FN FAL

The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger) was designed by Dieudonné Saive and Ernest Vervier from 1947 to 1951. It is also called the FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle), the English translation of its Belgian French name. 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). The early FAL prototypes were chambered in intermediate cartridges like 7.92x33mm and .280 British, in an attempt to create an assault rifle along the lines of the German Sturmgewehr 44, but after 7.62x51mm NATO was adopted as the standard NATO rifle cartridge, the FAL design was altered to accommodate the more powerful round.
==Specifications==
(1953 - Present)
Type: Battle Rifle, Assault Rifle
Caliber: 7.92x33mm (prototype), .280 British (prototype), 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, Brazilian IMBEL variants use )
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto; Safe/Semi-Auto on inch-pattern FALs.
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==FN FAL==
 
thumb|right|500px|FN FAL 50.63 - 7.62x51mm NATO 
Variants of the standard FN FAL:
*50.00: Standard version. Licensed clones of the 50.00 are made by IMBEL of Brazil as the IMBEL LAR, and by DGFM of Argentina as the FALM IV (Fusil Automatico Liviano Modelo IV).
*50.61: Paratrooper version with folding stock and standard 533 mm (21.0 in) barrel.
*50.62: Paratrooper version with folding stock, short 458 mm (18.03 inch) barrel, and folding charging handle.
*50.63: Paratrooper version with folding stock, shorter 436 mm (17.16 in) barrel, and folding charging handle.
*50.64: Paratrooper version with folding stock, standard 533 mm (21.0 in) barrel, hiduminium alloy lower receiver, and folding charging handle similar to the L1A1.
*G Series: A series of 1,836 semi-automatic FAL rifles imported into the United States by Browning Arms Company from FN between 1959 and 1963. They had a selector that could not be moved to the fully automatic position, and did not have the automatic sear. Changes with ATF standards meant that these import FAL rifles, previously considered to be not machine guns, are now machine guns and will be subject to the NFA. The rifles already imported into United States remain legal and are exempt from the NFA. G-series rifles are identical to early FN production guns and are not modified for importation.
*StG 58: The Sturmgewehr 58 is the former standard infantry rifle of the Austrian Armed Forces. The StG 58 featured a unique hybrid flash hider/grenade launcher muzzle device, and also featured a bipod and a ribbed metal handguard.
*G1: The G1 is a variant adopted for a relatively short period by West Germany. It features a bipod and ribbed metal handguard like the StG 58, but has its own muzzle device.
*T48: A version of the FN FAL trialed by the United States in the mid-1950s, but was not adopted; the M14 was adopted over the T48.
Note that FN LAR is simply a foreign English market name for the FN FAL. There is no actual difference between the FN LAR and FN FAL.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Arabesque 	John Merivale 	Maj. Sylvester Pennington Sloane 	 	1966
Arabesque 	 	British Royal Guard 	 	1966
Grand Slam (Ad ogni costo) 	 	Brazilian military police 	Imbel M964 	1967
When Eight Bells Toll 	Anthony Hopkins 	Philip Calvert 	With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake 	1971
When Eight Bells Toll 	 	Hijacker 	With L1A1 muzzle brake 	1971
The Last Grenade 	Andrew Keir 	Gordon Mackenzie 	 	1970
The Last Grenade 	Julian Glover 	Andy Royal 	 	1970
The Last Grenade 	John Thaw 	Terry Mitchell 	 	1970
The Man on the Roof 	Ingvar Hirdwall 	Gunman 	Mocked up as M1941 Johnson machine gun 	1976
Lucio Flavio 	Ivan Almeida 	Liece de Paula 	Paratrooper model with stock removed, fitted with an extended magazine	1977
The Wild Geese 	Richard Burton 	Col. Allen Faulkner 	G1/StG 58 foreend 	1978
The Wild Geese 	 	Mercenaries 	G1/StG 58 foreend 	1978
The Gods Must Be Crazy 	 	Soldiers 	 	1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy 	 	Police 	 	1980
Operation Leopard (La légion saute sur Kolwezi)	 	Belgian paratroopers and Katanga fighters	 	1980
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
Green Ice 	 	Colombian soldiers and maritime patrols 	 	1981
