The L98 Cadet General Purpose (GP) Rifle is used for weapons training by the Combined Cadet Force and Community Cadet Forces. The L98A2 is identical to the L85A2 rifle save for the absence of fully automatic capability and a plain foresight blade without a tritium insert.

Cadet GP Rifle (GP - General Purpose) is the advanced rifle used by the Army, Navy and Air Cadet shooting. This weapon was introduced alongside the SA80 from 1989 onwards for cadet use, as at the time cadets were only allowed to fire semi-automatic weapons.

Mar 28, 2020 · As part of my training course to become a qualified ACF instructor, a weapons package was delivered on the UK cadet forces standard weapon the L98A2 Cadet GP rifle. After being taught all the...

As standard issue, the Cadet GP ( General Purpose ) rifle is fitted with iron sights, but it can also be fitted with the 4 power SUSAT optical sight (Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux) more usually seen on the full service arm - the L85A1 - SA80, for which the L98A1 was the training version.

In this video, Capt. Nick will go through the start of Rifle Lesson 1, introducing the characteristics of the L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle, and naming the parts.

The L81A2 did not appear until 1999, and, in the meantime, units used the L98A1 GP Cadet Rifle, that had been introduced in 1987, and was the straight-pull version of the services Individual Weapon, the L85A1, more widely known as the SA80, that was taken into service in 1985.

The L98A1 Cadet GP Rifle was a 5.56×45mm NATO cadet rifle used by the Combined Cadet Force and Sea, Royal Marine, Army Cadet Force and Royal Air Force Air Cadets in the United Kingdom. It was introduced in 1987 to replace the .303 Lee–Enfield No 4 rifles and .303 Bren guns used for weapons training.

Feb 16, 2024 · An Air Cadet of 234 Squadron Air Training Corps fires the later model L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle, distinguishable from the L85A2 only by its lack of change lever (selector switch) and the markings visible here, which reveal it to have been built as an L85A1 at Royal Ordnance Nottingham in 1990.

The L98 Cadet General Purpose (GP) Rifle was a manually-operated single-shot version of the L85 that lacked a gas system and fire selector. The rifle incorporated a large cocking handle and extension mounted on a distinctive external rail.

The L98 Cadet General Purpose (GP) Rifle is used for weapons training by MOD-sponsored cadet organisations such as the Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadet Corps and Air Training Corps.