Apr 12, 2020 · Open ear with FAL type thread for unique Indian sight. gas tube is shorter than L1A1, and the rear hole further forward.

The Rifle 7.62mm 2A/2A1[3] (also known as the Ishapore 2A/2A1[3]) is a 7.62×51mm NATO calibre bolt-action rifle adopted as a reserve arm by the Indian Armed Forces in 1963. The rifle is a variant of the Lee–Enfield rifle.

Feb 5, 2025 · For political reasons, India decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge when it needed to replace its No1 MkIII SMLE bolt action rifles with a modern self-loader. They chose the FN FAL as the rifle to adopt, but wanted a license to …

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.

The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle.

Jan 4, 2009 · The India Pattern FAL was, as the name implies, manufactured and issued in India and features elements of both the metric and inch-pattern rifles. Reportedly, India obtained incomplete sets of evaluation drawings from different factories producing inch and metric FAL rifles and were able to reverse-engineer a workable set of drawings from which ...

Aug 10, 2020 · Simultaneously Indian government was negotiating with Belgian FN for license production of FN Fal in India. As these negotiations failed ARDE decided to manufacture its own version of FAL. This rifle was named as ‘Rifle 7.62mm 1A1’

Feb 5, 2025 · For political reasons, India decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge when it needed to replace its No1 MkIII SMLE bolt action rifles with a modern self-loader. They chose the FN FAL as the rifle to adopt, but wanted a license to …

Jul 20, 2020 · Since 1960, India's state-owned Ordnance Factories Board has produced a domestic variant of the British L1A1 inch-pattern semi-auto-only FN FAL, dubbed the Ishapore 1A1. Keep in mind most of the other Commonwealth countries at the time to include Australia, Canada, and New Zealand ran the L1A1 as well.

India—1A. The Indian variant of the FAL was designated the 1A Self Loading Rifle (SLR). It was a reverse-engineered copy of the FAL that incorporated a mixture of inch-pattern and metric FAL features. The Indian 1A bayonet is closely patterned after the British L1A4 bayonet, except that it has wooden grip scales.