Octopussy 	 	South American soldiers 	 	1983
Octopussy 	 	Brittish Embassy guards 	 	1983
Octopussy 	 	Kamal Khan's guards 	 	1983
Scarface 	 	Hitman 	 	1983
Red Dawn 	 	Cuban & Nicaraguan soldiers 	 	1984
Romancing the Stone 	 	Henchman 	 	1984
The Boys of War 	 	Argentinian and British soldiers 	 	1984
Wheels of Fire 	 	Scourge's Men 	 	1985
Latino 	 	Contras soldier 	 	1985
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning 	 	 	 	1985
Firewalker 	 	Brigands, San Miguel soldiers, guerillas 	50.00 	1986
Rage of Honor 	 	Various henchmen 	FAL PARA 	1987
Tumbledown 	 	Argentine marine 	FAL PARA 	1988
River of Death 	Michael Dudikoff	John Hamilton 	Also fires a rifle grenade 	1989
River of Death 	Donald Pleasence	Heinrich Spaatz 	 	1989
The Handmaid's Tale 	 	Gilead's soldiers 	50.63 Paratrooper 	1990
The Last Boy Scout 	Taylor Negron 	Milo 	50.63 Paratrooper 	1991
Rapid Fire 	Powers Boothe 	Mace Ryan 	 	1992
An Ungentlemanly Act 	 	Argentinian soldiers 	 	1992
Street Fighter 	 	AN soldier 	 	1994
Beyond Rangoon 	 	Burmese soldiers and policemen 	 	1995
Congo 	Ernie Hudson 	Cpt. Munro Kelly 	50.61 Paratrooper 	1995
Heat 	Tom Sizemore 	Michael Cheritto 	50.61 Paratrooper 	1995
Romeo + Juliet 	 	Verona Beach SWAT officer 	 	1996
Escape from L.A. 	 	United States Police Force guards 	With Cobray 37mm launchers 	1996
The Postman 	 	Holnist soldier 	With M203 grenade launcher 	1997
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
A Man Apart 	 	Mercenaries 	50.63 Paratrooper 	2003
Stander 	 	South African Police 	 	2003
Tears of the Sun 	 	Nigerian soldiers 	Seen only in archival footage 	2003
Hotel Rwanda 	 	Belgian paratroopers 	50.63 Paratrooper 	2004
The Snake King 	Stephen Baldwin 	Matt Ford 	 	2005
The Snake King 	Larry Day 	Dr. Rick Gordon 	 	2005
The Snake King 	Gary Hudson 	Dr. John Simon 	 	2005
The Snake King 	Caco Monteiro 	Will Bahia 	 	2005
The Snake King 	Ross McCall 	Timothy 	 	2005
The Snake King 	Jorge Tarquini 	Jonathan Rodgers 	 	2005
The Snake King 	 	soldiers 	 	2005
The Lost City 	 	Cuban soldiers 	 	2005
Blessed by Fire 	Pablo Riva 	Pvt. Vargas 	 	2005
Blessed by Fire 	Gastón Pauls 	Pvt. Leguizamón 	 	2005
Blessed by Fire 	 	Argentinian soldiers 	 	2005
The Aura 	 	Security guard 	 	2005
Catch a Fire 	 	South African Police 	 	2006
Babel 	 	Moroccan Police 	 	2006
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) 	 	BOPE officers 	Imbel M964 model 	2007
The Bodyguard 2 	 	Mercenary 	With scope 	2007
The Hunting Party 	 	Somali militia member 	"G"-Series 	2007
The Kingdom 	 	Saudi police officers 	 	2007
Pulse 2: Afterlife 	Jamie Bamber 	Stephen 	18" barrel, folding stock 	2008
Pulse 2: Afterlife 	Robin McGee 	Hutch 	18" barrel, folding stock 	2008
Pulse 2: Afterlife 	uncredited 	Road Guard 	18" barrel, folding stock 	2008
Che Part One: Argentine 	Vladimir Cruz 	Ramiro 	"G"-Series 	2009
Che Part Two: Guerrilla 	 	Guerrilla 	"G"-Series 	2009
District 9 	 	Mercenaries 	50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope 	2009
The Book of Eli 	Ray Stevenson 	Redridge 	Paratrooper model 	2010
Kill Zombie! 	 	Dutch reserve soldiers 	G1/StG 58 foreend, wooden buttstock 	2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies 	 	 	G Series model. 	2012
Colonia 	 	Chilean soldiers 	 	2015
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 	 	Libyan militia member 	 	2016
The Siege of Jadotville 	Jamie Dornan 	Commander Patrick Quinlan 	 	2016
The Siege of Jadotville 	Jason O'Mara 	Sgt. Prendergast 	 	2016
Daylight's End 	 	Survivors 	G1/StG 58 foreend 	2016
All the Money in the World 	 	Italian Carabinieri 	 	2017
Soldiers only know by God 	 	Argentinian soldiers 	 	2017
Black Panther 	Lupita Nyong'o 	Nakia 	"G" Series 	2018
The Suicide Squad 	 	Corto Maltese soldiers 	 	2021
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 	 	bounty hunters 	 	2023
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
The Professionals 	John Castle 	Tommy 	 	1977-1983
On Wings of Eagles 	Esai Morales 	Rashid 	 	1986
On Wings of Eagles 	Parviz Sayyad 	Magistrate Dadgar 	 	1986
On Wings of Eagles 	 	Prison guards 	 	1986
On Wings of Eagles 	 	Border Guards 	 	1986
On Wings of Eagles 	 	Revolutionaries 	 	1986
