The Vektor R4 is a South African 5.56×45mm assault rifle. [8] It entered service as the standard service rifle of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1980. [1] In South African service, …

The FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal and others since …

2022年8月22日 · In the wake of the rise of the Soviet Union’s AK-47 and the USA’s litany of rifles during the Cold War, South Africa needed a modern automatic service rifle. After trialling …

2013年10月30日 · A Long and Useful Life: The introduction of the ‘FN’ (as it was simply known in those days) into the South African Defence Force meant the phasing out of the .303 No4Mk1/2 …

2019年2月4日 · The firing action remained the widely accepted gas-operated, tilting breachblock system and the R1 fired from a 20-round straight detachable box magazine as in the FN FAL. …

2015年6月11日 · Until losing all outside support in 1974, Rhodesia was flooded with Portuguese-built G3 rifles and R1s, the South African version of the FAL. The Bush War saw these rifles …

2010年1月21日 · Called a battle rifle rather than a true assault rifle by some in the small arms field, the FN FAL used the high-powered ammunition of World War Two bolt-action weapons …

2012年2月15日 · Pretty sure we are all know that the South African Police use the folding stock FAL even up until today as evidenced by recent videos. One of our members uses one today. …

2018年1月5日 · This rifle is one of the latter, with the South African crest and proof marks defaced for some theoretical deniability should it be scrutinized. Larry Vickers will talk us through this …

The South African R1 series of rifles are based on the FabriqueNationale de Herstal (FN) Fusil Automatique Léger (light automatic rifle) or FAL. Formally introduced by its designer …