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The FAL was made by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) in Liege and under license in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, South Africa (where it was known as the R1), Brazil, Australia, Canada, Israel, Austria and Argentina. India manufactured FALs without license from FN. Mexico assembled FN-made components into complete rifles at its national arsenal in Mexico City. The FAL was also exported to many other countries, such as Venezuela, where a small arms industry produces some basically unchanged variants, as well as ammunition. ...

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The FAL has appeared in many films and video games featuring the UK military, militaries of the Commonwealth and other armies during the Cold War prior to its replacement by 5.56 mm rifles, South American and African militaries, or simply individuals whose characters are wielding a long-length, used, semi-auto rifle. FN FAL - Films. The Replacement Killers (1998) Heat (film) (1995) : Tom Sizemore used a FAL in the armored car heist scene FN FAL - Games.

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FN FAL - FAL 50.41 & 50.42. Also known as FALO; Heavy barrel for sustained fire with 30-round magazine as a squad automatic weapon; Used by Canada as the C2A1 as their primary squad automatic weapon until it was phased out during the 1980s in favor of the C9, which has a better accuracy and better ammunition capacity than the C2; Used by the Australian Army as the L2A1 until it was replaced by the FN Minimi; The 50.41 is fitted with a plastic buttstock, while the 50.42's ...

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The FN FAL was originally designed to fire the 7.92 mm Kurz patrone (short cartridge) developed and used by the Germans during World War II (see StG44 assault rifle). With the adoption of the 7.62 x 51 mm (.308 Winchester) caliber as the NATO standard, FN rebuilt their rifle for the new cartridge and created what is possibly the classic post-war battle rifle. Introduced by its designer Dieudonne Saive in 1951, and produced two years later, it has been described as ...

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