The FN FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium in 1953 by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured...
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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...
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successful FN FAL, but was an original design. Unlike the FAL, it was a market failure, although its development led to the more successful FN FNC. Prior...
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Battle rifle (section FN FAL)
battle rifle of the Cold War is the FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger). The FAL is a rifle produced by Belgian company FN Herstal, firing 7.62×51mm NATO from...
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Automatic rifle (section FN FAL)
GPMG. Its NATO partners adopted the FN FAL and HK G3 rifles, as well as the FN MAG and Rheinmetall MG3 GPMGs. The FN FAL is a 7.62×51mm NATO, selective fire...
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proprietary, but were made to share the magazine loading charger with the FN FAL rifle used by the Argentine Army. These chargers are the same as for the...
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Firearms designed and/or manufactured by FN include the S.A.W. M249, Browning Hi-Power and Five-seven pistols, the FAL, FNC, F2000 and SCAR rifles, the P90...
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T48 rifle (category FN Herstal firearms)
replacement for the M1 Garand. It was a license-produced copy of the Belgian FN FAL rifle. The rifle did not enter service, as the U.S. military decided to...
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Libanaises) HMS Fal, original name of UBS Mayu, the first flagship of the Burmese Navy FN FAL, a Belgian battle rifle F.A.L. or Fal-Car, an automobile...
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subsequently replaced by the FN FAL and G3 assault rifles. FN FAL: variants used comprised the Belgium-built standard FAL (50.00 model) and its folding...
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com/Bayonet_Identification_Guide/fal_page/fal_bayonets.html%7CWorld[permanent dead link] Bayonets. FN FAL Bayonets "FN-FAL Bayonets". worldbayonets.com....
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Dieudonné Saive (who would later design the Browning Hi-Power pistol and the FN FAL rifle) developed the new version during 1926–1927. His design was smaller...
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(Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil) and are based on the 7.62mm NATO FN FAL, which was previously manufactured by IMBEL for many years under licence...
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magazine was a modified FN FAL magazine that fit in a special trigger—guard. The removable 30-11 magazines did not function with the FAL rifle. The rifles were...
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to as the MAG-58. The widely successful FN MAG general-purpose machine gun served as a complement to the FN FAL battle rifle. Saive is most famous for...
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the U.S. Army's definition. For example: Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL, M14, and H&K G3 main battle rifles are not assault rifles; they fire full-powered...
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Armed Forces in 1989, as a service-wide replacement for the 7.62×51mm NATO FN FAL, after having been issued in small numbers to airborne infantry units for...
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countries that were still using 7.62×51mm were largely satisfied with the FN FAL. In order to adapt to the changing market, ArmaLite redesigned the weapon...
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Cold War in 1989. 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...
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to 1957 when various arms manufacturers such as FN Herstal and Heckler & Koch were producing the FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3, respectively. Variants...
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their planned procurement of the CETME rifles, adopting the Belgian-made FN FAL as the Gewehr 1 (G1) instead. However, the newly formed West German Army...
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today as a united Germany have remained a crucial part of the alliance. FN FAL-Adopted in 1956 just after Germany was allowed to rearm in 1955 designated...
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British Lee–Enfield .303 British FN Model 1949 .30–06 Springfield FN FAL 7.62×51 NATO Bren light machine gun .303 British FN BAR .30-06 Springfield Vickers...
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submachine gun. FM FAL - Produced under license version of Belgium FN FAL battle rifle FM FAP - Heavy barrel version of the FN FAL (Squad automatic weapon)...
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MA/AT 52 model. In Israeli service, it can be fired from either the 7.62 FN FAL or the 5.56 IMI Galil rifle. Hogg, Ian V, ed. (1990). "Grenades". Jane's...
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licensed version of the FN FAL from Fabrique Nationale. Created by Dieudonné Saive, the FAL was itself a re-designed version of FN's own design for an intermediate...
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with a FN FAL and 100 rounds (also a VHF radio to communicate); one machine-gunner with a FN MAG and 400 rounds; and two riflemen, each with a FN FAL and...
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cartridge such as the 7.62 mm NATO. For example, battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL, AR-10 and Heckler & Koch G3 were largely replaced during the 1980s and...
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adapted. The decision was rescinded and a variant of the more conventional FN FAL was adopted in its place. A 7.62×39mm M43 calibre experimental assault rifle...
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