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Description
Name: FN-FALNickname: Rifle of the Free World
Type: Battle rifle
Place of origin: Belgium
Service history:
In service: 1954–present
Used by: 90+ countries
Wars:
Suez Crisis
Aden Emergency
Malayan Emergency
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Indonesian Confrontation
Vietnam War
Cambodian Civil War
Six-Day War
Portuguese Colonial War
South African Border War
Angolan Civil War
Northern Ireland Troubles
War of Attrition
Rhodesian Bush War
Falklands War
Gulf War
Balkan Wars
Cenepa War
Sierra Leone Civil War
Yom Kippur War
Rwandan Civil War
2011 Libyan civil war
Syrian civil war
Production history:
Designer: Dieudonné Saive, Ernest Vervier
Designed: 1947–1953
Manufacturer: Fabrique Nationale (FN)
Produced: 1953–present
Number built: 2,000,000+
Specifications:
Weight:
FAL 50.00: 4.3 kg (9.48 lb)
FAL 50.61: 3.90 kg (8.6 lb)
FAL 50.63: 3.79 kg (8.4 lb)
FAL 50.41: 5.95 kg (13.1 lb)
Length:
FAL 50.00 (fixed stock): 1,090 mm (43 in)
FAL 50.61 (stock extended): 1,095 mm (43.1 in)
FAL 50.61 (stock folded): 845 mm (33.3 in)
FAL 50.63 (stock extended): 998 mm (39.3 in)
FAL 50.63 (stock folded): 748 mm (29.4 in)
FAL 50.41 (fixed stock): 1,125 mm (44.3 in)
Barrel length:
FAL 50.00: 533 mm (21.0 in)
FAL 50.61: 533 mm (21.0 in)
FAL 50.63: 436 mm (17.2 in)
FAL 50.41: 533 mm (21.0 in)
Cartridge: 7.62×51mm NATO
Action: Gas-operated, tilting breechblock
Rate of fire: 650–700 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity:
FAL 50.00: 840 m/s (2,756 ft/s)
FAL 50.61: 840 m/s (2,755.9 ft/s)
FAL 50.63: 810 m/s (2,657.5 ft/s)
FAL 50.41: 840 m/s (2,755.9 ft/s)
Effective range: 400–600 m sight adjustments
Feed system: 20 or 30-round detachable box magazine. 50 round drum also available.
Sights: Aperture rear sight, post front sight; sight radius:
FAL 50.00, FAL 50.41: 553 mm (21.8 in)
FAL 50.61, FAL 50.63: 549 mm (21.6 in)
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Comments: 45
One of the few western guns that I truly respect. A perfect combination of accuracy and firepower. FN did a great job with this one
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I use it as well. ^o^
Check my gallery for epic guns!!!!!!!!!!!111111 YOAYSA (you only advertise yourself shamelessly always)
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Thank's Jot, yes it is you are more than welcome to use it and or modify it.
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My dad was trained on one of these rifles. He told me once, on auto it kicked so hard I'm surprised you didn't feel it.
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Yea they kick 7.62x51 is hard hitting round.
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Yea, very good rifle though
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Ahh yes very familiar with the Bipod
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It was heaps heavier too...about 7.5kg (because of the Heavy Barrel)...Use to Double-Feed quite a bit
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This is a Man-Killing Rifle...Our Variant was the L1A1 (SLR)... My favourite weapon of all time and the only weapon I am actually qualified on... The variant L2A1 was decent too...but fell far short of being a good enough support weapon for a section...It had 30 Rounds, Automatic (Most NATO Countries had their FNs for standard troops so they could only be set at Semi-Auto), a heavier barrel, 600m incremented sights and grasshopper folding Bipod...Chewed through 30 Rounds in about 6-7 Seconds...
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Yup and the problem was with FAL's is when in full auto they were uncontrollable when hip fired. even still good fire rate and when prone had a little better accuracy.
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It looks like Australia was the only country to significantly alter this beast to a Light Machine Gun...The AR (As it was known)
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Damn dude! Very nice work!
Is that black shape in the magwell a layering error?
Also, I don't know if you were trying to do an exact recreation but the proportions feel kinda weird. The stock and the handguard are too short.
But it doesn't spoil the beauty! ;D
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The black shape is the carry handle in its 'rest' position, though that is kinda hard to tell in a 2D medium like this.
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very nice, another nickname of the rifle is "the right hand of the free world".
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Go ahead my friend but as always give credit where it's due.
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It is the AK of the free world but just like AK's in the hands of good guys. Vice versa for the FAL yea.
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