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==Users== [[File:SA80 Users.png|thumb|A map with SA80 users in blue]]<!--READ FIRST: This section is for cited entries only. Please do not add entries into this list without a citation from a reliable source. All entries without a citation will be removed. --> *{{flag|Afghanistan}}: Used by [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghan]] NDS and Commandos during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001β2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-02 |title=Bullpup Rifles of the Afghan Commandos and NDS|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/04/02/bullpup-rifles-of-the-afghan-commandos-and-nds/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=The Firearm Blog |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419181612/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/04/02/bullpup-rifles-of-the-afghan-commandos-and-nds/|archive-date=April 19, 2023}}</ref> Captured by the Taliban<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-18 |title="Operation Cortes Bank 11" (Lvl 1) Cache Storyboard |url=https://weaponsdocs.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/doc_47_8111_103__cb_11____cache_story_board.pdf|access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Arms trafficking, arms trade, and weapons ID docs- Wordpress |language=en-US|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183458/https://weaponsdocs.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/doc_47_8111_103__cb_11____cache_story_board.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2021|publisher=[[International Security Assistance Force]]}}</ref> *{{flag|Bolivia}}: Sold as part of British military aid;{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} used by special military and police units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/07/04/bolivian-police-armed-with-sa80/|title=Bolivian Police armed with SA80|date=4 July 2011|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/12/31/sa80-in-bolivia/|title=SA80 in Bolivia|date=31 December 2012|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> *{{flag|Jamaica}}: Used since 1992.{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} *{{flag|Mozambique}}: Sold as part of British military aid.{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} *{{flag|Nepal}}: Sold as part of British military aid.{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} *{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Alpers|first=Philip|editor1-last=Karp|editor1-first=Aaron|title=The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament|date=2010|pages=168β169|publisher=Routledge Books|location=Abingdon-on-Thames|isbn=978-0-415-49461-8}}</ref> *{{flag|Sierra Leone}}: Sold as part of British military aid.{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} *{{flag|United Kingdom}}: L85, L86, and L22 variants standard issue to the British Armed Forces.<ref name=AC71374/> L98 and L86 variants standard issue to the [[Community Cadet Forces]] and [[Combined Cadet Force]].<ref name=AC71462/> **{{flag|Bermuda}} ([[British Overseas Territory]]): 400 L85A2 rifles donated by the UK Ministry of Defence to the Royal Bermuda Regiment in August 2015;<ref name="royalgazette.com"/> small stocks held before then for familiarisation purposes. **{{flag|Falkland Islands}} (British Overseas Territory): Adopted by the [[Falkland Islands Defence Force]] in 2019 to replace the [[Steyr AUG]]<ref name=FIDFFB>{{cite web |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/2094635694139862/2299255450344551 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |url=https://www.facebook.com/2094635694139862/posts/over-the-last-few-weeks-all-ranks-have-been-training-on-the-l85a2-rifle-and-toni/2299255450344551/ |title=Falkland Islands Defence Force on Facebook |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> **{{flag|Gibraltar}} (British Overseas Territory): Standard issue to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment ** {{flag|British Hong Kong|colonial}}: Used by the [[Royal Hong Kong Regiment]] until 1995.<ref name="RHKR_Weapon">{{cite web|title=RHKR Equipment - Weapons |url=https://www.rhkr.org/equipment/weapon.htm |publisher=The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Association |website=www.rhkr.org |access-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210616152909/https://www.rhkr.org/equipment/weapon.htm |archive-date=16 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> *{{flag|Ukraine}}: Used by Ukrainian forces in joint British and Ukraine training.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moss |first=Matthew |title=Ukrainian Troops with British SA80s |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2022/08/09/ukrainian-troops-british-sa80s/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |work=the Firearm Blog |date=August 9, 2022}}</ref> *{{flag|Zimbabwe}}: Sold as part of British military aid.{{Sfn|Grant|2016|p=75}} === Non-state users === *[[Northern Ireland]] [[Ulster loyalism#Paramilitary and vigilante groups|Loyalist paramilitaries]], including the [[Ulster Defence Association]]<ref>{{cite book|last=de Silva |first=Desmond|title=The Report of the Patrick Finucane Review|date=2012-12-12|publisher=TSO|location=London|isbn=9780102981087}}</ref> and [[Ulster Volunteer Force]]<ref>{{cite news|date=2010-09-14|author=Opinion|title=Why death of King Rat is dark and dirty riddle|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/why-death-of-king-rat-is-dark-and-dirty-riddle-28558816.html|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}</ref> * [[West Side Boys]], Sierra Leone: Weapons taken from the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] patrol captured on [[Operation Barras#Capture of the Royal Irish patrol|25 August 2000]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Damien|title=Operation Certain Death|date=2005|publisher=Arrow Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-099-46642-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plVwDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}}
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