an sa80 magazine holds 30 - round.
how many rounds does an sa80 magazine hold?
30 - round
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sa80 weapons are fed from a stanag magazine, usually with a 30-round capacity. initially issued magazines were aluminium colt magazines which were not particularly robust, leading to a steel replacement being produced by rof radway green. heckler & koch introduced two new steel magazines during the a2 upgrade programme; the main variant is for live ammunition, and the other is exclusively used for blank ammunition. the blank variant is identified by yellow stripes on the magazine, and is designed to prevent the unintentional loading of live rounds. this magazine has less internal length so that live rounds will not fit, while still fitting blank rounds, which are shorter. blank rounds will fit into the live-round magazine, but the difference in length increases the chance of a stoppage. the magpul industries polymer emag magazine was introduced from 2011, featuring a lower weight of 130g compared to the steel magazine's 249g, a detachable dust cover, and a clear window in the magazine body that allows easy monitoring of how much ammunition remains in the magazine. the beta c-mag was trialled in an attempt to improve the l86's limited ability to lay down sustained fire, but reliability problems with the magazine when loaded with british-issue ammunition meant that it was not adopted.
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