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original sa80 weapons (both l85 and l86) were plagued with many problems, some being very serious. in general, l85 was quite unreliable and troublesome to handle and maintain, so, finally, in the year 1997, after years of constant complaints from the troops, it had been decided to upgrade most l85 rifles then in service.
the upgrade program, committed in years 2000-2002, was completed by the famous
heckler and koch, which was then owned by british royal ordnance company (german investors bought the hk back in the 2002). 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 2002, were unsatisfactory.
in sintesi, nonostante l'upgrade effettuato da h&k trasformando 200000 a1 in a2, i militari non erano rimasti ugualmente soddisfatti.
the current l85a2 rifles are recognized as reliable and very accurate, especially when using standard issue susat telescope sights. the drawbacks of the l85a2 are somewhat poor balance (which can be improved with installation of hk-made 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher), right-side only extraction and rearward placement of the fire mode selector.
l'attuale invece soddisfa pienamente a livello di affidabilità.....
non solo dagli ultimi test di affidabilità che avevo letto sul net, pare che l'enfield sia al secondo posto, il primo spetta al g36
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anche linux credo abbia scritto più volte che tutti gli l85a2 son nati da basi precedenti, magari "fondendo" insieme più fucili :d
