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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.
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 | ||
| 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
Film
- Holnist soldiers in The Postman (1997)
- Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert in When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
- District 9 (2009)
- Argentine soldiers in 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)
- Mocked up as an AO-63 assault rifle in Red Scorpion (1989)
- The South African Police Force in Cry Freedom (1987)
- 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)
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)
- Splinter Cell: Double Agent (unusable)
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
- 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)
- 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 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)
Video Games
1A1 SLR
Film
- Indian Army soldiers in LOC Kargil
- Indian Army soldiers in Lakshya
IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL
Film
- BOPE officers in Elite Squad 2
- Thomas Aquinas (Derrick O'Connor ) in End of Days
IMBEL MD-2
Film
- Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
Television
Video Games
- Boiling Point: Road to Hell (IMBEL MD-3)
IMBEL MD-97
Film
- BOPE officers in Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2)
Video Games
IMBEL IA2
Film
- Wagner Moura as Colonel Nascimento in Elite Squad 2 (Carbine version)
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 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.
- Rainbow Six: Lockdown has one with a Surefire M900 light on it