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FN FAL
The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger, meaning Light Automatic Rifle) was designed by Dieudonné Saive (co-designed with Ernest Vervier, creator of the FN MAG) from 1947 to 1951. The FAL rifle was a worldwide success, with its adoption by over 90 countries. 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. Production started in 1953, with numbers up to 7,000,000 units.
The early FAL prototypes were chambered in intermediate cartridges like 7.92x33mm and .280 British, in an attempt to create an assault rifle along the lines of the German Sturmgewehr 44, but after 7.62x51mm NATO was adopted as the standard NATO rifle cartridge, the FAL design was altered to accommodate the more powerful round. The British Commonwealth variant of the FAL was redesigned from FN's metrical FAL into British imperial units and was produced under licence as the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR).
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: 7.92x33mm (prototype), .280 British (prototype), 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, Brazilian IMBEL variants use STANAG Magazines)
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto; Safe/Semi-Auto on inch-pattern FALs.
The FN FAL and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
FN FAL
Variants of the standard FN FAL:
- 50.00: Standard version. Licensed clones of the 50.00 are made by IMBEL of Brazil as the IMBEL LAR, and by DGFM of Argentina as the FALM IV (Fusil Automatico Liviano Modelo IV).
- 50.61: Paratrooper version with folding stock and standard 533 mm (21.0 in) barrel.
- 50.62: Paratrooper version with folding stock, short 458 mm (18.03 inch) barrel, and folding charging handle.
- 50.63: Paratrooper version with folding stock, shorter 436 mm (17.16 in) barrel, and folding charging handle.
- 50.64: Paratrooper version with folding stock, standard 533 mm (21.0 in) barrel, hiduminium alloy lower receiver, and folding charging handle similar to the L1A1.
- G Series: A series of 1,836 semi-automatic FAL rifles imported into the United States by Browning Arms Company from FN between 1959 and 1963. They had a selector that could not be moved to the fully automatic position, and did not have the automatic sear. Changes with ATF standards meant that these import FAL rifles, previously considered to be not machine guns, are now machine guns and will be subject to the NFA. The rifles already imported into United States remain legal and are exempt from the NFA. G-series rifles are identical to early FN production guns and are not modified for importation.
- StG 58: The Sturmgewehr 58 is the former standard infantry rifle of the Austrian Armed Forces. The StG 58 featured a unique hybrid flash hider/grenade launcher muzzle device, and also featured a bipod and a ribbed metal handguard.
- G1: The G1 is a variant adopted for a relatively short period by West Germany. It features a bipod and ribbed metal handguard like the StG 58, but has its own muzzle device.
- T48: A version of the FN FAL trialed by the United States in the mid-1950s, but was not adopted; the M14 was adopted over the T48.
Note that FN LAR is simply a foreign English market name for the FN FAL. There is no actual difference between the FN LAR and FN FAL.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Suicide Squad | Corto Maltese soldiers | 2021 | ||
| Black Panther | Lupita Nyong'o | Nakia | "G" Series | 2018 |
| Soldiers only know by God | Argentinian soldiers | 2017 | ||
| All the Money in the World | Italian Carabinieri | 2017 | ||
| Daylight's End | Survivors | G1/StG 58 foreend | 2016 | |
| The Siege of Jadotville | Jamie Dornan | Commander Patrick Quinlan | 2016 | |
| The Siege of Jadotville | Jason O'Mara | Sgt. Prendergast | 2016 | |
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Libyan militia member | 2016 | ||
| Colonia | Chilean soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Cockneys vs. Zombies | G Series model. | 2012 | ||
| Kill Zombie! | Dutch reserve soldiers | G1/StG 58 foreend, wooden buttstock | 2012 | |
| Chinese Take-Out | British soldiers | 2011 | ||
| The Book of Eli | Ray Stevenson | Redridge | Paratrooper model | 2010 |
