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FAL
USER’s MANUAL
LIGHT AUTOMATIC RIFLE
CAL. 7.62
mm
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I. INTRODUCTION
The FN Light Automatic Rifle, colibre 7.62 mm
NATO, usually known
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the “F. A. L.” or
“L. A. R.“, has resulted from prolonged research
and comoetitive trials made in various countries
and unde; all types of climatic conditions.
Fig.
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This rifle, which has been adopted by many
countries both within and outside NATO, was
designed and made by FN to give the user a
rifle which would combine all the essential qua-
lities needed under modern fighting conditions, to
a hitherto unequalled degree.
This booklet is neither for the armourer nor the
specialised officer:
its purpose is to familiarise
the user with a weapon which is new to him and to
put sufficient knowledge at his disposal to enable
him to use it with maximum efficiency.
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I I. CHARACTERISTICS
AND TECHNICAL DETAILS
The FN Light Automatic Rifle is an automatic
weapon, calibre 7.62 mm NATO, gas-operated and
with a breech block which is mechanically locked
before firing can take place.
Rifle
1.
Weights
a) Rifle without magazine: 4.325 kgs (ap-
prox. 9.53 Ibs)
b) Magazine (steel) empty: 250 g (8+ ots)
c) Magazine (steel) filled 20 rounds Ball
Ammn.: 730 g (1 lb 98 ozs)
d) Barrel. approx. 800 g (1 lb 12a ozs)
Measurements
a) Overall length
.
1,090 mm (approx. 40”)
b) Barrel length
.
533 mm (approx. 21N)
c) Sight radius
.
553 mm (approx. 21$“)
System of operation: gas, with regulator and
piston.
Method of feed: 20-round magazme.
Magazine housing
:
underneath the receiver.
Ejection opening
:
right side of receiver.
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Cocking handle:
left side of receiver.
8.
Chonge lever: left side of trigger frame.
9.
Sights: adjustable, bocksight graduated from
200-600 metres, scaled by 100 m.
10.
Rifling of barrel
:
4 grooves, direction-right,
pitch-l in 305 mm
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in 12”!
11.
Cyclic rote of fire: 650-700 rpm.
12.
Operational rate of fire, semi-automatic: up
to 60 rpm.
Cartridge
1.
Colibre: 7.62 mm NATO (Fig. 2).
2.
Weight of cartridge: (for ordinary ball round
“SS 77”) approx. 24 g (0.86 oz).
3.
Length of cartridge: 7 I mm (2.8”).
4.
Weight of ordinary bullet: “FN SS 77”:
9.30 g (0.33 oz).
5.
Powder charge: approx. 3 g (0.1 oz).
6.
lnitiol Velocity (VO) in the “F. A. L.“:
840 m/set (2,754 ft/sec).
7.
Muzzle Energy (EO) in the “F. A. L.“:
335 kgm (2,422 ft.lbs).
8.
Remaining Kinetic Energy at 600 metres
(656 yds): 100 kgm (723 ft.lbs).
N. 6. For further technical information and
ballistical chorocteristics, also firing tables, refer
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to FN booklet for Ammunition calibre 7.62 mm
NATO, or other handbook on thk subject.
Fig. 2
FN 7.62 mm NATO cartrldge wtth SS 77 bullet
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