The X-Files - Season 5 	 	U.N. soldiers 	"Patient X" (S5E13) 	1998
The Pretenders (Los Simuladores) 	 	Maximo Cozetti's militia member 	DGFM FMAP, with scope; "Fuera de Calculo" (S1E07) 	2002-2004
The Pretenders (Los Simuladores) 	 	Fake soldier 	DGFM FMAP; "Z-9000" (S2E02) 	2002-2004
Zero Hour (2004) 	Lulama Masimini 	Foday Kallay 	"SAS Mission Impossible" (S3E01) 	2004-2006
Zero Hour (2004) 	 	West Side Boys members 	"SAS Mission Impossible" (S3E01) 	2004-2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Colombian soldiers 	 	2006
Ultimate Force 	 	Colombian soldier 	G1/StG 58 foreend, with telescopic sight and no flash hider	2006
The Unit 	Dennis Haysbert 	CSM Jonas Blane 	G1/StG 58 foreend 	2006 - 2009
Strike Back 	Richard Armitage 	John Porter 	 	2010-Present
The Walking Dead - Season 3 	Jose Pablo Cantillo	Caesar Martinez 	w/ELCAN scope; "Home" (S3E10) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3 	Keith Barnett 	Woodbury soldier 	w/ELCAN scope; "Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3 	Joseph Setticase 	Woodbury soldier 	"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 3 	Can Trember 	Woodbury soldier 	"Welcome to the Tombs" (S3E16) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 	Enver Gjokaj 	Pete Dolgen 	"Dead Weight" (S4E07) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 4 	Uncredited 	Martinez's camp survivor 	"Too Far Gone" (S4E08) 	2013
The Walking Dead - Season 6 	Corey Hawkins 	Heath 	"Not Tomorrow Yet" (S6E12) 	2016
The Walking Dead - Season 6 	Joseph Hardin 	Savior 	"Last Day on Earth" (S6E16) 	2016
The Walking Dead: World Beyond - Season 2	 	 	50.63; "The Last Light" (S2E10) 	2021
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1 	 	Power of the Living movement Guerriers	"Deux Amours" (S1E05), "Coming Home" (S1E06) 	2023
Fallout - Season 1 	 	NCR fighter 	G-series; "The Beginning" (S1E08) 	2024
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 2 	Uncredited 	Power of the Living movement Guerrier 	"Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir" (S2E05) 	2024
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Fallout 2 	"FN FAL", "FN FAL HPFA"	 	FN FAL "G Series" 	1998
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear 	"7.62mm FAL AR" 	 	 	1999
Operation Flashpoint 	 	 	 	2001
Ghost Recon: Desert Siege 	"7.62mm Carbine" 	 	50.63 model 	2001-2003
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 	 	 	 	2003
Project Reality 	"FN FAL" 	 	G Series 	2005
Operation 7 	 	 	50.00, 50.61, L1A1 and several DSA models 	2006
Splinter Cell: Double Agent 	 	 	50.00 model 	2006
Cross Fire 	FAL 	 	wooden stock 	2007
Cross Fire 	FAL Custom 	 	FN FAL 50.61 with sight and M203 grenade launcher 	2007
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	50.00 and 50.63 models 	2008
Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island 	 	 	Chambered in .280 British 	2008
Far Cry 2 	"FAL Paratrooper" 	 	Not a Paratrooper model, with a 20-round magazine that holds 30 rounds 	2008
SAS Secure Tomorrow 	"FN FAL" 	 	Chambered in .280 British 	2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	"FAL Carbine" 	 	 	2008
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 	 	 	With top rail and 30-round magazine, has hand-guard and iron-sights from a G1/StG 58, and the charging-handle from a DSArms SA58	2009
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 	"FAL" 	 	50.00 model, 3-round burst 	2009
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker 	 	 	FAL Paratrooper 	2010
Uncharted: Golden Abyss 	"FAL" 	 	50.00 model, 3-round burst 	2011
Project Reality: Falklands 	 	 	50.00 model 	2012
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 	"FAL SS" 	 	50.00 model, semi-auto only 	2012
Max Payne 3 	 	 	50.00 model 	2012
Hitman: Absolution 	 	 	 	2012
State of Decay 	"FAL" 	with G1/StG 58 foreend 	added in Breakdown DLC 	2013
Tomb Raider 	"STG 58 ELITE" 	FAL 50.63 w/ RIS handguard 	DLC weapon 	2013
Payday 2 	"Falcon" 	w/ IMI Romat, Para, wooden and SA58 OSW parts 	SA58; Big Bank DLC (2014) 	2013
Grand Theft Auto Online 	"Battle Rifle" 	uses curved magazine and H&K G3 rear sights 	Added in "The Chop Shop" update in 2023 	2013
Insurgency 	"FAL" 	 	50.00 model w/ various attachments 	2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 	FN FAL 	bayonet, optic scope and Aimpoint sight 	G Series 	2014