| District 9 | Mercenaries | 50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope | 2009 | |
| Che Part Two: Guerrilla | Guerrilla | "G"-Series | 2009 | |
| Che Part One: Argentine | Vladimir Cruz | Ramiro | "G"-Series | 2009 |
| Pulse 2: Afterlife | Jamie Bamber | Stephen | 18" barrel, folding stock | 2008 |
| Robin McGee | Hutch | |||
| uncredited | Road Guard | |||
| The Kingdom | Saudi police officers | 2007 | ||
| The Hunting Party | Somali militia member | "G"-Series | 2007 | |
| The Bodyguard 2 | Mercenary | With scope | 2007 | |
| Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) | BOPE officers | Imbel M964 model | 2007 | |
| Babel | Moroccan Police | 2006 | ||
| Catch a Fire | South African Police | 2006 | ||
| The Aura | Security guard | 2005 | ||
| Blessed by Fire | Pablo Riva | Pvt. Vargas | 2005 | |
| Gastón Pauls | Pvt. Leguizamón | |||
| Argentinian soldiers | ||||
| The Lost City | Cuban soldiers | 2005 | ||
| The Snake King | Stephen Baldwin | Matt Ford | 2005 | |
| Larry Day | Dr. Rick Gordon | |||
| Gary Hudson | Dr. John Simon | |||
| Caco Monteiro | Will Bahia | |||
| Ross McCall | Timothy | |||
| Jorge Tarquini | Jonathan Rodgers | |||
| soldiers | ||||
| Hotel Rwanda | Belgian paratroopers | 50.63 Paratrooper | 2004 | |
| Tears of the Sun | Nigerian soldiers | Seen only in archival footage | 2003 | |
| Stander | South African Police | 2003 | ||
| A Man Apart | Mercenaries | 50.63 Paratrooper | 2003 | |
| The Replacement Killers | Danny Trejo | Collins | 50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight | 1998 |
| Michael Rooker | Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov | 50.61 Paratrooper | ||
| The Postman | Holnist soldier | With M203 grenade launcher | 1997 | |
| Escape from L.A. | United States Police Force guards | With Cobray 37mm launchers | 1996 | |
| Romeo + Juliet | Verona Beach SWAT officer | 1996 | ||
| Heat | Tom Sizemore | Michael Cheritto | 50.61 Paratrooper | 1995 |
| Congo | Ernie Hudson | Cpt. Munro Kelly | 50.61 Paratrooper | 1995 |
| Beyond Rangoon | Burmese soldiers and policemen | 1995 | ||
| Street Fighter | AN soldier | 1994 | ||
| An Ungentlemanly Act | Argentinian soldiers | 1992 | ||
| Rapid Fire | Powers Boothe | Mace Ryan | 1992 | |
| The Last Boy Scout | Taylor Negron | Milo | 50.63 Paratrooper | 1991 |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Gilead's soldiers | 50.63 Paratrooper | 1990 | |
| River of Death | Michael Dudikoff | John Hamilton | Also fires a rifle grenade | 1989 |
| River of Death | Donald Pleasence | Heinrich Spaatz | 1989 | |
| Tumbledown | Argentine marine | FAL PARA | 1988 | |
| Rage of Honor | Various henchmen | FAL PARA | 1987 | |
| Firewalker | Brigands, San Miguel soldiers, guerillas | 50.00 | 1986 | |
| Missing In Action 2: The Beginning | 1985 | |||
| Latino | Contras soldier | 1985 | ||
| Wheels of Fire | Scourge's Men | 1985 | ||
| The Boys of War | Argentinian and British soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Romancing the Stone | Henchman | 1984 | ||
| Red Dawn | Cuban & Nicaraguan soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Scarface | Hitman | 1983 | ||
| Octopussy | South American soldiers | 1983 | ||
| Brittish Embassy guards | ||||
| Kamal Khan's guards | ||||
| Under Fire | Ed Harris | Oates | 1983 | |
| Nicaraguan soldiers | 50.50 & 50.63 models | |||
| FSLN rebels | 50.50 & 50.63 models | |||
| Green Ice | Colombian soldiers and maritime patrols | 1981 | ||
| Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi) | Belgian paratroopers and Katanga fighters | 1980 | ||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | Soldiers | 1980 | ||
| Police | ||||
| The Wild Geese | Richard Burton | Col. Allen Faulkner | G1/StG 58 foreend | 1978 |
| The Wild Geese | Mercenaries | G1/StG 58 foreend | 1978 | |
| The Man on the Roof | Ingvar Hirdwall | Gunman | Mocked up as M1941 Johnson machine gun | 1976 |
| When Eight Bells Toll | Anthony Hopkins | Philip Calvert | With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake | 1971 |
| Hijacker | With L1A1 muzzle brake | |||
| The Last Grenade | Andrew Keir | Gordon Mackenzie | 1970 | |
| Julian Glover | Andy Royal | |||
| John Thaw | Terry Mitchell | |||
| Grand Slam (Ad ogni costo) | Brazilian military police | Imbel M964 | 1967 | |
| Arabesque | John Merivale | Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane | 1966 | |
| British Royal Guard |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Professionals | John Castle | Tommy | 1977-1983 | |
| On Wings of Eagles | Esai Morales | Rashid | 1986 | |
| On Wings of Eagles | Parviz Sayyad | Magistrate Dadgar | 1986 | |
| On Wings of Eagles | Prison guards | 1986 | ||
| On Wings of Eagles | Border Guards | 1986 | ||
| On Wings of Eagles | Revolutionaries | 1986 | ||
| The X-Files | U.N. soldiers | "Patient X" (S5E13) | 1998 | |
| Ultimate Force | Columbian soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Ultimate Force | Columbian soldier | G1/StG 58 foreend, With telescopic sight and FN FAL flash-hider | 2006 | |
| The Unit | Dennis Haysbert | CSM Jonas Blane | G1/StG 58 foreend | 2006 - 2009 |
| Strike Back | Richard Armitage | John Porter | 2010-Present |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fallout 2 | "FN FAL", "FN FAL HPFA" | FN FAL "G Series" | 1998 | |
| Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | "7.62mm FAL AR" | 1999 | ||
| Operation Flashpoint | 2001 | |||
| Ghost Recon: Desert Siege | "7.62mm Carbine" | 50.63 model | 2001-2003 | |
| Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 | |||
| Project Reality | "FN FAL" | G Series | 2005 | |
| Operation 7 | 50.00, 50.61, L1A1 and several DSA models | 2006 | ||
| Splinter Cell: Double Agent | 50.00 model | 2006 | ||
| Cross Fire | FAL | wooden stock | 2007 | |
| FAL Custom | FN FAL 50.61 with sight and M203 grenade launcher | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | 50.00 and 50.63 models | 2008 | ||
| Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island | Chambered in .280 British | 2008 | ||
| Far Cry 2 | "FAL Paratrooper" | Not a Paratrooper model, with a 20-round magazine that holds 30 rounds | 2008 | |
| SAS Secure Tomorrow | "FN FAL" | Chambered in .280 British | 2008 | |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | "FAL Carbine" | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | With top rail and 30-round magazine, has hand-guard and iron-sights from a G1/StG 58, and the charging-handle from a DSArms SA58 | 2009 | ||
| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | "FAL" | 50.00 model, 3-round burst | 2009 | |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | FAL Paratrooper | 2010 | ||
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss | "FAL" | 50.00 model, 3-round burst | 2011 | |
| Project Reality: Falklands | 50.00 model | 2012 | ||
| Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | "FAL SS" | 50.00 model, semi-auto only | 2012 | |
| Max Payne 3 | 50.00 model | 2012 | ||
| Hitman: Absolution | 2012 | |||
| State of Decay | "FAL" | with G1/StG 58 foreend | added in Breakdown DLC | 2013 |
| Tomb Raider | "STG 58 ELITE" | FAL 50.63 w/ RIS handguard | DLC weapon | 2013 |
| Payday 2 | "Falcon" | Has SA58 stamp on the receiver | Big Bank DLC | 2013 |
| Insurgency | "FAL" | 50.00 model w/ various attachments | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | FN FAL | bayonet, optic scope and Aimpoint sight | G Series | 2014 |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | "FAL" | G-Series | 2016 | |
| "FAL Para" | 50.61 | |||
| "FAL Tactical" | Railed handguard and receiver cover | 50.00 | ||
| "Sustenance AR3" | Completely new/fabricated forend, barrel, and general operating mechanism; open-bolt, belt-fed, uses caseless ammo; integrated underbarrel lemon launcher | G-Series | ||
| Insurgency Sandstorm | "FAL" | G1/StG 58 style with wood pistol grip | 2018 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | "FAL" | Can be fitted with paratrooper-style stock | 2019 | |
| Far Cry 6 | G1/StG 58 model | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyper Police | Naoko Kondo | G1/StG 58 foreend | 1997 |
| Spriggan | ARCAM Defense Force Soldiers | 1998 | |
| Flag | 2006 | ||
| Najica Blitz Tactics | 2006 | ||
| Golgo 13 | Mercenary | 2008 - 2009 |
FN FALO
The FN FALO (standing for Fusil Automatique Lourd) was a heavy-barreled version of the FN FAL used in a squad automatic weapon role. The FALO is known as the Model 50.41 or 50.42; 50.41 has a synthetic stock, while 50.42 has a wooden stock. Variants of the FALO are used by Canada as the C2A1 and by Australia as the L2A1.
