L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle
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The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle. The L1A1 was produced under licence and adopted by the armed forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Rhodesia and Singapore.
A British L1A1 SLR
A British L1A1 field stripped
Australian soldier with an L1A1, near the fighting zone of Operation Crimp, Vietnam
A sentry with an L2A1 at Bien Hoa Air Base, 1965
FN FAL
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The FN FAL is a battle rifle designed in Belgium in 1953 by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal.
A standard FAL (50.00 model) produced by FN
StG-58 with DSA Type I receiver
A British Army patrol crossing a stream during the Mau Mau rebellion, the front soldier carrying an X8E1 (Belgian-made 7.62mm FN FAL)
Dutch Marine with FN FAL fitted with a rifle grenade.