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Also called the FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle), a | 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 Belgium version, U.S. versions, the Israeli Versions and British/Commonwealth Version). | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
Revision as of 23:02, 18 December 2010
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 Belgium version, U.S. versions, the Israeli Versions and British/Commonwealth Version).
Specifications
Type: Battle Rifle
Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
Capacity: 20, 30-round box magazine. (20 Standard)
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
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 |
Television
Video Games
- Modern Warfare 2 (with rail system and 30-round magazine)
FN FAL
Film
- Holnist soldiers in The Postman (1997)
- District 9 (2009)
- Blessed by Fire (2005)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- A Man Apart (2003)
- Derrick O'Connor as Thomas Aquinas in End of Days (1999) (Short Barreled Carbine)
- The Replacement Killers (1998)
- Money Talks (1997)
- United States Police Force guards in Escape from LA. (1996) (fitted with M203 grenade launchers)
- Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto in Heat (1995) (50.61 Paratrooper Folder)
- Ernie Hudson as Captain Munro Kelly in Congo (1995) (50.61 Paratrooper Folder)
- Used by Argentine soldiers in An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
- In Red Scorpion (1989) FAL was mocked up as a Soviet AO-63 assault rifle)
- Romancing the Stone (1984)
- 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)
- Game for Vultures (1979)
- The South African Police Force in Cry Freedom (1987)
- Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
Television
- Route 9 (1998)
- Argentine soldiers in Tumbledown (1988)
- Angel in Green {1987)
Video Games
- Far Cry 2 (as "FAL Paratrooper" despite not being a Paratrooper model, with a 30-round magazine)
- Timesplitters: Future Perfect (as "Soviet Rifle", with curved Kalashnikov style magazine and stock removed)
Anime
FN FALO
Films
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ungentlemanly Act | Argentinian Naval Commandos | With & without AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope | 1992 |
IMI Romat
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
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)
- Simon Pegg as Sgt. Nicolas Angel in Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Steve Zhan in Sahara (2005)
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Bloody Sunday (2002)
- Colombian mercenaries in Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- British soldiers in Blown Away (1994)
- British Soldiers in In the Name of the Father (1993)
- SAS operatives in The Fourth Protocol (1987)
- British Soldiers in Threads (1984)
- Gus Mercurio as Red and Bill Young as Griff in Turkey Shoot (1982) (With scope, extended magazine, and sawn-off barrel)
- British Police Tactical Response Unit in An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Australian SAS troopers in The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
- The Wild Geese (1978)
- Power Play (1978)
- No Blade Of Grass (1970)
- A Cameroon border guard in Tears of the Sun
- seen in the hidden armory in Commando
Television
- NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Police Rescue (1991)
- NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Water Rats (1996 to 2001)
- British soldiers in Tumbledown (1988)
- British soldiers in Miami Vice - Season 3 (stock footage)
- Corrupt policeman Kevin Hales in Ashes to Ashes Series 2 Episode 1 (2009)
Video Games
1A1 SLR
Films
IMBEL MD-2
Television
Video Games
- Boiling Point: Road to Hell (IMBEL MD-3)
IMBEL MD-97
Video Games
DSA SA58 OSW
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 sight | 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.
- Rainbow Six: Lockdown has one with a Surefire M900 light on it