Mysterious Short Barreled FN FAL

Posted April 20, 2010 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 22 Comments
Tags: FAL, fn, rifle, rifles, south africa

I was emailed this image taken from the 1975 movie The Wild Geese. The movie, about a band of mercenaries, was filmed in South Africa. In one scene a merc is seen using a short barreled FN FAL (or R1, as the FAL was designated in South Africa).

A number of countries fielded limited numbers of shortened FAL rifles but I have never heard of them being used South African.

Steve Johnson

I founded TFB in 2007 and over 10 years worked tirelessly, with the help of my team, to build it up into the largest gun blog online. I retired as Editor in Chief in 2017. During my decade at TFB I was fortunate to work with the most amazing talented writers and genuinely good people!