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7.62mm Rifle 389mm 920mm 670mm 4.03 kg FAL 7.62×51mm magazine, standard capacity 20 rounds. 7.62mm Carbine 265mm 800mm 550mm 3.76 kg FAL 7.62×51mm magazine, standard capacity 20 rounds. This short barreled version is intended for police use. This version is equipped with a muzzle brake. [7] [9]
The FN FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal and others since 1953. During the Cold War the FAL was adopted by many countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with the notable exception of the United States.
The rifle is still being evaluated by the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force (2013/set). MD-2 and MD-3 Rifles - A licensed copy of the FN FAL called the Fuzil Automático Leve manufactured by FI (Fábrica de Itajubá). Brazil took a delivery of a small number of FN-made FAL rifles for evaluation as early as 1954.
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.
FN F2000: Bullpup assault rifle Belgium 2001–present FN SCAR-L: Assault rifle Belgium 2009–present Also produced in the U.S. FN Minimi: Light machine gun Belgium 1974–present IMBEL MD: Assault rifle Brazil: 1985–present IMBEL IA2: Assault rifle Brazil: 2012–present AR-M1: Assault rifle Bulgaria: 2000–present Colt Canada C7: Assault ...
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 United Kingdom , Australia , Canada , India , Jamaica , Malaysia , New Zealand ...
FN FAL (and derivatives) Battle rifle Belgium: 5,000,000 7,000,000 [36] 2 million + Belgian FN FAL, [37] 1.15 million British L1A1 [38] 1 million + Indian 1A1, [39] [40] 250,000 South African R1 [41] (plus 30,000 sold to Rhodesia), 230,000 Australian L1A1 and L2A1 ~200,000 Brazilian IMBEL M964, [42] ~150,000 Austrian StG 58, [43] ~65,000 ...
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 ...