L119a1

First things first is the British special forces standard issue primary weapon since 2000 , here i am going to talk about the real steel , and in later posts i will give a guide on how to create an airsoft replica of the weapon.


The weapon is made by Diemaco or now Colt Canada whom calls the rifle the c8 SFW and is based on their c8 carbine , which is an armalite based weapon ,  'Diemaco created the Special Forces Weapon (SFW), which provides an interesting combination of ideas. Featuring a longer, 16-inch (410 mm) barrel of a heavier profile than the C8/A1, the SFW is designed to provide a fire support capability in carbine form. The profile of the barrel is not uniform, oddly enough bulging out at the end, whereas the M4 profile barrel steps down. The front sight base is strengthened for mounting of the Heckler & Koch AG-C/EGLM grenade launcher (Also used on the SA80). The British Ministry of Defence acquired a number of SFWs, primarily for Special Forces, giving them the Land Force designation L119A1'.


Time for some pictures

UKSF lads zeroing their UGL launchers on l119a1s

SFSG on the range with l119a1

2 CQB C8s

the rifle is also produced in a cqb version with a 10inch barrel rather than the 16inch long barrel