Films
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Play | Soldiers | Canadian C2A1 variant | 1978 | |
| The Survivors | Robin Williams | Donald Quinelle | 1983 | |
| An Ungentlemanly Act | Argentinian Naval Commandos | FN FALO with PVS-2 night vision sight | 1992 | |
| Malay Regiment | Communist guerillas | L2A1 | 2017 |
Video Games
| Title | As | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.62 High Calibre | 2008 | |||
| Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | "NF-FAL" | partial desert-camo finish | L2A1 with 30-round magazine | 2012 |
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | L2A1; added in the 1.05 "Bushranger" update | 2017 |
IMI Romat
The IMI Romat (short for Rov've Mitta'enn, or "Self-Loading Rifle") is the Israeli version of the FN FAL.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Thunderbolt | African soldiers | With heavy barrel and bipod | 1977 | |
| The Beast of War | Afghan Mujahideen | 1988 | ||
| Red Scorpion | Dolph Lundgren | Nikolai Rachenko | With grenade launcher | 1989 |
| Red Scorpion | Al White | Kallunda Kintash | With grenade launcher | 1989 |
| For Sacha (Pour Sacha) | Israeli troops | With heavy barrel and bipod | 1991 | |
| Year of the Gun | Italian police | With grenade launcher | 1991 | |
| Never Say Die | FBI commando | With shortened barrel and 30-round magazine | 1994 | |
| Christmas Rush | Richard Yearwood | Kid Blast | With shortened barrel and converted to full auto | 2002 |
| Munich | Eric Bana | Avner Kaufman | With scope | 2005 |
| Munich | Daniel Craig | Steve | With scope | 2005 |
| All the Money in the World | Italian Carabinieri | 2017 | ||
| Mosul | Mohamed Attougui | Akram | With heavy barrel and bipod | 2019 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Force | Ross Kemp | SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie | Fitted with long flash-hider | 2002 - 2006 |
| Matthew Earley | Guggenheim | |||
| Simon Kassianides | Juan | |||
| Tyrant | Ali | Episode 2 | 2014 |
L1A1
The L1A1, also commonly referred to as the SLR (Self Loading Rifle) is the British version of the FN FAL which also saw extensive service with other Commonwealth countries. They are commonly referred to as "inch pattern" rifles (as opposed to the FN FAL which is "metric pattern") due to the rifle being designed and tooled to imperial measurements, but they also feature a number of design changes and improvements (it is these changes in the pattern which make inch and metric parts generally non interchangeable, rather than the minuscule differences in the measurements). These differences include a larger magazine release, a different selector switch, relocated take-down lever, a folding charging handle, "sand cuts" on the bolt, skeletonized front sight wings and a larger flash hider, along with different furniture depending on the time period and country.
