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Canada: The FN FAL was the first semi-automatic rifle adopted by the Canadian Army, seeing service as the FN C1A1 (“C1”) and FN C2A1 (“C2”) (a heavy barrel, selectable semi-/fully- automatic variant with folding, bi-pod forestock), between 1955 and 1990. Canada was the first NATO country to adopt the FN FAL.
The Australian heavy-barrel L2A1 was also known as the "automatic rifle" (AR). The L2A1 was similar to the FN FAL 50.41/42, but with a unique combined bipod-handguard and a receiver dust-cover mounted tangent rear sight from Canada. The L2A1 was intended to serve a role as a light fully automatic rifle or quasi-squad automatic weapon (SAW).
FN Model 30-11: Bolt-action sniper rifle Belgium 1976–present Derived from the FN Model 1930. FN FAL: Battle rifle Belgium 1953–present FN SCAR-H: Battle rifle Belgium 2009–present FN MAG: General-purpose machine gun Belgium 1958–present Colt Canada C19: Bolt-action sniper rifle Canada 2018–present Licensed copy of the Tikka T3 CTR ...
F2000: 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle, part of a system with a computerized sight and 40mm grenade launcher or 12 gauge shotgun. FS2000: Semi-automatic sporting version of the F2000 rifle. FAL: Fusil Automatique Léger, 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle. One of the most widely used rifles in history, having been used by over 90 nations. [7 ...
Service rifle cartridges loaded with projectiles: (left to right) 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.45×39mm. The T44 rifle was adopted as the M14 rifle in 1957. Around the same time Britain and Canada adopted the Belgian FN FAL (L1A1 SLR British) as the L1 followed by the West German army designated as
The Committee and the US interest in the FAL proved to be a turning point in the direction of the FAL's development. The U.S. and NATO interest in small arms standardization was the primary reason why the FAL was redesigned to use the newly developed 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge, instead of the intermediate cartridge designs originally tested by FN.
FM57 rifle: N/A 7.62×51mm NATO? Sweden 1957 FN FAL: FN Herstal IMBEL Fabricaciones Militares: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: Belgium 1947 FN SCAR-H: FN Herstal: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: Belgium 2009 Gewehr 41: Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Semi-automatic: Nazi Germany 1941 Gewehr 43: Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik ...
Rifles & Sniper rifles; FN FAL Belgium: Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: The FN FAL was previously the standard service rifle for the Defence Forces. Older FAL rifles were upgraded with an adjustable butt stock, Picatinny-style rail hand guard, a bipod, and a Schmidt & Bender sight for use as sniper support weapons. [3]