The enhanced F88 (or EF88) Austeyr rifle is an exceptional weapon characterised by superior lethality, accuracy, ergonomics, reliability and modularity. The EF88 improves close combat and general combat capability due to its superior accuracy and lethality, improved ergonomics, balance and increased mounting options for ancillary devices.

The Steyr AUG (German: Armee-Universal-Gewehr, lit. 'army universal rifle') is an Austrian bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge, designed in the 1960s by Steyr-Daimler-Puch, and now manufactured by Steyr Arms GmbH & Co KG.

The Australian Defence Force's EF88 Austeyr rifle improves combat capability due to its superior accuracy and lethality, improved ergonomics, balance and increased mounting options for ancillary devices. The EF88 began entering service in mid-2016 and is replacing the F88 Austeyr.

2014年1月21日 · The EF88 is the latest iteration of the long-serving F88 Austeyr; this updated weapon has been designed and produced more than 20 years after the first F88 rifles entered service in Australia, and over 35 years since the Steyr AUG on which it is based was first designed in Austria.

Steyr AUG （德語： Armee-Universal-Gewehr， 直译： “陸軍通用步槍” [2]）是一款由 奧地利 槍械製造商 斯泰爾-曼利夏 於1977年推出的軍用 突擊步槍，為史上首款獲正式採用並大量裝備的 犢牛式 軍用步槍。 該槍最早於1978年被 奧地利聯邦軍 採納為制式步槍，並將其命名為“StG 77”（Sturmgewehr 77；意爲：77型突擊步槍），後來也被多國的軍隊和執法機關所採用。 AUG運用了跟當代軍用步槍不同的 犢牛式 佈局設計，使得全槍的長度在不影響彈道表現下比採用傳 …

2006年10月24日 · The EF88 is the latest iteration of the long-serving F88 Austeyr; this updated weapon has been designed and produced more than 20 years after the first F88 rifles entered service in Australia, and over 35 years since the Steyr AUG on which it is based was first designed in Austria.

EF88突击步枪是泰雷兹澳大利亚公司根据澳大利亚军队新时期作战需求而改进设计的，是F88 GLA的改进型，EF88突击步枪具有更出色的准确性和杀伤力，更佳的人体工程学设计、平衡性以及增加了皮卡汀尼导轨以安装各种战术套件，EF88的重量更轻，是目前世界上最轻的突击步枪之一。 EF88突击步枪于2016年年中开始投入使用，并将逐步取代老式的F88突击步枪，EF88的出口版本F90突击步枪曾参与了法国新一代突击步枪的竞标，泰雷兹公司作为法国本土企业以为可以拿 …

This Australian Army reservist is wielding a standard EF88 assault rifle during Exercise Talisman Sabre. The 5.56mm weapon has a short-stroke gas piston. Its nominal rate of fire is 740 rounds per minute, and it operates in both semiautomatic and fully automatic modes.

2012年6月15日 · [ Just to avoid confusion: the EF-88 is an experimental designation for the next-gen rifle being developed by Thales Australia for the Australian Army. The F90 is the export version of the EF-88 and includes some features which have not yet been merged into the EF88. The F88 is the current Australian service rifle.

In 1988, Australia’s bicentenary year, the Austrian Steyr AUG was adopted as the F88 ‘Austeyr’. Manufactured domestically in Lithgow, New South Wales, the F88 went on receive a series of modifications under three distinct upgrade programmes, before being reconceived as the Enhanced F88 (EF88) from 2009 onwards.