英国军队就预计购买四十万支L85A1突击步枪装备整个的英国军队，但是作为这款枪支的唯一生产商——恩菲尔德兵工厂，因为其经营不善导致不得不关闭工厂并且同时宣布破产，这也导致了这款突击步枪面临无法再生产的窘境，随后的设计队伍和生产供应商经过了多次更换，生产上极不稳定，这就差不多走上了早期M-60的老路了。

The UK military has over 100,000 SUSAT and more 30,000 LDS weapon sights in its inventory, which are due for replacement.

The Army is close to scrapping its infamous SA80 assault rifle after years of complaints over its reliability, the Daily Mail has learned. But supporters of the controversial weapon are fighting a ...