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FN FAL

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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
Varg Veum, begravde hunder(buried dogs) Gangster 2008
The Kingdom Saudi police officers 2007
The Wild Geese Richard Burton Col. Allen Faulkner 1978
The Wild Geese Mercenaries 1978

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ultimate Force Columbian soldier With telescopic sight and FN FAL flash-hider 2006
The Unit Dennis Haysbert CSM Jonas Blane 2006 - 2009



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 Book of Eli Ray Stevenson Redridge Paratrooper model 2010
District 9 Mercenaries 50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope 2009
Che Part Two: Guerrilla Guerrilla "G"-Series FAL 2009
Che Part One: Argentine Vladimir Cruz Ramiro "G"-Series FAL 2009
The Bodyguard 2 Mercenary With scope 2007
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) BOPE officers Imbel M964 model 2007
Babel Moroccan Police 2006
Catch a Fire South African Police 2006
The Aura Security guard 2005
Blessed by Fire Pablo Riva Pvt. Vargas 2005
Gastón Pauls Pvt. Leguizamón
Argentinian soldiers
The Lost City Cuban soldiers 2005
Hotel Rwanda Belgian paratroopers 50.63 Paratrooper 2004
Tears of the Sun Nigerian soldiers Seen only in archival footage 2003
Stander South African Police 2003
A Man Apart Mercenaries 50.63 Paratrooper 2003
The Replacement Killers Danny Trejo Collins 50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight 1998
Michael Rooker Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov 50.61 Paratrooper
The Postman Holnist soldier With M203 grenade launcher 1997
Escape from L.A. United States Police Force guards With Cobray 37mm launchers 1996
Romeo + Juliet Verona Beach SWAT officer 1996
Heat Tom Sizemore Michael Cheritto 50.61 Paratrooper 1995
Congo Ernie Hudson Cpt. Munro Kelly 50.61 Paratrooper 1995
Street Fighter AN soldier 1994
Rapid Fire Powers Boothe Mace Ryan . 1992
The Last Boy Scout Taylor Negron Milo 50.63 Paratrooper 1991
Red Scorpion Dolph Lundgren Nikolai Rachenko Mocked up as AO-63 1989
Carmen Argenziano Colonel Zayas
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
Nicaraguan soldiers 50.50 & 50.63 models
FSLN rebels 50.50 & 50.63 models
The Gods Must Be Crazy Soldiers 1980
Police
The Man on the Roof Ingvar Hirdwall Gunman Mocked up as M1941 Johnson machine gun 1976
When Eight Bells Toll Anthony Hopkins Philip Calvert With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake 1971
Hijacker With L1A1 muzzle brake

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Angel in Green 1987
Tumbledown Argentine soldiers 1988
Route 9 1998
Ultimate Force Columbian soldiers 2006
Strike Back Richard Armitage John Porter 2010-Present

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

Title Character Note Date
Spriggan ARCAM Soldier 1998
Flag 2006
Golgo 13 A Mercenary 2008 - 2009

FN FALO

FALO with bipod - 7.62x51mm NATO
C2A1 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
Power Play Soldiers Canadian C2A1 variant 1978

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action "NF-FAL" partial desert-camo finish C2A1 with 30-round magazine 2012


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

Title Actor Character Note Date
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie Fitted with FN LAR flash-hider 2002 - 2006
Matthew Earley Guggenheim
Simon Kassianides Juan


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

Title Actor Character Note Date
Killer Elite SAS troopers 2011
Inception Tohoru Masamune Japanese guard C1A1 with wooden handguard 2010
The Bank Job Trinidad & Tobago Regiment soldiers 2008
Max Payne Thug With black handguards 2008
Hot Fuzz Simon Pegg Sgt. Nicholas Angel With wooden handguards 2007
Sahara Steve Zahn Al Giordano With scope 2005
Lord of War Liberian soldiers 2005
Tears of the Sun Cameroonian border guard 2003
Without a Paddle Abraham Benrubi Dennis 2003
Reign of Fire Gerard Butler Creedy 2002
Bloody Sunday British soldiers With wooden handguards 2002
Hulk guerrillas 2002
Spy Game Lebanese fighters With scope 2001
Rules of Engagement Yemeni sniper With scope 2000
Outbreak Mercenaries 1994
Clear and Present Danger Colombian mercenaries 1994
Blown Away British soldiers 1994
In the Name of the Father British soldiers 1993
An Ungentlemanly Act British Royal Marines and Falkland Islands Defence Force 1992
The Fourth Protocol SAS operatives 1987
Maximum Overdrive Frankie Faison Handy 1986
My Lucky Stars British soldiers 1985
Threads British soldiers 1984
Escape 2000 Gus Mercurio Red With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel 1982
Bill Young Griff
An American Werewolf in London British Police Tactical Response Unit 1981
The Dogs of War Zangaran soldiers Australian model 1981
The Odd Angry Shot SASR troopers Australian model 1979
Power Play Soldiers C1A1 variant 1978
The Wild Geese Mercenaries 1978
Deathcheaters Australian model 1976
No Blade Of Grass Nigel Davenport John Custance 1970
Soldiers
Dark of the Sun Congolese soldiers 1968
The War Game British soldiers 1965
Help! British soldiers 1965
Dr. No Guard 1962

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Note Air Date
Police Rescue NSW Officers 1991
Water Rats NSW Officers 1996 - 2001
Ultimate Force Columbian Soldiers & Rebels 2006
Ashes to Ashes Kevin Hales 2009
Falling Skies A resistance fighter 2011

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Global Operations "FAL" 2002
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice‎ 2006
Operation 7 2006
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
vietcong 2 2005

Anime

Film/Series Title Character Notation Date
Upotte!! Funco's elder sister Faru 2012

Ishapore 1A1 SLR

Ishapore 1A1 SLR - 7.62x51mm

The Ishapore 1A1 SLR is the domestically produced Indian variant of the FAL rifle. It is not however a licensed copy, but is instead reverse engineered from the commonwealth inch pattern rifles. However, the Indian designers of the weapon made alterations to the design resulting in a mix between a metric and inch pattern rifle without the parts compatibility of other FAL variants and copies.

Film


IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL

The IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL is a updated version of the Imbel M964 (a copy of the FN FAL 50.00) featuring a shorter barrel and light-weight polymer parts instead of the traditional aluminum. Available as either a parts kit or as a completely new weapon, the ParaFAL is currently used by many Brazilian police and military units.

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

The IMBEL MD-2 is a variant of the M964 that is chambered in 5.56x45mm.

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

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Boiling Point: Road to Hell "Combat Rifle" 2005


IMBEL MD-97

The IMBEL MD-97 is an updated version of the IMBEL MD-2 that is used in limited numbers by the Brazilian military and police forces.

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

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Elite Squad 2 BOPE officers 2010

Video Game

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010


IMBEL IA2

The IMBEL IA2 is an updated version of the Imbel MD-97 with new polymer furniture.

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
Sinners and Saints Bas Rutten Dekker with Eotech holosight and Sure Fire M900A Vertical Foregrip WeaponLight 2010
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

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Rainbow Six: Lockdown 2005
Operation 7 2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms As the "SA58 Para" With FAL magazine and barrel 2007
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs FDO-11 w/ custom cheek rest 2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier SA58 OSW w/ various attachments 2012


See Also

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