Squad 	FN FAL 	 	StG 58 variant 	2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	"FAL" 	 	G-Series 	2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	"FAL Para" 	 	50.61 	2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	"FAL Tactical" 	Railed handguard and receiver cover 	50.00 	2016
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 	"Sustenance AR3" 	Completely new/fabricated forend, barrel, and general operating mechanism; open-bolt, belt-fed, uses caseless ammo; integrated underbarrel lemon launcher	G-Series 	2016
Insurgency Sandstorm 	"FAL" 	 	G1/StG 58 style with wood pistol grip 	2018
Call to Arms 	 	 	FN FAL 50.63 	2018
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery 	 	 	 	2018
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) 	"FAL" 	Can be fitted with paratrooper-style stock 	 	2019
Into the Radius VR 	"FN FAL" 	w/ various attachments 	50.00, wooden furniture 	
Far Cry 6 	 	 	G1/StG 58 model 	2021
Marauders (video game) 	"L1A1 Battle Rifle" 	Can be fitted with 30-round L1A1 mag, muzzle device 	"G" Series. Incorrectly chambered in ".300 Magnum", misidentified as L1A1 	2022
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA 	 	 	StG 58 / FN FAL G Series Carbine 	2022
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note 	Date
Hyper Police 	Naoko Kondo 	G1/StG 58 foreend	1997
Spriggan (1998) 	ARCAM Private Army Soldiers	 	1998
Flag 	 	 	2006
Najica Blitz Tactics	 	 	2006
Golgo 13 	Mercenary 	 	2008 - 2009
==FN FALO==
The FN FALO (standing for Fusil Automatique Lourd) was a heavy-barreled version of the FN FAL used in a squad automatic weapon role. The Model 50.41 has a synthetic stock, while 50.42 has a wooden stock. Variants of the FALO were used by Canada as the C2A1 and by Australia as the L2A1.
===Films===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Power Play 	 	Soldiers 	Canadian C2A1 variant 	1978
The Survivors 	Robin Williams	Donald Quinelle 	 	1983
An Ungentlemanly Act	 	Argentinian Naval Commandos	FN FALO with PVS-2 night vision sight	1992
Malay Regiment 	 	Communist guerillas 	L2A1 	2017
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
7.62 High Calibre 	 	 	 	2008
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action	"NF-FAL" 	partial desert-camo finish	L2A1 with 30-round magazine 	2012
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 	 	 	L2A1; added in the 1.05 "Bushranger" update	2017
==IMI Romat==
thumb|right|500px|IMI Romat - 7.62x51mm NATO 
thumb|right|500px|IMI Romat with heavy barrel and bipod - 7.62x51mm NATO 
The IMI Romat (short for Rov've Mitta'enn, or "Self-Loading Rifle") is the Israeli version of the FN FAL.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Operation Thunderbolt 	 	African soldiers 	With heavy barrel and bipod 	1977
The Beast of War 	 	Afghan Mujahideen 	 	1988
Red Scorpion 	Dolph Lundgren 	Nikolai Rachenko 	With grenade launcher 	1989
Red Scorpion 	Al White 	Kallunda Kintash 	With grenade launcher 	1989
For Sacha (Pour Sacha) 	 	Israeli troops 	With heavy barrel and bipod 	1991
Year of the Gun 	 	Italian police 	With grenade launcher 	1991
Never Say Die 	 	FBI commando 	With shortened barrel and 30-round magazine 	1994
Christmas Rush 	Richard Yearwood	Kid Blast 	With shortened barrel and converted to full auto	2002
Munich 	Eric Bana 	Avner Kaufman 	With scope 	2005
Munich 	Daniel Craig 	Steve 	With scope 	2005
All the Money in the World	 	Italian Carabinieri	 	2017
Mosul 	Mohamed Attougui	Akram 	With heavy barrel and bipod 	2019
===Television===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Ultimate Force	Ross Kemp 	SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie	Fitted with long flash-hider	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force	Matthew Earley 	Guggenheim 	Fitted with long flash-hider	2002 - 2006
Ultimate Force	Simon Kassianides	Juan 	Fitted with long flash-hider	2002 - 2006
Tyrant 	 	Ali 	Episode 2 	2014
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	"FAL" 	 	 	2015
==L1A1==
thumb|right|500px|L1A1 SLR, original model - 7.62x51mm NATO. Early version of the L1A1 had wood stocks, handguard and pistol grips, along with a cylindrical wood carry handle.
