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FN FAL: variants used comprised the Belgium-built standard FAL (50.00 model) and its folding stock version (50.61 model), the Brazilian IMBEL M964 and the South African Vektor R1, mostly provided by Portugal and South Africa; issued to all the branches of the Rhodesian Security Forces from 1966 to 1979.
A fighter of the Siddiq Battalions fires a scoped FN FAL at Syrian Armed Forces in the town of Otaybah, eastern Ghouta, 2013. Syria adopted the FN FAL in 1956. 12,000 rifles were bought in 1957. [57] The Syrian state produced 7.62×51mm cartridges [57] and is reported to have acquired FALs from other sources.
The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle. The L1A1 was produced under licence and adopted by the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Nations , mainly by United Kingdom , Australia , Canada , India ...
FN Herstal: 5.56×45mm NATO Belgium: 2004–present Fort-221: RPC Fort: 5.45×39mm Ukraine? Fusil Automático Doble: SIMA Electrónica: 5.56×45mm NATO Peru: yes 2008-present FX-05 Xiuhcoatl: Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército: 5.56×45mm NATO Mexico yes 2005–present G13 carbine: STC Delta: 5.56×45mm NATO Georgia: 2012
The MD-2 and MD-3 rifles are the result of redesigning the FN FAL to use the 5.56×45mm NATO round in place of the FAL's 7.62mm NATO chambering. The MD-2/MD-3 series externally resembles a short-barrelled FAL, but with an M16 magazine. Early MD-1 prototypes retained the FAL-type tilting bolt with a locking shoulder immediately behind the ...
The first German FALs were from an order placed in late 1955/early 1956, for several thousand FN FAL so-called "Canada" models with wooden furniture and the prong flashhider. These weapons were intended for the Bundesgrenzschutz (border guard) and not the nascent Bundeswehr (armed forces), which at the time used M1 Garands and M1/M2 carbines.
FN MAG Belgium: 7.62×51mm NATO: FN series MAG machine guns continue to be used as highly reliable and functional, at least 1,000 in service. [26] [27] M60E4 United States: 7.62×51mm NATO: Used by Special Forces. [12] M2 Browning United States
However, American insistence on the use of 7.62×51 NATO cartridges as the NATO standard meant that the rifle, which used 7 mm rounds, was shelved and the Belgian FN FAL rifle adopted. It was expected that the US would also adopt the FAL then under trial as the T48 but they selected the M14. Another Enfield attempt in the 1970s was the L64/65.