which were mainly Commonwealth parts kits rebuilt on Brazilian or Canadian manufactured receivers, to $1000+ for completely US made rifles from D.S. Model range in price from $400 for rifles made by Century International Arms, Inc. Semi-automatic only versions are popular in the US civilian market. Other nations adopting and/or manufacturing FAL rifles include Belgium, West Germany(G1), Austria(Stg58)Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Many nations not affiliated with the Warsaw Pact used the FAL, most notably the nations of the British Commonwealth under the designations L1A1(UK and Australia), C1A1(Canada), and R1A1(South Africa). Due to US political pressure upon NATO, the US 7.62x51mm cartridge was adopted instead. It was originally designed to use the 7.92x33mm Kurtz cartridge developed by Germany during WW2 for their Stg44, the first "assault rifle". It was a evolutionary improvement upon the previous FN49 semi-automatic rifle. Introduced by FN Hestel of Belgium in 1952. An FN FAL is the best with an ACOG scope in MW2, and in real life it kicks ass.įN Fusil Automatique Leger (Light Automatic Rifle) The FAL has seen service since the 1950s and is still used today. It's also seen in many video games Like MW2 and Black Ops as a semi automatic rifle (This is accurate because the FAL has selective fire). The FAL rifle is famous for it's use in the British Army, as well as many NATO countries. While the FAL can fire at a mid to long range, an assault rifle like the AK-47 can fire short to mid range. The difference is also seen in the effectiveness of the gun's range.
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The difference is that a battle rifle like the FAL fires a full -sized rifle round and assault rifles fire shorter intermediate cartridges. The design of the FAL is Based off the Sturmgewehr 44. Fusil Automatique Léger ("Light Automatic Rifle") or FAL is a self-loading, selective fire battle rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale (FN).