The FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal and others since 1953.

The FAL rifle, French "Fusil Automatique Léger " meaning Light Automatic Rifle is a battle rifle designed by Belgian small arms designers Dieudonné Saive and Ernest Vervier and then manufactured by FN Herstal.

2021年10月18日 · “SLR”, “L1A1”, “right arm of the free world”, the FN FAL has had many names and even more variants, but here are the five most common examples you’ll likely find spread throughout the world.

2024年7月30日 · The FN FAL is a gas-operated, selective-fire battle rifle that fires the aforementioned 7.62 × 51 mm NATO cartridge. It features a short-stroke gas piston system, similar to the Soviet SVT-40, and a tilting breechblock locking mechanism.

2022年3月3日 · In effect, the FN FAL—which promised to be a genuinely superior selective fire assault rifle chambered for a 7mm cartridge—became a much bigger and heavier conventional rifle firing a full-powered rifle round.

2020年3月18日 · The FN FAL is one of the most revered battle rifles of the 20th century, often referred to as the "right arm of the free world," due to its use by so many NATO countries.

2014年3月3日 · FN FAL armed most of the Western world and their allies during the Cold War era. In the late 1940s, the Western allied countries in the NATO military pact were shopping …

2023年3月13日 · Although the FN FAL is capable of select-fire, most countries issued them as semi-automatic rifles. The full-auto feature was largely reserved for the heavy barrel models.

2001年12月1日 · The famous Belgium Fabrique Nationale – Fusil Automatique Leger (Light automatic rifle) or FN-FAL rifle is the most prolific 7.62 NATO caliber battle rifle in the world, being adopted by 93 nations. The FN-FAL was also manufactured under license in several countries.

2024年10月13日 · Affectionately known as ‘The Right Arm of the Free World,’ the FN FAL holds a place of honor as one of the greatest battle rifles of the Cold War era. While not an assault rifle, it...