FAL

The FAL is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal and others since 1953.

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1951  Wikimedia, Wikidata
FN FAL; Fusil Automatique Leger; Light Automatic Rifle
2000000 produced, 
battle rifle, FN Herstal, Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Belgium, 

automatic rifle, battle rifle, Cei-Rigotti, EM-4 rifle, ENT machine rifle, F-16B Block 1 Fighting Falcon, GSG-5, Kalashnikov rifle, Knötgen automatic rifle, L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, Pfalz D.XII, Rafale C, Ribeyrolle 1918, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1951-01-01T00:00:00Z

1951-01-01T00:00:00Z

1951 FAL

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

1955-11-01T00:00:00Z

Vietnam War

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Falklands War

1967-06-05T00:00:00Z

1967-06-05T00:00:00Z

Six-Day War

1973-10-06T00:00:00Z

1973-10-06T00:00:00Z

Yom Kippur War

2011-02-15T00:00:00Z

2011-02-15T00:00:00Z

Libyan Civil War

2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

2011-03-15T00:00:00Z

Syrian Civil War

1961-04-20T00:00:00Z

1961-04-20T00:00:00Z

Q191721

2006-12-11T00:00:00Z

2006-12-11T00:00:00Z

Mexican drug war

1978-01-01T00:00:00Z

1978-01-01T00:00:00Z

Q1463516

1964-07-04T00:00:00Z

1964-07-04T00:00:00Z

Rhodesian Bush War

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Frameless

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet, watches a performance by the Nigerian Navy Honor Guard during his visit to the Western Naval Command in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 26, 2023 during Obangame Express 2023.

FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 001-1

FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 001-2

FN FAL 1959 001-2

FN FAL 1959 001-1

Men of the National Revolutionary Militias (MNR) parading on October 26, 1959.

Nigerian Navy Honor Guard perform for U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander of U.S. Africa Command, during a visit to the Joint Maritime Security Training Center in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 2, 2023.

Vietnam-era firearms

FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 002-2

FN Herstal T48

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet, watches a performance by the Nigerian Navy Honor Guard during his visit to the Western Naval Command in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 26, 2023 during Obangame Express 2023.		Commons
commons	image		FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 001-1		Commons
commons	image		FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 001-2		Commons
commons	image		FN FAL 1959 001-2		Commons
commons	image		FN FAL 1959 001-1		Commons
commons	image		Men of the National Revolutionary Militias (MNR) parading on October 26, 1959.		Commons
commons	image		Nigerian Navy Honor Guard perform for U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith, deputy commander of U.S. Africa Command, during a visit to the Joint Maritime Security Training Center in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 2, 2023.		Commons
commons	image		Vietnam-era firearms		Commons
commons	image		FN FAL Swedish trial specimen 002-2		Commons
commons	image		FN Herstal T48		Commons