Assault rifle//Singapore
ID — NEXT-GENERATION-SAR
Designation
Next Generation SAR
ST Engineering Land Systems
Caliber
5.56×45 mm NATO
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Next Generation SAR
- Alias
- BR18 / SAR-NG
- Manufacturer
- ST Engineering Land Systems
- Country
- Singapore
- Year
- 2021
- Category
- Assault rifle
- Status
- In service
Ballistics
- Caliber
- 5.56×45 mm NATO
- Muzzle velocity
- 920 m/s
- Rate of fire
- ~700 rpm
- Effective range
- 500 m
- Maximum range
- 800 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 409 mm
- Overall length
- 770 mm
- Empty weight
- 3.6 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Presa di gas, pistone corto, regolabile
- Bolt / action
- Rotating bolt
Feed
- System
- Caricatore amovibile STANAG
- Standard capacity
- 30 rounds
Fire modes
SafeSemi-autoAuto
Historical profile
Announced in 2019 and progressively fielded from 2021 with the Singapore Armed Forces as the SAR 21 replacement.
Features a brand-new bullpup architecture: user-convertible right/left ejection, adjustable gas system and full-length Picatinny rail.
Comes with an integrated 40 mm front-loading grenade launcher to reduce total system weight compared with a modular M203/AG-36.
Variants
BR18 (assault)BMCR (carbine)
Main users
Singapore
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
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