In Commonwealth service the SLR was often seen fitted with its distinctive SUIT (Sight Unit Infantry Trilux) tritium-illuminated 4x telescopic sight. SUITs owned by private collectors usually do not illuminate, since the tritium sources degrade after 8-12 years, and are often missing the cover for the tritium source as well.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | Australian soldiers | SLR with wooden furniture | 2019 | |
| Soldiers Only Known By God | British soldiers | 2017 | ||
| '71 | Jack O'Connell | Gary Hook | 2014 | |
| Jack Lowden | Thommo | |||
| Sam Reid | Lt. Armitage | |||
| James McArdle | Sergeant | |||
| Babou Ceesay | Corporal | |||
| British soldiers | ||||
| Killer Elite | SAS troopers | 2011 | ||
| Inception | Tohoru Masamune | Japanese guard | C1A1 with wooden handguard | 2010 |
| Max Payne | Thug | With black handguards | 2008 | |
| The Bank Job | Trinidad soldiers and police | Australian model | 2008 | |
| Hot Fuzz | Simon Pegg | Sgt. Nicholas Angel | With wooden handguards | 2007 |
| The Battle of Long Tan | Australian soldiers | 2006 | ||
| Sahara | Steve Zahn | Al Giordano | With scope | 2005 |
| Lord of War | Liberian soldiers | 2005 | ||
| Tears of the Sun | Cameroonian border guard | 2003 | ||
| Without a Paddle | Abraham Benrubi | Dennis | 2003 | |
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Albanian soldier | Australian model | 2002 | |
| Reign of Fire | Gerard Butler, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig | Creedy, Eddie Stax, Ajay | 2002 | |
| Bloody Sunday | British soldiers | With wooden handguards | 2002 | |
| Hulk | guerrillas | 2002 | ||
| Spy Game | Lebanese fighters | With scope | 2001 | |
| Rules of Engagement | Yemeni sniper | With scope | 2000 | |
| Outbreak | Mercenaries | 1994 | ||
| Clear and Present Danger | Colombian mercenaries | 1994 | ||
| Blown Away | British soldiers | 1994 | ||
| In the Name of the Father | British soldiers | 1993 | ||
| An Ungentlemanly Act | British Royal Marines | 1992 | ||
| Resurrected | Scots Guards | 1989 | ||
| Tumbledown | Scots Guards | 1988 | ||
| The Fourth Protocol | SAS Trooper | With IWS night vision sight | 1987 | |
| Cold Steel | Adam Ant | Mick | 1987 | |
| Cold Steel | Sy Richardson | Rashid | 1987 | |
| The Dragon Hunt (Okhota na drakona) | Soldiers | 1986 | ||
| Maximum Overdrive | Frankie Faison | Handy | 1986 | |
| My Lucky Stars | British soldiers | 1985 | ||
| Thirteen at Dinner | Actor portraying guards | shortened, full auto | 1985 | |
| Escape 2000 | Gus Mercurio | Red | With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel | 1982 |
| Bill Young | Griff | |||
| The Final Option | Lewis Collins | Captain Peter Skellen | 1982 | |
| The Final Option | Bob Sherman | Captain Hagen | 1982 | |
| The Final Option | Albert Fortell | Captain Freund | 1982 | |
| The Final Option | SAS troopers | 1982 | ||
| Dark Sun (Temné slunce) | Police units | 1982 | ||
| On the Pomegranate Islands (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh) | US soldiers | Probably mix of L1A1 and C1A1 | 1981 | |
| An American Werewolf in London | British Police Tactical Response Unit | 1981 | ||
| The Dogs of War | Zangaran soldiers | Australian model | 1981 | |
| The Long Good Friday | RUC officers | 1980 | ||
| The Outsider | British troops | 1980 | ||
| The Outsider | Frank Grimes | Tony Coyle | 1980 | |
| The Odd Angry Shot | SASR troopers | Australian model | 1979 | |
| Power Play | Soldiers | C1A1 variant | 1978 | |
| The Wild Geese | Mercenaries | 1978 | ||
| Deathcheaters | Australian model | 1976 | ||
| Hennessy | British soldiers in Belfast | 1975 | ||
| The Terrorists | British soldiers | 1974 | ||
| No Blade Of Grass | Nigel Davenport | John Custance | 1970 | |
| Soldiers | ||||
| The Brain | Queen's Guard soldier | 1969 | ||
| Dark of the Sun | Congolese soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The War Game | British soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Help! | British soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Traitor's Gate | Queen's Guard in the Tower | With L1A3 bayonets | 1964 | |
| The Mad Executioners | British soldiers | 1963 | ||
| Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard | Pohland's henchmen, British police | 1963 | ||
