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=== Television ===
=== Television ===
* A resistance fighter in ''[[Falling Skies]]'' (2011)


* NSW Police State Protection Group officers in ''[[Police Rescue]]'' (1991)
* NSW Police State Protection Group officers in ''[[Police Rescue]]'' (1991)

Revision as of 18:34, 11 June 2011

Also called the FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle), a name ascribed to the FN FAL in Europe. The fact that there are so many variants, made by different countries and different names for the same models, causes a lot of confusion regarding what particular FAL is in what movie. For the most part, only the major variants of the gun will have been seen in movies with wide distribution, (the original Belgian version, U.S. versions, the Israeli Versions and British/Commonwealth Version).

Specifications

Type: Battle Rifle, Assault Rifle

Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO, 5.56x45mm NATO (Argentine FALMP III and Brazilian IMBEL variants)

Capacity: 20, 30-round box magazine. (Argentine FALMP III Type 2 variant uses Steyr AUG magazines)

Fire Modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto; Semi-Auto only on Inch pattern FALs.

The FN FAL and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies:

FN LAR

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Original FN LAR Light Automatic Rifle - full auto rifle - 7.62x51mm
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Original FN LAR Light Automatic Rifle - full auto rifle with Wooden buttstock - 7.62x51mm. Many of these rifles were issued with wooden buttstocks by FN Belgium and are seen in wars all over the world in this configuration.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Wild Geese Richard Burton Col. Allen Faulkner 1978
The Wild Geese Mercenaries 1978
The Kingdom Saudi police officers 2007
Munich IDF soldiers 2005
Varg Veum, begravde hunder(buried dogs) Gangster 2008

Television

Video Games

  • Modern Warfare 2 (with rail system and 30-round magazine, able to attach M203 grenade launcher, Masterkey underbarrel shotgun, suppressor, red dot sight, EOTech holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG, thermal scope, and/or extended magazine)


FN FAL

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FN FAL 50.00 7.62x51mm NATO
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FN FAL 50.61 Paratrooper with 21" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO
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FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper with 18" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

  • Cuban and Nicaraguan soldiers in Red Dawn (1984)
  • Scarface (1983) (50.00 Full sized Battle Rifle)
  • Nicaraguan soldiers and rebels in Under Fire (50.50 and 50.63 variants)

Television

Video Games

  • Far Cry 2 (as "FAL Paratrooper" despite not being a Paratrooper model, with a 30-round magazine)

Anime

FN FALO

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FALO, 7.62x51mm NATO with bipod
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L2A1, 7.62x51mm NATO with 30-round magazine

Films

Title Actor Character Note Date
An Ungentlemanly Act Argentinian Naval Commandos With & without AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope 1992


IMI Romat

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Israeli FAL "Romat" with Wooden Furniture 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Beast of War Afghan Mujahideen 1988
Red Scorpion Dolph Lundgren Nikolai Rachenko With M203 grenade launcher 1989
Red Scorpion Al White Kallunda Kintash With M203 grenade launcher 1989
Munich Eric Bana Avner Kaufman With scope 2005
Munich Daniel Craig Steve With scope 2005

Television


L1A1

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British Inch Pattern L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO - Variation of the FN FAL rifle. British & New Zealand SLR's were later fitted with black fibreglass furniture as seen here.
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Canadian version of the L1A1, Inch Pattern with Wood Stocks. Some Canadian SLR handguards have no vent holes.That is not a C1A1, the breech block has sand cuts which the Canadian rifles do not have, the rear sight is not the unique Canadian disk sight, the carry handle is black plastic, not brown and the top cover does not have a clip feed guide like a C1A1
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Australian L1A1 with rounded vent hole handguards

Film

  • Soldiers of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment in The Bank Job (2008)
  • Used by Royal Marines, and the Falkland Islands Defence Force in An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (Also seen in archival footage in the hands of British soldiers)

Television

  • NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Police Rescue (1991)
  • NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Water Rats (1996 to 2001)
  • Corrupt policeman Kevin Hales in Ashes to Ashes Series 2 Episode 1 (2009)

Video Games

1A1 SLR

Film


IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL

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Imbel M964 A1 ParaFAL, 7.62x51mm

Film


IMBEL MD-2

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Imbel MD-2, 5.56x45mm.
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Imbel MD-3, 5.56x45mm.

Film

Television

Video Games


IMBEL MD-97

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Imbel MD 97 - 5.56x45mm.
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Imbel MD 97 LC - 5,56x45mm.

Film

Video Games


IMBEL IA2

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Imbel IA2 Rifle - 5.56x45mm with magazine removed

Film


DSA SA58 OSW

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DSArms SA58 OSW Carbine 7.62x51mm
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DSArms SA58 OSW Carbine with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope - 7.62x51mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Town Ben Affleck Doug MacRay With two magazines taped "jungle-style" 2010
Terminator Salvation Terry Crews Captain Jericho With Surefire Universal weaponlight 2009
Terminator Salvation Resistance fighter 2009
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Yancey Arias Alvaro Cardona With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 2009
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Rogue unit member With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 2009
Rambo Reynaldo A. Gallegos Diaz With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 2008
Hancock Criminal 2008
Bad Boys II Kiko Ellsworth "Blondie Dreads" 2003
Bad Boys II US Marine 2003
Hollywood Homicide Drive-by shooter 2003
The Hunted Black ops commando With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 2003

Video Games

  • Operation 7: It's one of the preset FAL configurations, and its individual parts are also available for customized FAL-based weapons.