FN FAL

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

(1953 - Present)

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; Safe/Semi-Auto on inch-pattern FALs.

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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 NATO

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Original FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle) - full auto rifle with Wooden buttstock - 7.62x51mm NATO. 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

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ultimate Force		Columbian soldier	With telescopic sight and FN FAL flash-hider	2006
The Unit	Dennis Haysbert	CSM Jonas Blane		2006 - 2009

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

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FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Postman		Holnist soldier	With M203 grenade launcher	1997
When Eight Bells Toll	Anthony Hopkins	Philip Calvert	With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake	1971
When Eight Bells Toll		Hijacker	With L1A1 muzzle brake	1971
The Man on the Roof	Ingvar Hirdwall	Gunman	Mocked up as M1941 Johnson machine gun	1976
District 9		Mercenaries	50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope	2009
Blessed by Fire	Pablo Riva	Pvt. Vargas		2005
Blessed by Fire	Gastón Pauls	Pvt. Leguizamón		2005
Blessed by Fire		Argentinian soldiers		2005
A Man Apart		Mercenaries	50.63 Paratrooper	2003
The Replacement Killers	Danny Trejo	Collins	50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight	1998
The Replacement Killers	Michael Rooker	Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov	50.61 Paratrooper	1998
Escape from L.A.		United States Police Force guards	With Cobray 37mm launchers	1996
Heat	Tom Sizemore	Michael Cheritto	50.61 Paratrooper	1995
Congo	Ernie Hudson	Cpt. Munro Kelly	50.61 Paratrooper	1995
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren	Nikolai Rachenko	Mocked up as AO-63	1989
Red Scorpion	Carmen Argenziano	Colonel Zayas	Mocked up as AO-63	1989
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning				1985
Romancing the Stone		Henchman		1984
Red Dawn		Cuban & Nicaraguan soldiers		1984
Scarface		Hitman		1983
Under Fire	Ed Harris	Oates		1983
Under Fire		Nicaraguan soldiers	50.50 & 50.63 models	1983
Under Fire		FSLN rebels	50.50 & 50.63 models	1983
The Gods Must Be Crazy		Soldiers		1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy		Police		1980

Television

• Route 9 (1998)

• Argentine soldiers in Tumbledown (1988)

• Angel in Green {1987)

• Situation Critical

• Chris Ryan's Strike Back

• Columbian soldiers and rebels in Ultimate Force (2006)

Video Games

• Fallout 2

• Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (50.63)

• Operation Flashpoint

• Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear

• Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

• Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island

• 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)

• Operation 7

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

• Jagged Alliance 2

• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (unusable)

• Modern Warfare 2 (with top rail and 30-round magazine, has hand-guard and iron-sights from a FN LAR, and the charging-handle from a DSArms SA58)

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Spriggan	ARCAM Soldier		1998
Flag			2006
Golgo 13	A Mercenary		2008 - 2009

FN FALO

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FALO with bipod - 7.62x51mm NATO

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L2A1 with 30-round magazine - 7.62x51mm NATO

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

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ultimate Force	Ross Kemp	SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie	Fitted with FN LAR flash-hider	2002 - 2006
	Matthew Earley	Guggenheim
	Simon Kassianides	Juan

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 - 7.62x51mm NATO. 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 - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

• SAS in The Fourth Protocol (1987)

• A Japanese guard (Tohoru Masamune) in Inception (2010)

• Soldiers of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment in The Bank Job (2008)

• A thug in Max Payne (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 Zahn in Sahara (2005)

• A Cameroon border guard in Tears of the Sun (2003)

• Abraham Benrubi as Dennis in Without a Paddle (2003)

• Reign of Fire (2002)

• Bloody Sunday (2002)

• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

• 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)

• Nigel Davenport as John Custance, British Army and police as well as other survivors in No Blade Of Grass (1970)

• British soldiers in Help! (1965)

• A guard in Dr. No (1962)

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 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)

• UNIT Soldiers and various others in Doctor Who.

• Columbian soldiers and rebels in Ultimate Force (2006)

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Global Operations	"FAL"		2002
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice‎			2006
Operation 7			2006

1A1 SLR

Film

• Indian Army soldiers in LOC Kargil

• Indian Army soldiers in Lakshya

• Rang De Basanti

IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL

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Imbel M964 A1 ParaFAL - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Elite Squad 2	Andre Ramiro	Cpt. Andre Matias		2010
Elite Squad 2		BOPE officers		2010
End of Days	Derrick O'Connor	Thomas Aquinas	With scope	1999

IMBEL MD-2

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Imbel MD-2 - 5.56x45mm.

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Imbel MD-3 - 5.56x45mm.

Video Games

• Boiling Point: Road to Hell (IMBEL MD-3)

IMBEL MD-97

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Imbel MD 97 - 5.56x45mm

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Imbel MD 97 LC - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Elite Squad 2		BOPE officers		2010

Video Games

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior

IMBEL IA2

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Imbel IA2 Rifle with magazine removed - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Elite Squad 2	Wagner Moura	Colonel Nascimento	Carbine version	2010

DSA SA58 OSW

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DSArms SA58 OSW Carbine - 7.62x51mm NATO

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

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 Game

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Rainbow Six: Lockdown			2005
Operation 7			2006

See Also

• FN Herstal - A list of all firearms manufactured by FN Herstal.