Sterling SAR-87

Another "Would have been" assault rifle for the British Forces. This rifle worked well and is a sound design, but was cancelled due to the MOD wanting the SA80 Bullpup(which is just a bullpup AR18). If the SAR-87 was adopted, it would have saved millions of pounds that was spent to revamp the SA80.

Ah yes, the Singapore Arms 'Grande Cockup', as it should have been called. Nothing really new there my friend.

All the weapon was, is a re-chambered 7.62 milly AR-18 'Widowmaker' capable of firing the 'new' 5.56 milly NATO round or with the insertion of a new breech block & barrel insert, 9 mm rounds.

Typical Malaysian [then] attempt to capture a slice of the small arms trade with a fast bit of marketing.

It ended in total faillure because the weapon itself, was just another attempt at upgrading the AR-18/M16 concept.

Nobody wanted it, least of all we Brits who would have liked the M16 but had to settle for the equally excellent L85A1 [now L85A2].