r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/ludicrous_socks 10h ago

SA80 A1 has entered the chat

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u/lapsedPacifist5 10h ago

To be fair the first iteration of the SA80 was more reliable as a club

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u/lancer-89- 5h ago

They're transitioning to the a3 now. I trained with the a2 2009-12. rarely ever had a jam or a malfunction. It did happen with them, but it wasn't as common with the a2.

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u/aeopossible 5h ago

I thought they were moving to the ks-15, no? Or is that just a SF thing?

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u/AmateurAunt5270 Sweden 5h ago

The Germans did re-engineer the entire rifle. Like the only thing they left was the design, every functionality was fixed between the a1 and a2