thumb|right|500px|L1A1 SLR - 7.62x51mm NATO. This is the later, typical version of the L1A1 which used black fiberglass furniture.
The L1A1, also commonly referred to as the SLR (Self Loading Rifle) is the British version of the FN FAL which also saw extensive service with other Commonwealth countries. They are commonly referred to as "inch pattern" rifles (as opposed to the FN FAL which is "metric pattern") due to the rifle being designed and tooled to imperial measurements, but they also feature a number of design changes and improvements (it is these changes in the pattern which make inch and metric parts generally non interchangeable, rather than the minuscule differences in the measurements). These differences include a larger magazine release, a different selector switch, relocated take-down lever, a folding charging handle, "sand cuts" on the bolt, skeletonized front sight wings and a larger flash hider, along with different furniture depending on the time period and country.
In Commonwealth service the SLR was often seen fitted with its distinctive SUIT (Sight Unit Infantry Trilux) tritium-illuminated 4x telescopic sight. SUITs owned by private collectors usually do not illuminate, since the tritium sources degrade after 8-12 years, and are often missing the cover for the tritium source as well.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Dr. No 	 	Guard 	 	1962
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard 	 	Pohland's henchmen, British police 	 	1963
The Mad Executioners 	 	British soldiers 	 	1963
Traitor's Gate 	 	Queen's Guard in the Tower 	With L1A3 bayonets 	1964
Help! 	 	British soldiers 	 	1965
The War Game 	 	British soldiers 	 	1965
Dark of the Sun 	 	Congolese soldiers 	 	1968
The Brain 	 	Queen's Guard soldier 	 	1969
No Blade Of Grass 	Nigel Davenport 	John Custance 	 	1970
No Blade Of Grass 	 	Soldiers 	 	1970
The Terrorists 	 	British soldiers 	 	1974
Hennessy 	 	British soldiers in Belfast 	 	1975
Deathcheaters 	 	 	Australian model 	1976
The Wild Geese 	 	Mercenaries 	 	1978
Power Play 	 	Soldiers 	C1A1 variant 	1978
The Odd Angry Shot 	 	SASR troopers 	Australian model 	1979
The Outsider 	 	British troops 	 	1980
The Outsider 	Frank Grimes 	Tony Coyle 	 	1980
The Long Good Friday 	 	RUC officers 	 	1980
The Dogs of War 	 	Zangaran soldiers 	Australian model 	1981
An American Werewolf in London 	 	British Police Tactical Response Unit	With scope 	1981
On the Pomegranate Islands (Na Granatovykh ostrovakh)	 	US soldiers 	Probably mix of L1A1 and C1A1 	1981
Dark Sun (Temné slunce) 	 	Police units 	 	1982
The Final Option 	Lewis Collins 	Captain Peter Skellen 	 	1982
The Final Option 	Bob Sherman‎ 	Captain Hagen 	 	1982
The Final Option 	Albert Fortell‎ 	Captain Freund 	 	1982
The Final Option 	 	SAS troopers 	 	1982
Escape 2000 	Gus Mercurio 	Red 	With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel	1982
Escape 2000 	Bill Young 	Griff 	With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel	1982
Thirteen at Dinner 	 	Actor portraying guards 	shortened, full auto 	1985
My Lucky Stars 	 	British soldiers 	 	1985
Maximum Overdrive 	Frankie Faison 	Handy 	 	1986
The Dragon Hunt (Okhota na drakona) 	 	Soldiers 	 	1986
Cold Steel 	Adam Ant 	Mick 	 	1987
Cold Steel 	Sy Richardson 	Rashid 	 	1987
The Fourth Protocol 	 	SAS Trooper 	With IWS night vision sight 	1987
Tumbledown 	 	Scots Guards 	 	1988
Resurrected 	 	Scots Guards 	 	1989
Marked for Death 	 	Jamaican Soldiers 	 	1990
An Ungentlemanly Act 	 	British Royal Marines 	 	1992
In the Name of the Father 	 	British soldiers 	 	1993
Blown Away 	 	British soldiers 	 	1994
Clear and Present Danger 	 	Colombian mercenaries 	 	1994
Outbreak 	 	Mercenaries 	 	1994
Rules of Engagement 	 	Yemeni sniper 	With scope 	2000
