FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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Browning Hi-Power (redirect from FN Browning Pistol WWII era)
Hi-Power production continued at the FN factory and as part of FN's product range, which included the FN FAL rifle and FN MAG general-purpose machine gun....
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Belgian FN FAL battle rifle had initially been adopted by the Israeli Defense Forces in the late 1950s (chambered for the 7.62×51mm cartridge). The FAL had...
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abroad in crisis. Sweden held a trial of new weapons including: the Belgian FN FAL, the Swiss SIG SG 510, the Swedish Carl Gustaf GRAM 63, the American M14...
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FN UK, is also in operation. Firearms designed and/or manufactured by FN include the S.A.W. M249, Browning Hi-Power and Five-seven pistols, the FAL,...
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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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purpose machine gun (GPMG). Its NATO partners adopted the FN FAL and HK G3 rifles, and the FN MAG and Rheinmetall MG3 GPMGs. The first confrontations between...
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Other vehicles Mercedes-Benz NG Infantry weapons Browning Hi Power FN FNC FN FAL FN MAG FN Minimi Infantry weapons Pist 88 Ak 4 Ak 5 Ksp 58 Heckler & Koch...
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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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.280 British (redirect from 7 mm FN Short)
in a variety of rifles and machine guns including the EM-2, Lee–Enfield, FN FAL, Bren, M1 Garand and Taden gun. Despite its success as an intermediate cartridge...
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M1919 Browning machine gun (redirect from FN Browning M36)
7.62×51mm NATO rechambered M1919A4s during the 1950s (same time as the FN FAL and Sterling SMG adoption) they gave the two variants of the GPMG separate...
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the SLEM was further developed into the FN Model 1949 and subsequently the FN FAL. EM-2 rifle FN Model 1949 FN FAL List of battle rifles Walter, John (2006)...
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Energa saw service with the ABL. It could be fired from both the FN FAL and also from the FN Model 1949 (SAFN). The Belgians also produced an inert training...
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Industry produced upgraded versions until the rifle was replaced by the FN FAL. The Model 1908 rifle was a copy of the Mauser Gewehr 98, chambered in 7×57mm...
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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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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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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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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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