The Sterling SAR-87 was a military assault rifle of the late twentieth century. It was jointly engineered in the early 1980s by Sterling Armaments Company of Britain and Chartered Industries of Singapore as an advanced version of the AR-18 aimed at export sales, and it carried over elements of the earlier Sterling Light Automatic Rifle design. The rifle combined the proven AR-18 layout with the versatility of the M16 and was gas operated. Its barrel and bolt assembly could be swapped to convert it from 5.56x45mm NATO to 9x19mm Parabellum, giving a submachine gun for police forces. The British Armed Forces declined it because they were already adopting the SA80 bullpup from the Royal Ordnance Factories. Sterling pushed it for several more years, but at the end of the 1980s the company was bought out and closed, and fewer than 100 rifles were made.
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jointly engineered by Sterling Armaments Company and Chartered Industries of Singapore
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is a military assault rifle of the late 20th century
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converted from 5.56×45mm NATO to 9×19mm Parabellum
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at the end of the 1980s, it was bought out by British Aerospace/Royal Ordnance and closed. Fewer than 100 SAR-87 rifles were manufactured
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jointly engineered by Sterling Armaments Company and Chartered Industries of Singapore
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Assault rifle
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