The British Army’s SA80 rifle will retire by 2030. Project Grayburn aims to choose its replacement and shape how the U.K.

UK military personnel operating a legacy variant of the SA80 rifle© Irene Miller via Shutterstock. A SA80A2 (L85A2) 5.56mm Rifle fitted with the SUSAT sight.

Replicas of Airsoft SA80 and M4 rifles fitted with Bagira's RTES kit displayed at DSET 2025. (Giles Ebbutt) The British Army has altered its approach to the deployment of the Bagira Systems ...