Royal Ordnance MC-51 and SAR-87 Assault Rifle

Royal Ordnance MC-51Assault Rifle

The MC-51Assault Rifle was designed from the G-3 but scaled down along the same lines that a HK-54 is a scaled down HK-33. This model was first designed by H&K itself (after the Royal Ordinance buyout) in the early 1990s. It has since been manufactured by Class III dealers in the US using stock G-3 rifles. In both versions, the weapon is equipped with a muzzle brake on the end of the barrel, which helps reduce recoil and flash from the weapon when fired.

MC-51Assault Rifle

MC-51Assault Rifle Very few factory-made examples of this weapon exist, but a similar weapon is easily made by cutting down a G-3, and some were made in such a fashion. Though handy for special operations needing a weapon with high power and small size, there are weapons with less muzzle blast and recoil that also fit the bill. The MC-51 is thus more a curiosity than anything else.

MC51 Rifle and MC51 R.I.S Rifle Made British

SAR-87 Assault Rifle

SAR-87 Assault Rifle Originally designed for the SA-80 competition, this design eventually fell to the wayside. It was re-introduced in the late 1980s using new construction materials, but still had no success on the military market. A semiautomatic civilian version was also sold, but withdrawn from production shortly after it was introduced in the early 1990s. With a barrel, bolt, and magazine change, it can fire 9mm Parabellum ammunition, though the normal caliber is 5.56N. The operating controls are ambidextrous, which is unusual for an assault rifle. It is largely built of light alloy, and it can fire rifle grenades. The prices listed below are if the weapon is issued/bought in that caliber; if a SAR-87 is bought with a conversion kit, use the 9mm Parabellum price, then add the cost of a conversion kit.

SAR-87 Assault Rifle

During the Twilight War, one of its largest users was British postwar militia forces; the British government
sometimes issued the SAR-87 in the same manner that militia forces in the US were issued the M-16EZ (though the SAR-87 is a decidedly better weapon).

This SAR-87 Assault Rifle is one of those odd sorts of weapons that, though never officially adopted by any country’s military or police forces, nor sold on the civilian market, nevertheless showed up on a regular basis, in some of the strangest places, in the hands of regular military, special operations, and police forces.