Spy Game 	 	Lebanese fighters 	With scope 	2001
Hulk 	 	guerrillas 	 	2002
Bloody Sunday 	 	British soldiers 	With wooden handguards 	2002
Reign of Fire 	Gerard Butler, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig	Creedy, Eddie Stax, Ajay 	 	2002
Warriors (Guerreros) 	 	Albanian soldier 	Australian model 	2002
Without a Paddle 	Abraham Benrubi 	Dennis 	 	2003
Tears of the Sun 	 	Cameroonian border guard 	 	2003
Lord of War 	 	Liberian soldiers 	 	2005
Sahara 	Steve Zahn 	Al Giordano 	With scope 	2005
The Battle of Long Tan 	 	Australian soldiers 	 	2006
Hot Fuzz 	Simon Pegg 	Sgt. Nicholas Angel 	With wooden handguards 	2007
The Bank Job 	 	Trinidad soldiers and police 	Australian model 	2008
Max Payne 	 	Thug 	With black handguards 	2008
Inception 	Tohoru Masamune 	Japanese guard 	C1A1 with wooden handguard 	2010
Killer Elite 	 	SAS troopers 	 	2011
'71 	Jack O'Connell 	Gary Hook 	 	2014
'71 	Jack Lowden 	Thommo 	 	2014
'71 	Sam Reid 	Lt. Armitage 	 	2014
'71 	James McArdle 	Sergeant 	 	2014
'71 	Babou Ceesay 	Corporal 	 	2014
'71 	 	British soldiers 	 	2014
Soldiers Only Known By God 	 	British soldiers 	 	2017
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan 	 	Australian soldiers 	SLR with wooden furniture 	2019
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Doctor Who 	Derek Ware 	Pvt. Wyatt 	"Inferno" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	David Simeon	Pvt. Latimer 	"Inferno" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	George Lee 	Cpl. Forbes 	"Spearhead from Space" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	Don McKillop	Bert Walker 	"The Dæmons" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	John Levene 	RSM John Benton 	"Terror of the Zygons" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	Hubert Rees 	John Stevenson 	"The Seeds of Doom" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	John Challis	Scorby 	"The Seeds of Doom" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	Ray Barron 	Sgt. Henderson 	"The Seeds of Doom" 	1963 - 1989
Doctor Who 	 	UNIT soldiers 	 	1963 - 1989
Dempsey and Makepeace 	 	Police sniper 	with Scope / "Silver Dollar" (S02E01) 	1985
Dempsey and Makepeace 	 	British soldiers 	"Extreme Prejudice" (S03E05) 	1986
Big Game (Bolshaya igra) 	 	Soldiers 	E06 	1988
Police Rescue 	 	NSW Police tactical Officers	 	1991
Bergerac 	 	 	Seen in illegal weapon store; "The Waiting Game" (S09E07)	1991
Water Rats 	 	NSW Police tactical Officers	 	1996 - 2001
Ultimate Force 	 	Columbian Soldiers & Rebels 	 	2006
Ashes to Ashes 	 	Kevin Hales 	 	2009
Falling Skies 	 	A resistance fighter 	 	2011
The Crown 	 	British Army 	episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" (S02E08) 	2017
Spy City 	 	British soldiers 	 	2020
This Time with Alan Partridge	Steve Coogan	Alan Partridge 	"SAS Alan" (S02E03) 	2021
The Last of Us - Season 1 	 	 	seen in armory; "Long Long Time" (S1E03) 	2023
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Global Operations 	"FAL" 	 	 	2002
Vietcong 2 	 	 	 	2005
Chameleon 	 	 	 	2005
Operation 7 	 	 	 	2006
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat	 	 	 	2007
7.62 High Calibre 	 	w/ various attachments	 	2008
Project Reality: Falklands 	 	 	w/ L2A2 SUIT 4x scope 	2012
Insurgency 	 	w/ various attachments	 	2014
Rainbow Six Siege 	CAMRS 	 	added in Operation Black Ice	2015
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 	 	optional bayonet 	 	2017
Military Conflict: Vietnam 	 	 	L1A1 / L2A1 	2022
===Anime===
Film/Series Title 	Character	Notation 	Date
Najica Blitz Tactics	Ai Irie 	 	2001
Upotte!! 	Fal 	L1A1 (British) 	2012
Upotte!! 	 	C1A1, with a reference to the FN Universal Carbine	2012
==RMC No. 2==
The RMC No. 2 is an Australian experimental bullpup variant of the L1A1.
