New SA-80 Handguard

T4nn13 · Post by **T4nn13** » 2007-05-13 14:35

Hi, i know you guys at PR have alot to do

But i just wanted to let you guys know that the MoD has released a new Handguard.

To the Picture : R.I.P.

LONDON - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM
epa00978287 This undated British Ministry of Defence handout picture shows Second Lieutenant Joanna Yorke Dyer, one of four British soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack near Basra, Iraq, on Thursday 05 April 2007. British Prince William announced that he was saddened by the dead of his friend, who studied at Sandhurst Military academy at the same time as the prince. EPA/Crown Copyright/MoD 2007 / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES
EPA / /

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-05-13 14:42

What's a handguard, and is this considered spam?

KatanaGFR · Post by **KatanaGFR** » 2007-05-13 14:45

iirc its the part of the gun on the barrel on which you grab it with your hand.. ( always forget the names in english for gun parts)

Post by **UK_Force** » 2007-05-13 14:49

Its not a new handguard !!!

That is an attachment on the right side, issued on Ops - which has a laser/ir torch and normal torch on it - thats all ?

T4nn13 · Post by **T4nn13** » 2007-05-13 17:11

Lol..
No , forget the Flashlight.
Look at the Form and the holes (to cool the barrel)in the Handguard.
Its totaly differant.

Compare it with this one :
http://army.ca/album/Weapons/Small%20Arms/IM001682.JPG
The bottom one.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-05-13 17:17

One thing about the SA80, Will left handed people get the casings in their face when they shoot? (because of the bullpup structure)

Post by **Fullforce** » 2007-05-13 17:18

El_Vikingo wrote:One thing about the SA80, Will left handed people get the casings in their face when they shoot? (because of the bullpup structure)

Yes. Its a right-handed only weapon.

Unless you like burning hot cases hitting you smack bang in the face, that is.

mdterp1987 · Post by **mdterp1987** » 2007-05-13 17:18

Perhaps a bit off topic, but could a brit quickly inform me as to whether Britain is allowing women to do front line infantry fighting? Not trying to make this political, just curious for my own sake.

robbo · Post by **robbo** » 2007-05-13 17:19

Its not that big of a problem but i think we should put that LAM unit thing on the SA80 to make it look pimp lol

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-05-13 17:21

'[R-DEV wrote:Fullforce']Yes. Its a right-handed only weapon.

Unless you like burning hot cases hitting you smack bang in the face, that is.

So you have to learn to shoot it with your right hand wether you like it or not?!

Post by **Fullforce** » 2007-05-13 17:22

mdterp1987 wrote:Perhaps a bit off topic, but could a brit quickly inform me as to whether Britain is allowing women to do front line infantry fighting? Not trying to make this political, just curious for my own sake.

No, women are not allowed to fight at the front, for the safety of the men (lol!). Its just that if a woman was under fire/injured, human instinct tells males to protect her no matter what. Its common sense, really, to keep them off the front lines. There are Special Forces though, that do allow women to operate on the front.

As for the woman above who was killed, she was not killed on the front line, but by an IED.

mdterp1987 · Post by **mdterp1987** » 2007-05-13 17:24

thank you for the quick reply, that about covers that.

Now, back on to the topic!

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-05-13 17:25

and if you save her, she might think she has to do something back...

Taffy · Post by **Taffy** » 2007-05-13 17:26

El_Vikingo wrote:So you have to learn to shoot it with your right hand wether you like it or not?!

Yes. It ain't that big a deal. I'm left-handed, but I still hit the targets most of the time with it.

To mdterp: Women cannot currently join Infantry regiments or the Parachute Regiments, but they can be involved in combat with any of the other regiments, usually the Engineer regiments, the Army Air Corps and the Royal Armoured Corps.

ReaperMAC · Post by **ReaperMAC** » 2007-05-13 17:34

Taffy wrote:Yes. It ain't that big a deal. I'm left-handed, but I still hit the targets most of the time with it.

Do they make left-handed mice too? Id figure that would just be the case with PR (learning to shoot with the right hand for the right handed mouse.)

.:iGi:.BLACKWIRE · Post by **.:iGi:.BLACKWIRE** » 2007-05-13 17:36

No, he is right. It's a new version of the SA80 handgaurd but it's not on every rifle.

As far as I'm aware, the British Army does not permit women to fight on the front line as such. They are in supportive roles, like Logistics, Intelligence etc etc.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-05-13 17:43

^^You asked for it.

Intelligence....?

j/K

.:iGi:.BLACKWIRE · Post by **.:iGi:.BLACKWIRE** » 2007-05-13 17:49

Well... they let the women multi task and let the men frag...

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » 2007-05-13 17:51

mdterp1987 wrote:Perhaps a bit off topic, but could a brit quickly inform me as to whether Britain is allowing women to do front line infantry fighting? Not trying to make this political, just curious for my own sake.

Technically, no. However, we have Infantry trained females as support with us. For example, medics, drivers, etc. They wear our head dress, but are capbadged as RLC or RAMC and such like.

gazzthompson · Post by **gazzthompson** » 2007-05-13 17:56

also there is no real front line in iraq so even tho they cant fight frontline , u could say the frontline is iraq.

but anywho , handguard dose look different but i would think summin like that would be extreamly low priority.