| Dr. No | Guard | 1962 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who | Derek Ware | Pvt. Wyatt | "Inferno" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | David Simeon | Pvt. Latimer | "Inferno" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | George Lee | Cpl. Forbes | "Spearhead from Space" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | Don McKillop | Bert Walker | "The Dæmons" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | John Levene | RSM John Benton | "Terror of the Zygons" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | Hubert Rees | John Stevenson | "The Seeds of Doom" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | John Challis | Scorby | "The Seeds of Doom" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | Ray Barron | Sgt. Henderson | "The Seeds of Doom" | 1963 - 1989 |
| Doctor Who | UNIT soldiers | 1963 - 1989 | ||
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Police sniper | with Scope / "Silver Dollar" (S02E01) | 1985 | |
| Dempsey and Makepeace | British soldiers | "Extreme Prejudice" (S03E05) | 1986 | |
| Big Game (Bolshaya igra) | Soldiers | E06 | 1988 | |
| Police Rescue | NSW Police tactical Officers | 1991 | ||
| Bergerac | Seen in illegal weapon store; "The Waiting Game" (S09E07) | 1991 | ||
| Water Rats | NSW Police tactical Officers | 1996 - 2001 | ||
| Ultimate Force | Columbian Soldiers & Rebels | 2006 | ||
| Ashes to Ashes | Kevin Hales | 2009 | ||
| Falling Skies | A resistance fighter | 2011 | ||
| The Crown | British Army | episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" (S02E08) | 2017 | |
| Spy City | British soldiers | 2020 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Operations | "FAL" | 2002 | |
| Vietcong 2 | 2005 | ||
| Operation 7 | 2006 | ||
| Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat | 2007 | ||
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | |
| Project Reality: Falklands | w/ L2A2 SUIT 4x scope | 2012 | |
| Insurgency | w/ various attachments | 2014 | |
| Rainbow Six Siege | CAMRS | added in Operation Black Ice | 2015 |
| Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | optional bayonet | 2017 |
Anime
| Film/Series Title | Character | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upotte!! | Funco's elder sister Faru | 2012 | |
| Najica Blitz Tactics | Ai Irie | 2001 |
Ishapore 1A1 SLR
The Ishapore 1A1 SLR is the domestically produced Indian variant of the FAL rifle. It is not however a licensed copy, but is instead reverse engineered from the commonwealth inch pattern rifles. However, the Indian designers of the weapon made alterations to the design resulting in a mix between a metric and inch pattern rifle without the parts compatibility of other FAL variants and copies.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOC Kargil | Indian Army Soldiers | 2003 |
IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL
The IMBEL M964 A1 MD-1 ParaFAL is a updated version of the IMBEL M964 (a copy of the FN FAL 50.00) with a Paratrooper stock and short barrel. It was later upgraded with light-weight aluminum parts instead of the traditional sheet steel which includes the receiver parts, the quad-rail foregrip, and a reinforced railed top-cover. It is available as either a parts kit or as a completely new weapon. The ParaFAL is currently used by many Brazilian police and military units.
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 |
| In Her Line of Fire | Mariel Hemingway | SGM. Lynn Delaney | 2006 | |
| In Her Line of Fire | David Keith | Vice President Walker | 2006 | |
| In Her Line of Fire | Jill Bennett | Sharon Serrano | 2006 | |
| In Her Line of Fire | The rebels | 2006 |
IMBEL MD-2
The IMBEL MD-2 is a variant of the M964 that is chambered in 5.56x45mm.
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Point: Road to Hell | "Combat Rifle" | 2005 |
IMBEL MD-97
The IMBEL MD-97 is an updated version of the IMBEL MD-2 that is used in limited numbers by the Brazilian military and police forces.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Squad 2 | BOPE officers | 2010 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | 2010 | ||
| Max Payne 3 | MD-97L | MD-97LC | 2012 |
IMBEL IA2
The IMBEL IA2 weapon system is an updated version of both the 5.56 MD-97 and 7.62 NATO M964 A1 MD-1 ParaFAL with new polymer furniture. Development primarily focused on the 5.56 version, though a 7.62 version was also developed in parallel. The 5.56mm IA2 has been adopted by the Brazilian Armed Forces as their new standard rifle.
