{"id":22377,"date":"2023-05-15T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/slovenian-sar80-sterling-out-simplifies-the-ar-180\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:00:08","slug":"slovenian-sar80-sterling-out-simplifies-the-ar-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/15\/slovenian-sar80-sterling-out-simplifies-the-ar-180\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenian SAR80: Sterling Out-Simplifies the AR-180"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQOpP1AI4qY?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 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&#8217;t put Water&#8217;s design into production. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Polenar Tactical for the opportunity to film this neat piece!<\/p>\n<p>Other relevant videos&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>SAR-80 at Lynx Brutality 2022:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lHanYC0w92E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/lHanYC0w92E<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A6EI_n5l4oQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/A6EI_n5l4oQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAR-80 vs AR-18 Patents:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zyMyAAVjxwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/zyMyAAVjxwE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Forgotten Weapons<br \/>6281 N. Oracle 36270<br \/>Tucson, AZ 85740<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeaponshttp:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com The 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&#8217;t put Water&#8217;s design into production. 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