roles and responsibilities. The AR platforms have their own benefits especially for maritime and SO. The bullpup design has benefits for conventional forces. Let’s not forget the M4 had issues in Afghanistan with the distance of engagements, and the poor US marines were going door to door with the m16 in Fallujah, also relatively speaking you get alot more options for accessories with the ar platforms. Just to touch back on the m16, the SA80 has a longer barrel.

​@carwyngriffiths The M16 A2 has a barrel that is 10 mm shorter than the SA80. Like the SA80, it does fine with long distance shooting, but it does not handle as well in confined spaces.

@@natquesenberry6368 mhm, fantastic rifle for its intended role mind.

As above, why did it Have to change back on arrival to UK shores ?

Because the blank firing attachment couldn’t be fitted to it

And I presume neither could the old SA80 bayonet either.​@@tomstravels520

Thanks for the info

The whole "L85 is so accurate" thing is just cope. Its accuracy is not more remarkable than any other 20" 5.56 rifle. (The orignal M16 also hade a 20" barrel.) The Austrians had the AUG, a bullpup rifle with 20" barrel and integrated optic in 1977, before the L85. It is still by many to be considered the best bullpup design.

@@BarrowX The AUG lol, junk.

@@BarrowX do you think barrel length dictates accuracy (or more importantly, precision)?

The SA80 series has its faults but the SLR/FAL was rather inconveniently long, not very modular, not very accurate and the larger/heavier round meant really limited ready ammunition loads -- 5x20rnd IIRC, whereas current SOP is 6x30rnd. It was a solid bordering on mediocre choice in the early 50s but significantly surpassed by the 80s. The CAL (the 5.56mm version you mention) was an absolute flop because it had most of the faults of the SLR/FAL and there were a lot better options by then. On paper the SA80 was a decent option in the mid 80s but the A1 was hampered by incomplete development, lacklustre QC and ignorant subcontracting of parts, sometimes using inappropriate manufacturing techniques. The A2 upgrade ironed most of these issues out, albeit 2 decades too late.

Keymod was only in testing because they were nicking it off the G36 handguard production line.

Well you could, it would hurt a lot though lol

They did make a version and then decided not to implement, probably because of costs and also the complicated ness of the extremely unreliable and fall to bits A1.

It can be fired impromptu from the left hand by tilting the rifle so that brass ejects downward. Otherwise, it was thought better to just train all troops to fire right-handed as that would simplify parts procurement and better use training resources. Why it didn't incorporate a downward or forward ejection mechanism a-la the RFB or F2000, is because this weapons design is quite old - as is the M16/M4.

Can be fitted easily to the rail.

The standard sight on the A3 has a red dot CQB sight on top

The A2 has been in service since 2001, 23 years and working well...

That would be the best option but I’m sure the RM paid £5k per KS-1 package can’t see that being rolled out to everyone most likely the C8 or C7 will be the general replacement still a massive improvement in my eyes.

It's Whole my friend, Whole not hole.

HK416 will be selected to replace L85A3 mark my words.

ks1 is THE BEST ar15 style rifle, and amazing for special operations ect. to expensive to give to everyone. HK416, or even just demarco c8's would do everyone else best i reckon

I know. Looks like it's been cobbled together.

The idea is to wittle down self reliance so that an EU defence force/army can be formed out of 'necessity'. That's the primary reason the traitorous MP's have been totally shafting the armed forces since Blair - their machinations of an EU Army. They create the problems when they have the solution to them on the back burner so that people are manipulated at the polls to vote for the predetermined solution.

I did respond, but comments are being censored.

My chuckle for the day

You tested them all have you?

@@tomstravels520 completed LV 10 boss.

@@rogerlivsey7046 that’s a very different response to what you said 20 mins ago then quickly deleted. I doubt being in the army you fired that many different rifles