FN-FAL

NOTE: This article is about FN-FALs featured in the main ARMA games. For its AFMC/FIA counterpart in ArmA 3's CSLA Iron Curtain Creator DLC, see FAL (CSLA).

The FN FAL is a 7.62 mm battle rifle featured in both ArmA: Cold War Assault and ArmA 2.

ArmA: Cold War Assault[]

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The FAL (Short for Fusil Automatique Léger, meaning "Light Automatic Rifle") is a battle rifle that was developed at FN Herstal. It is chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO.

Weapon Description

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The FN-FAL is used by the FIA as well as by their Nogovan Partisan predecessors in ArmA: Cold War Assault.

Overview[]

The FN-FAL is a gas operated, selective fire battle rifle with a tilting breechblock that is chambered to fire the 7.62×51 mm NATO cartridge.

It can only load 20-round box magazines^{[CWACfgW 6]}, and can attain a fire rate of either 600 rounds per minute^{[CWACfgW 7]}^{[Formula 1]} on semi-auto or up to ~ 857 RPM^{[CWACfgW 8]}^{[Formula 2]} on full auto with a muzzle velocity of 900 m/s.^{[CWACfgW 9]}

Obtained from covert American arms shipments during the Soviet occupation of Nogova, the FAL is one of the two battle rifles that are exclusively utilised by the Nogovan Partisans and their counterparts on Everon. It has mediocre stopping power compared to assault rifles like the AUG A1 but still has decent range thanks to its usage of the 7.62 mm NATO round.

Due to being a battle rifle, it suffers from fairly high recoil but this can be slightly mitigated by firing on semi-auto. It should also be noted that although it is chambered to fire the same round as the G3A4, the FAL is unable to share magazines with the latter (and vice versa).

Ironsights[]

The FN-FAL's ironsights are set to a fixed zeroing of 300 metres.^{[CWACfgW 10]}^{[CWACfgW 11]} It is not possible to change this to a different setting.

Ammunition[]

Ammo parameter	7.62 mm NATO (Ball)
Base damage value	7^{[CWACfgA 1]}
Spill damage value	1^{[CWACfgA 2]}
Muzzle velocity (m/s)	900^{[CWACfgW 9]}

The FN-FAL only supports one magazine type.^{[CWACfgW 6]} It occupies one^{[CWACfgW 12]} inventory slot:

FN-FAL Mag.[]

20-round box magazine loaded with 7.62 mm NATO ammunition.^{[CWACfgW 13]}

The bullets have a spill radius of 0.05 metres upon impact.^{[CWACfgA 3]}

Trivia[]

The FAL was not actually included as part of the default set of weapons that could be used in Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (the initial release name of Cold War Assault). It was only added with the Resistance expansion pack.^[1]

Gallery[]

ArmA 2[]

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The Fusil Automatique Léger (Light Automatic Rifle) or FAL is a self-loading, selective fire rifle produced in the Belgium. During the Cold War it was adopted by many NATO countries, with the notable exception of the United States.
Because of its prevalence and widespread use among the armed forces of many Western and other non-Communist countries during the Cold War it was nicknamed "the right arm of the Free World".

Armoury Description

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The FN FAL is used by several REDFOR and INDFOR factions in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack.