SAS

The Special Air Service (SAS) is the British Army’s most renowned special forces unit. From the moment several black-clad figures appeared on the balconies of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, the Special Air Service became ‘celebrities’ both at home and oversees. Their motto, ‘Who Dares Wins’, has become part of British popular culture.

Weapons

C8 carbine

The Regiment’s primary assault carbine

M16 & variants

5.56mm rifle / carbine

HK G3

7.62mm battle rifle used by UKSF

HK33 / 53

5.56mm version of the G3

HK G36

Modern assault rifle made by Heckler & Koch

HK MP5

World famous counter-terrorist weapons – the MP5 sub machine gun

MAC-10 SMG

9mm SMG once used by the SAS in Northern Ireland

Handguns

Info on the Sig Sauer P226, Browning High Power and other pistols.

Welrod

World War-era 2 silenced pistol

Remington 870

Shotgun often loaded with special breaching rounds

HK417

Medium ranger sniper rifle

L96A1

The Regiment’s long range sniper rifle

AW 50

.50 cal anti-material rifle

Arwen 37

Tear gas canister launcher used for counter-terrorism operations

Flash-Bang

Stun Grenade devloped by the SAS CRW wing.

M72 LAW

Compact anti-tank rocket launcher

Claymore

A portable anti-personnel mine used for defence and ambushes

M203

40mm grenade launcher fitted to SAS rifles

UGL

A modern grenade launcher system

MK19

40mm grenade launcher fitted to SAS vehicles used in the 1991 Gulf War

Stinger

Shoulder-fired Surface-To_Air missile (SAM)