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6	"Goblin Mk2"	 	 	2024
==Ishapore 1A1 SLR==
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===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note	Date
LOC Kargil	 	Indian Army Soldiers	 	2003
==IMBEL M964 A1 ParaFAL==
thumb|right|400px|Upgraded IMBEL M964 A1 MD-1 ParaFAL - 7.62x51mm NATO
The IMBEL M964 A1 MD-1 ParaFAL is a updated version of the IMBEL M964 (a copy of the FN FAL 50.00) with a Paratrooper stock and short barrel. It was later upgraded with light-weight aluminum parts instead of the traditional sheet steel which includes the receiver parts, the quad-rail foregrip, and a reinforced railed top-cover. It is available as either a parts kit or as a completely new weapon. The ParaFAL is currently used by many Brazilian police and military units. 
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
End of Days 	Derrick O'Connor	Thomas Aquinas 	With scope	1999
In Her Line of Fire	Mariel Hemingway	SGM. Lynn Delaney 	 	2006
In Her Line of Fire	David Keith 	Vice President Walker	 	2006
In Her Line of Fire	Jill Bennett 	Sharon Serrano 	 	2006
In Her Line of Fire	 	The rebels 	 	2006
Elite Squad 2 	Andre Ramiro 	Cpt. Andre Matias 	 	2010
Elite Squad 2 	 	BOPE officers 	 	2010
==IMBEL MD-2==
thumb|right|500px|Imbel MD-2 - 5.56x45mm
thumb|right|500px|Imbel MD-3 - 5.56x45mm
The IMBEL MD-2 is a variant of the M964 that is chambered in 5.56x45mm. 
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Boiling Point: Road to Hell	"Combat Rifle"	 	 	2005
==IMBEL MD-97==
thumb|right|500px|IMBEL MD-97 - 5.56x45mm
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. 
===Film===
Title 	Actor	Character 	Note	Date
Elite Squad 2	 	BOPE officers	 	2010
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Sniper: Ghost Warrior	 	 	 	2010
Max Payne 3 	MD-97L 	 	MD-97LC 	2012
==IMBEL IA2==
thumb|right|500px|IMBEL IA2 Prototype - 5.56x45mm. This early version features a long barrel that was replaced by short barrels in later versions. Also note the prototype stock.
thumb|right|500px|IMBEL IA2 - 5.56x45mm. This is the finalized model, featuring a polymer grip located in front of the magazine well. An optional collapsible stock is also available.
thumb|right|500px|IMBEL IA2 - 7.62x51mm
The IMBEL IA2 weapon system is an updated version of both the 5.56 MD-97 and 7.62 NATO M964 A1 MD-1 ParaFAL with new polymer furniture. Development primarily focused on the 5.56 version, though a 7.62 version was also developed in parallel. The 5.56mm IA2 has been adopted by the Brazilian Armed Forces as their new standard rifle.
The two current variants of the 5.56mm IA2 are the carbine version (Ca 5,56 IMBEL IA2) and the assault rifle version (Fz Ass 5,56 IMBEL IA2); both have the same barrel length, and differ only in that the carbine version is semi-auto only while the assault rifle version has full-auto fire. The two current variants of the 7.62mm IA2 are a long-barrel select-fire rifle (Fz Ass 7,62 IMBEL IA2) and a short-barrel, semi-auto carbine (Ca 7,62 IMBEL IA2).
A whole host of fictional photoshopped IMBEL IA2 prototype variants have circulated online, and some of them have even been modeled into video games under the mistaken assumption that they were legitimate variants. These green-tinted photographs are in fact made by the Small Arms Illustrated project, and do not exist in reality.