The two current variants of the 5.56mm IA2 are the carbine version (Ca 5,56 IMBEL IA2) and the assault rifle version (Fz Ass 5,56 IMBEL IA2); both have the same barrel length, and differ only in that the carbine version is semi-auto only while the assault rifle version has full-auto fire. The two current variants of the 7.62mm IA2 are a long-barrel select-fire rifle (Fz Ass 7,62 IMBEL IA2) and a short-barrel, semi-auto carbine (Ca 7,62 IMBEL IA2).
A whole host of fictional photoshopped IMBEL IA2 prototype variants have circulated online, and some of them have even been modeled into video games under the mistaken assumption that they were legitimate variants. These green-tinted photographs are in fact made by the Small Arms Illustrated project, and do not exist in reality.
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Squad 2 | Wagner Moura | Colonel Nascimento | 5.56mm carbine version | 2010 |
Video Game
| Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Payne 3 | 7.62mm, sniper rifle configuration | 2012 | |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | IA-2 | 7.62mm, sniper rifle configuration. Semi automatic only (with an incorrect 3-round burst attachment), classified as a "Marksman Rifle" | 2013 |
| Warface | 5.56mm | 2013 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | IA2 | 5.56mm | 2016 |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | IMBEL IA2 Prototype, Imbel IA2 CQC | 2019 |
DSA SA58 Special Purpose Rifle
Video Games
| Game Title | Note | Appears as | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warface | "DSA SA58 SPR" | 2013 |
DSA SA58 Para Tactical Carbine
Video Games
| Game Title | Note | Appears as | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | With railed handguard and optional ACOG scope | "SA58 Para" | 2007 (added 2010) |
DSA SA58 Para Elite Compact
Video Games
| Game Title | Note | Appears as | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | with Ace M-4 SOCOM folding stock | "FAL OSW" | 2012 |
| Call of Duty Online | "FA7.62-L" | 2013 |
DSA SA58 OSW
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain America: Civil War | Crossbones' operatives | 2016 | ||
| Chappie | Brandon Auret | Hippo | 2015 | |
| A Good Day to Die Hard | Jai Courtney | Jack McClane | EOTech sight, tactical light and 20-round magazines | 2013 |
| Sinners and Saints | Bas Rutten | Dekker | with Eotech holosight and Sure Fire M900A Vertical Foregrip WeaponLight | 2010 |
| 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 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Five-0 | Sarah Carter | Lynn Downey | "Na Kama Hele" (S6E07) | 2015 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Mods | Note | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Six: Lockdown | 2005 | |||
| Operation 7 | 2006 | |||
| 7.62 High Calibre | w/ various attachments | 2008 | ||
| Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | SA58 OSW | w/ various attachments | 2012 | |
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | SA58 OSW | w/ various attachments | 2013 | |
| Warface | FN FAL DSA-58 | 2013 | ||
| Payday 2 | Falcon | with Extended Magazine, CQB Foregrip, and CQB Stock; Big Bank DLC | 2014 | |
| Rainbow Six: Siege | PARA-308 | added in Operation Skull Rain | 2015 | |
| Escape from Tarkov | DS Arms SA-58 7.62x51 | 11,16 and 21" barrels, 7.62x51 muzzle devices, pistol grips, dust cover w/rail, custom handguards, custom stocks(including buffer adapter), and different 10, 20 and 30-round mags | added in v0.9.0.1580 patch (2018) | 2016 |
| Ironsight | SA58 OSW | 2018 |
DSA SA58 Pistol
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion | Homura Akemi | 2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Note | Appears as | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | SC-2010 | 2013 |
Vektor R1
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Scorpion | Dolph Lundgren | Nikolai Rachenko | Mocked-Up | 1989 |
| Carmen Argenziano | Colonel Zayas | |||
| District 9 | Various | Mixture of scoped and unscoped rifles | 2009 | |
| Chappie | Various | 2009 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike Back - Season 4 | 2013 | |||
| Madiba | South African Police and Army personnel | 2017 |
See Also
- FN Herstal - A list of all firearms manufactured by FN Herstal.
- Israel Military Industries - A list of all firearms manufactured by IMI.
- Denel - A list of weapons produced by Denel