Editing Squad automatic weapon (section)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:L86A2 LSW.jpg|thumb|right|L86A2]]
The [[SA80]] program was designed to create a family of light assault weapons that had a commonality of parts, could use the same ammunition and magazines, and would replace the UK military's collection of submachine guns, rifles, and light machine guns. Originally designed around a lighter experimental [[4.85×49mm|4.85mm]] cartridge, they were forced to redesign the weapon to take the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. The L85 IW (''Individual Weapon'') was the rifle version and was designed to replace the 9mm [[Sterling SMG|L2 Sterling SMG]] and 7.62mm [[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle|L1A1 SLR Rifle]]. The [[SA80#Light Support Weapon|L86 LSW (''Light Support Weapon'')]] was the automatic rifle version and was intended to replace the [[Bren light machine gun#L4|L4 BREN gun]] and supplement the [[FN MAG]] [[general-purpose machine gun]], replacing it at section level. Teething problems, low quality parts, poor ergonomic design and an inability to be wielded left-handed made the SA80 suite unpopular. The magazine-fed L86 was found to not be as capable of sustained fire as a belt-fed system so it was initially supplemented by the [[FN Minimi|L110A1 FN Minimi]] and then replaced by it. The L86's role was then changed to that of a [[designated marksman rifle]].