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* ''[[A Man Apart]]'' (2003)
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| [[Postman, The|The Postman]] ||  || Holnist soldier || With [[M203 grenade launcher]] || 1997
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* [[Derrick O'Connor]] as Thomas Aquinas in ''[[End of Days]]'' (1999) (Short Barreled Carbine)
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| [[When Eight Bells Toll]] || [[Anthony Hopkins]] || Philip Calvert || With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake || 1971
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* ''[[The Replacement Killers]]'' (1998)
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| [[When Eight Bells Toll]] ||  || Hijacker || Woth L1A1 muzzle brake || 1971
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* ''[[Money Talks]]'' (1997)
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| [[District 9]] ||  || Mercenaries || 50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope || 2009
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* United States Police Force guards in ''[[Escape from LA]]''. (1996) (fitted with [[M203 grenade launcher]]s)
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| [[Blessed by Fire]] || [[Pablo Riva]] || Pvt. Vargas ||  || 2005
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* [[Tom Sizemore]] as Michael Cheritto in ''[[Heat]]'' (1995) (50.61 Paratrooper Folder)
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* [[Ernie Hudson]] as Captain Munro Kelly in ''[[Congo]]'' (1995) (50.61 Paratrooper Folder)
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| [[Replacement Killers, The|The Replacement Killers]] || [[Danny Trejo]] || Collins || 50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight || 1998
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* The South African Police Force in ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' (1987)
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| [[Replacement Killers, The|The Replacement Killers]] || [[Michael Rooker]] || Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov || 50.61 Paratrooper || 1998
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| [[Escape from L.A.]] || || United States Police Force guards || With [[Cobray 37mm Launcher|Cobray 37mm launchers]] || 1996
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| [[Red Scorpion]] || [[Dolph Lundgren]] || Nikolai Rachenko || Mocked up as [[AO-63]] || 1989
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| [[Red Scorpion]] || [[Carmen Argenziano]] || Colonel Zayas || Mocked up as AO-63 || 1989
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=== Television ===
 
=== Television ===

Revision as of 06:23, 30 August 2011

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

Original FN LAR Light Automatic Rifle - full auto rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO
Original 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.

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


FN FAL

FN FAL 50.00 - 7.62x51mm NATO
FN FAL 50.61 Paratrooper with 21" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO
FN FAL 50.63 Paratrooper with 18" barrel - 7.62x51mm NATO
FN FAL "G Series" - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Postman Holnist soldier With M203 grenade launcher 1997
When Eight Bells Toll Anthony Hopkins Philip Calvert With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake 1971
When Eight Bells Toll Hijacker Woth L1A1 muzzle brake 1971
District 9 Mercenaries 50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope 2009
Blessed by Fire Pablo Riva Pvt. Vargas 2005
Blessed by Fire Gastón Pauls Pvt. Leguizamón 2005
Blessed by Fire Argentinian soldiers 2005
A Man Apart Mercenaries 50.63 Paratrooper 2003
The Replacement Killers Danny Trejo Collins 50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight 1998
The Replacement Killers Michael Rooker Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov 50.61 Paratrooper 1998
Escape from L.A. United States Police Force guards With Cobray 37mm launchers 1996
Heat Tom Sizemore Michael Cheritto 50.61 Paratrooper 1995
Congo Ernie Hudson Cpt. Munro Kelly 50.61 Paratrooper 1995
Red Scorpion Dolph Lundgren Nikolai Rachenko Mocked up as AO-63 1989
Red Scorpion Carmen Argenziano Colonel Zayas Mocked up as AO-63 1989
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning 1985
Romancing the Stone Henchman 1984
Red Dawn Cuban & Nicaraguan soldiers 1984
Scarface Hitman 1983
Under Fire Ed Harris Oates 1983
Under Fire Nicaraguan soldiers 50.50 & 50.63 models 1983
Under Fire FSLN rebels 50.50 & 50.63 models 1983
The Gods Must Be Crazy Soldiers 1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy Police 1980

Television

Video Games

  • Far Cry 2 (as "FAL Paratrooper" despite not being a Paratrooper model, with a 30-round magazine)
  • Modern Warfare 2 (with top rail and 30-round magazine, has hand-guard and iron-sights from a FN LAR, and the charging-handle from a DSArms SA58)

Anime

FN FALO

FALO with bipod - 7.62x51mm NATO
L2A1 with 30-round magazine - 7.62x51mm NATO

Films

Title Actor Character Note Date
An Ungentlemanly Act Argentinian Naval Commandos With & without AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope 1992


IMI Romat

Israeli FAL "Romat" with Wooden Furniture - 7.62x51mm NATO

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

British 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.
Canadian 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 C1A1
Australian L1A1 with rounded vent hole handguards - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

  • Soldiers of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment in The Bank Job (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)
  • British soldiers in Help! (1965)

Television

  • NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Police Rescue (1991)
  • NSW Police State Protection Group officers in Water Rats (1996 to 2001)
  • Corrupt policeman Kevin Hales in Ashes to Ashes Series 2 Episode 1 (2009)

Video Games

1A1 SLR

Film


IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL

Imbel M964 A1 ParaFAL - 7.62x51mm NATO

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


IMBEL MD-2

Imbel MD-2 - 5.56x45mm.
Imbel MD-3 - 5.56x45mm.

Video Games


IMBEL MD-97

Imbel MD 97 - 5.56x45mm
Imbel MD 97 LC - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Elite Squad 2 BOPE officers 2010

Video Games


IMBEL IA2

Imbel IA2 Rifle with magazine removed - 5.56x45mm

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Elite Squad 2 Wagner Moura Colonel Nascimento Carbine version 2010


DSA SA58 OSW

DSArms SA58 OSW Carbine - 7.62x51mm NATO
DSArms SA58 OSW Carbine with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

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.
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