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It was adopted by the [[Austrian Federal Army|Austrian Army]] in 1977 as the '''StG 77''' (''Sturmgewehr 77''),<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bmlv.gv.at/waffen/waf_stg77.shtml |title=Bundesheer |author=BMLVS – Abteilung Kommunikation – Referat 3 |publisher=bmlv.gv.at}}</ref> where it replaced the [[7.62×51mm NATO]] [[Sturmgewehr 58|StG 58]] [[automatic rifle]].<ref name="ezell_223">Ezell (1993) p. 223</ref> In production since 1977, it is the standard small arm of the ''[[Bundesheer]]'' and various [[Federal Police (Austria)|Austrian federal police]] units and its variants have also been adopted by the armed forces of dozens of countries, with some using it as a standard-issue [[service rifle]].
Steyr AUG importation into the [[United States]] began in the 1980s as the AUG/SA (SA denoting semi-automatic). [[President George H. W. Bush]] banned the AUG via an [[executive order]] under the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban|1989 Assault Weapon Import Ban]]. Six years into the ban, AUG buyers gained a reprieve as cosmetic changes to the carbine's design allowed importation once again. Changes included
The ban [[Sunset provision|sunsetted]] in 2004, and in 2008, [[Steyr Arms]] worked with [[Sabre Defence]] to produce parts legally in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Steyr AUG A3: The Incomparable, Futuristic Carbine |language=en-US |work=RECOIL |url=https://www.recoilweb.com/the-incomparable-steyr-aug-a3-117210.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=NRA Staff |date=2010-05-11 |title=Steyr AUG/A3 SA USA |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/steyr-aug-a3-sa-usa/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |work=American Rifleman}}</ref>
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