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).
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
Error creating thumbnail: File missingOriginal FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle) - full auto rifle - 7.62x51mm NATOError creating thumbnail: File missingOriginal 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.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBritish 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.Error creating thumbnail: File missingCanadian 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 C1A1Error creating thumbnail: File missingAustralian L1A1 with rounded vent hole handguards - 7.62x51mm NATO
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)
