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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 ...
The sight radius for the FAL 50.00 and FAL 50.41 models is 553 mm (21.8 in) and for the 50.61 and FAL 50.63 models 549 mm (21.6 in). [ citation needed ] FAL rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations, with the heavy barrel intended for automatic fire as a section or squad light support weapon.
Mitrailleuse d´Avion Browning - F.N. Calibre 13,2 mm airplane machine gun FN Five-seven pistol with 5.7×28mm cartridges P90 personal defense weapon United States sailor fires an M240B, a U.S. version of the FN MAG, adopted for infantry use in the 1990s Early M249 manufacture of FN Minimi U.S. Marine aiming FN 303 fitted with holographic weapon sight FN 5.7×28mm cartridges as used in P90 ...
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
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.
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 United States also received a small number of FAL Heavy Barrel Rifles (HBAR) (either 50.41 or pre-50.41) for testing, under the designation T48E1, though none of these rifles were adopted by US. The T48/FAL competed head to head against the T44 rifle, basically a product-improved M1 Garand with detachable magazine and select-fire capability ...
FN FAL Belgium: FAL FAL Type 3 PARA 7.62×51mm NATO [39] [55] M14 United States: 7.62×51mm NATO [56] Designated marksman rifles; SVD [5] Soviet Union: 7.62×54mmR: Replaced by the UAR-10 and Western sniper rifles in the sniping role. [57] Sniper rifles; Fort-301 Ukraine: 7.62×51mm NATO Licensed copy of the IWI Galatz. [58] Zbroyar Z-008 ...