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. During the Cold War the FAL was adopted by many countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with the notable exception of the United States.

Dec 4, 2014 · On the other hand, the Israelis did a pretty fine job with their variant of the FN FAL and FN FALO. The rear sight is improved, and the furniture is excellent. If I were going to do a new build of an FN FAL, I’d certainly try to find a reasonably-priced Israel FN …

Dec 13, 2020 · The FN FALO was originally designed in the early 1960s for military use as a squad automatic weapon. Unlike the FAL, the FALO is equipped with a heavy tapered barrel, making it capable of producing accurate automatic fire …

Sep 6, 2019 · The FALO is no LMG. The light machine gun is a child of the First World War that matured between the world wars and was excellent during the Second World War. Partnered with rifle grenades and the bolt action repeating service rifle, the LMG filled a niche.

The FALO is an early Cold War era light machine gun of Belgian origin. The role of the FALO is to provide a squad with automatic rifle fire capability, while being more portable than a medium machine gun.

Mar 23, 2019 · Israel would use the FAL through the Yom Kippur War in 1973 before transitioning to the 5.56mm Galil rifles. In addition to the light-barrel infantry rifle, Israel also adopted a heavy barreled version of the FAL as a light machine gun or automatic rifle.

The FALO is the light machine gun variant of the FAL. It is very similar, but has a heavier barrel and is fitted with a bipod. Commonwealth nations created a modified version with 30 round magazine, exposed barrel and bipod with wooden panels acting as handguard.

Aug 16, 2024 · I've compiled a list (based on military photos) of FALO LMG users. I used to think they were pretty rare but they actually complimented standard FAL rifles more often than the HK11 HK's LMG pairing. Known FALO 50.41/50.42 Users

Oct 7, 2024 · In 1958, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista ordered some 35,000 FAL rifles from FN, including both regular infantry rifles have heavy-barreled FALO light machine guns. Before any of them could arrive, however, Batista fled the country […]

Apr 5, 2020 · This is a from-the-factory, transferable, registered machinegun built by Springfield Armory on an imported and subsequently converted, Brazilian IMBEL SAR-48 receiver. The gun was built with 100% original, IMI production NOS FAL parts.