Talk:FN FAL

Comment on Question A

Can agree with the ranges 300m/600m ranges as taught during my basic training (1989). Was still being issued with the L1A1 up to about 1991 or 1992. My accuracy was nowhere near out to those ranges (although I am sure the rounds got there, just not where intended!).

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—The FN FAL was also used extensively by the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Terrorist War 1971 - 1980 and was shown to be far superior to the AK47 where aimed fire from ambush in savannah bush/veld conditions were required. Hitting power against hidden troops in concealed vegetation was excellent with the 7.62 ball ammo and the ability to operate under all weather conditions as well as above average accuracy made it a formidable weapon.Kills through 15 - 20 cm tree branches were often reported. The one disadvantage with the 20 round magazine was weight. Carrying an FN FAl with 100 rounds of ammo required far more effort than the equivalent for AK 47. The AK47 was better employed in a rapid fire situation, where blanket firepower rather than accuracy were required. Witness J. Mpofu Superintendent BSAP

What The?...

There have got to be at least 10 million FAL's made as the FAL is the most used western made rifle. More are in circulation than even the M16, which I think there are about 9 Million in circulation. The info box states that at least 1 million have been made, this seems a bit low for me

Switzerland

Need to include brief citation on the Swiss rifle competition and the Special Swiss 7.5x55mm FAL's. G. Scott 20NOV10

Section Titles

Renamed "Production and use" to "International Production and Use" in order to clearly delineate. G. Scott 20NOV10

Indian 1A

Corrected gross errors and will be adding additional minor details at later date Not sure what happened to this section, as years ago it was pretty accurate. G. Scott 20NOV10

Austrian StG 58

Moved to "International Production and use" section. No need for it to be seperated. Corrected errors and added correct historical production/evolution content G. Scott 20NOV10

Israeli Romat and Makleon

Corrected errors and added correct historical production/evolution content. Will be adding more at later date. Not sure what happened to this section, as years ago it was pretty accurate. G. Scott 20NOV10

Comment on the opening line

"The Fusil Automatique Léger ("Light Automatic Rifle") or FAL is a semi-automatic, selective fire battle rifle.. " The statement isn't strictly correct. If a weapon is semi-automatic then it cannot be a selective fire weapon, though a selective fire weapon can generally be used in semi-automatic (Aside: I can't think of any selectives that don't have a semi-auto setting, though I suspect it may be that some had a burst setting instead of the semi). I propose that the "semi-automatic" portion of the line be deleted in the interest of accuracy. 2.101.133.72 (talk) 17:29, 19 April 2015 (UTC)Frank Obolobolopoulos

• Corrected to "semi-automatic/selective fire" since it was made both as a pure semi-auto and with full auto capabilities (as a squad automatic weapon). Thomas.W ^talk 17:38, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

References

Austrian soldiers, NOT German!

The two soldiers in the photo are Austrian, not German. I know the photo was captioned incorrectly in its original location (not by me), but I have only relabeled it correctly here in the article. You can tell that they are Austrian by their uniforms and equipment. Evets70 (talk) 01:20, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Or...maybe just the soldier on the right is Austrian? Evets70 (talk) 01:25, 8 October 2015 (UTC)