5.56, 6.5 or 6.8 doesn't really matter if your only driving it down an 11 inch barrel.
L85A1, heavy, unreliable but for front line troops came as standard with a 4x SUSAT.
L85A2, Heavy, very reliable and still has an optic on it.
21" barrel gives enough velocity to an SS109 round to penetrate CRISAT armour at 450m and still has enough punch to do some damage.
I can't hit a bus at 200m with an AK, but I can hit a man sized target at 600m with an L85.
Forget the L86 though, not worth the extra barrel length.
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Last edited by Tackleberry; 03-04-2011 at 11:36 AM.
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