SAR-80 Assault Rifle Stoner Gas System Pattern

The SAR-80 Assault Rifle was designed and built by Chartered Industries of Singapore based on experience within the M-16 and the Sterling Assault Rifle (a rare British-made version of the AR-18). The SAR-80 Assault Rifle has been described as an AR-18 built more efficiently and inexpensively. It is rugged, reliable, and simple to use. Though the SAR-80 Assault Rifle is the standard weapon in for the Singaporean military, no new ones have actually been manufactured since 1998, and enough were built that it is not a difficult weapon to find on the international market.

SAR-80 Assault Rifle

Operation of the SAR-80 essentially follows the Stoner gas system pattern, with a rotating bolt, short-stroke gas piston, and heavy bolt carrier group. However, the bolt carrier group rides on a pair of guide rods, each of which has its own recoil spring; in addition, the gas piston has its own spring. The gas system has a cutoff feature, allowing both older-type rifle grenades and the newer BTUtype rifle grenades to be fired. In addition, it can mount an underbarrel grenade launcher. Most of the metalwork is made from simple steel stampings, and the SAR-80 can feed from any magazine which will fit into an M-16. Furniture is of high-impact plastic;
most were built with a solid stock, but some have a folding steel stock. The 18.07-inch barrel is tipped with an AR-18-type flash suppressor.

SAR-80 Assault Rifle

Though it is fairly easy to find in the Twilight 2000 world, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, production
of the SAR-80 Assault Rifle during the Twilight War was hurt by the fact that the designers chose to use 40% imported parts. While these parts were cheap and easy to find before the war, that was not the case after a few years of fighting. This is a favorite among mercenaries; it is easy to find and acquire, and comes from a country that is not known for its involvement in international politics.