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Elite Squad 2	Wagner Moura	Colonel Nascimento	5.56mm carbine version	2010
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Alliance of Valiant Arms 	 	 	5.56mm; added post-release 	2007
Max Payne 3 	 	 	7.62mm, sniper rifle configuration 	2012
Call of Duty: Ghosts 	IA-2 	 	7.62mm, sniper rifle configuration. Semi-automatic only (with an incorrect 3-round burst attachment), classified as a "Marksman Rifle"	2013
Warface 	"IMBEL IA2""IMBEL IA2 Assault"	 	5.56mm7.62mm 	2013
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	IA2 	 	5.56mm 	2016
Caliber 	 	 	 	2019
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 	 	 	5.56mm IMBEL IA2, IMBEL IA2 CQC 	2019
==DSA SA58==
===Video Games===
|- 
| Fortnite || "Enforcer AR" || Various optics, foregrips, alternate magazines, and muzzle devices || Added in Update v28.00 (December 3, 2023) || 2017
|}
==DSA SA58 Special Purpose Rifle==
===Video Games===
|- 
| Warface ||"DSA SA58 SPR" || || || 2013
|-
|}
==DSA SA58 Para Tactical Carbine==
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Alliance of Valiant Arms	"SA58 Para"	Optional ACOG scope	Railed handguard, added in 2010	2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Misery 	 	 	 	2018
==DSA SA58 Para Elite Compact==
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	"FAL OSW" 	 	with Ace M-4 SOCOM folding stock	2012
Call of Duty Online 	"FA7.62-L"	 	 	2013
==DSA SA58 OSW==
thumb|500px|right|DSA SA58 OSW Carbine - 7.62x51mm NATO
thumb|500px|right|DSA SA58 OSW Carbine with M68 Aimpoint red dot scope - 7.62x51mm NATO
=== Film ===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
The Hunted 	 	Black ops commando 	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 	2003
Hollywood Homicide 	 	Drive-by shooter 	 	2003
Bad Boys II 	Kiko Ellsworth 	"Blondie Dreads" 	 	2003
Bad Boys II 	 	US Marine 	 	2003
Hancock 	 	Criminal 	 	2008
Rambo 	Reynaldo A. Gallegos 	Diaz 	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope 	2008
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
Terminator Salvation 	Terry Crews 	Captain Jericho 	With Surefire Universal weaponlight 	2009
Terminator Salvation 	 	Resistance fighter 	 	2009
The Town 	Ben Affleck 	Doug MacRay 	With two magazines taped "jungle-style" 	2010
Sinners and Saints 	Bas Rutten 	Dekker 	with Eotech holosight and Sure Fire M900A Vertical Foregrip WeaponLight	2010
A Good Day to Die Hard 	Jai Courtney 	Jack McClane 	EOTech sight, tactical light and 20-round magazines 	2013
Chappie 	Brandon Auret 	Hippo 	 	2015
Captain America: Civil War 	 	Crossbones' operatives	 	2016
Kate 	Mary Elizabeth Winstead	Kate 	Aimpoint red dot sight, green laser, and suppressor 	2021
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note / Episode 	Air Date
Hawaii Five-0	Sarah Carter	Lynn Downey	"Na Kama Hele" (S6E07)	2015
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as 	Mods 	Notation 	Release Date
Rainbow Six: Lockdown 	 	 	 	2005
Operation 7 	 	 	 	2006
7.62 High Calibre 	 	w/ various attachments 	 	2008
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	SA58 OSW 	w/ various attachments 	 	2012
Splinter Cell: Blacklist 	SA58 OSW 	w/ various attachments 	 	2013
Warface 	FN FAL DSA-58 	 	 	2013
Battlefield Hardline 	SA-58 OSW 	various attachment options 	Criminal Enforcer weapon 	2015
Rainbow Six: Siege 	PARA-308 	 	added in Operation Skull Rain 	2015
Escape from Tarkov 	DS Arms SA-58 7.62x51 assault rifle	11,16 and 21" barrels, muzzle devices, pistol grips, railed dust cover, handguards, stocks, 10, 20 30 or 50-round mags, sights, flashlights and lasers	added in v0.9.0.1580 patch (2018) 	2016
Ironsight 	SA58 OSW 	 	 	2018
Far Cry 6 	"SSGP-58" 	 	with 30-round magazines; hold 40 in-game	2021
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA 	 	 	DSA SA58 OSW 	2022
==DSA SA58 Pistol==
===Anime===
Title 	Character 	Note	Date
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion	Homura Akemi	 	2013
==Diseños Casanave SC-2010==
===Video Games===
Game Title 	Appears as	Mods	Notation 	Release Date
Call of Duty: Ghosts	SC-2010 	 	based on early photoshopped image	2013
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==Vektor R1==
===Film===
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren 	Nikolai Rachenko	Mocked-up as an experimental Soviet double-barreled assault rifle	1989
Red Scorpion	Carmen Argenziano	Colonel Zayas 	Mocked-up as an experimental Soviet double-barreled assault rifle	1989
District 9 	 	Various 	Mixture of scoped and unscoped rifles 	2009
Chappie 	 	Various 	 	2009
===Television===
Show Title 	Actor	Character 	Note / Episode	Air Date
Strike Back - Season 4	 	 	 	2013
Madiba 	 	South African Police and Army personnel	 	2017
=See Also=
*Israel Military Industries - A list of all firearms manufactured by IMI.
*Denel - A list of weapons produced by Denel
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