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Slovenian SAR80: Sterling Out-Simplifies the AR-180 (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-05-15 12:00:02 +0000 UTCThe British Sterling firm designed the SAR-80 (specifically, their engineer Frank Waters) as a very simple rifle to sell to countries outside the main NATO/Warsaw spheres of influence. Sterling ended up getting a license to produce the AR-18 though, and didn't put Water's design into production.
When the newly formed Chartered Industries of Singapore came looking for a rifle to produce, the SAR-80 design was a chance for Sterling to sell a production license. CIS needed something to produce domestically to equip the Singaporean Army, and the SAR-80 met their needs. After selling the rifles to their own Army, the company went looking for export clients. They found a few, including Croatia, the Central African Republic, and Slovenia. A total of about 80,000 SAR-80 rifles were made, and this is one of the Slovenian-contract examples.
Thanks to Polenar Tactical for the opportunity to film this neat piece!
Comments
Pumba’s Gpa
Usual excellent/fascinating vid.
Douglas Knapp
Good stuff, dude! As always. One suggestion, on this and another recent show there is considerable echo/reverberation. That's usually a real quick fix. In circumstances under which you have no control, there may be a different mike to use. Even a portable quilt of some kind to hang on a couple of tripods would do a lot. It's just that your delivery and narration are much better than the overall quality here. (Just a thought, and only applies to maybe 1 of 6 programs. DAMN! I hate to criticize a program I enjoy so much!)
Guido Schriewer
maybe easy but kind of smart little bits to it. bet that works just fine.
zspikez
Very unusual piece. I knew about CIS and wondered where their "instant" design expertise came from. Now I know!
