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The FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de St-Étienne, Assault Rifle by St-Étienne Arms Factory) is an assault rifle in bullpup configuration designed and manufactured in France by the Saint Étienne arms factory, which is a member of the French government-owned GIAT Industries complex. It is the service rifle of the French military. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2334x798, 232 KB) FAMAS Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux This picture was improved by the Wikigraphists of the Atelier graphique. ...
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GIAT Industries (formerly known as Groupement des Industries de lArmée de Terre, Armys Industries Group) is a French government-owned weapon manufacturer. ...
The service rifle (also known as standard-issue rifle) of a given army or force is that which it issues as standard to its soldiers. ...
The Military of France has a long history of serving its country. ...
Development and Production
Development began in 1967 under the direction of Paul Tellie and the first FA-MAS prototype was completed in 1971. French military evaluation of the rifle began in 1972. The French military finally accepted the rifle in 1978 as the standard French combat weapon.
After adoption, the FA-MAS (designated FA-MAS F1) effectively replaced the aging MAS-49. Production of the rifle was set into full swing soon afterwards. Approximately 400,000 FA-MAS F1 assault rifles were produced after which GIAT Industries replaced the FAMAS F1 with the FA-MAS G1. The G1 included several minor improvements such as redesigned grips and an enlarged trigger guard. The G1 proved to be an intermediate design, however, as it was soon replaced by the FA-MAS G2. The G2 appeared in 1994, and was purchased and adopted by the French Navy in 1995. As of late 2006 however, the French Army has stuck with the F1, not planning to switch to the G2 and waiting for the FELIN version. The MAS 49 is a French designed semiautomatic rifle that was intended to replace the motley collection of aging French bolt-action rifles and captured German rifles after the end of WWII. The MAS (which stands for Manufacture dArmes St. ...
Design The FAMAS assault rifle is of bullpup configuration and allows for ambidextrous usage. The ammunition is stored in a magazine behind the trigger and the receiver is housed in strong plastic. The rifle uses Lever-Delayed Blowback action, a system developed by Hungarian designer Pál Király. Fire rate is controlled by the selector just forward of the trigger. The selector has three settings: safe, single shot, and fully automatic fire. Another selector allowing for a three-shot burst of fire (rafale) is located under the housing and behind the magazine. Steyr AUG is one of the most successful bullpup rifles Bullpup is a firearm configuration in which the action (or mechanism) and magazine are located behind the trigger. ...
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The FAMAS F1 and G1, the original variants, weigh 4.2 kilograms and were designed to use French-made 25-rounds magazines with the 5.56 x 45 mm NATO cartridge. These magazines were incompatible with standard NATO weaponry, but the FAMAS G2 uses the STANAG magazine as used by most other NATO rifles, including the M16 and SA80. The FAMAS G2 weighs 3.8 kilograms. The G2 has a full length handguard to allow easy use with gloves. U.S. Military 5. ...
The FAMAS is the standard assault rifle of the French military. ...
STANAG is the NATO abbreviation for Standardization Agreement, which set up processes, procedures, terms and conditions for common military or technical procedures between the member countries of the alliance. ...
A 30-round STANAG magazine. ...
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L85A1 in use by C Company, 1 STAFFS, in a live firing exercise, during Operation GRANBY, 6 January 1991 As above SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a family of related arms that include the British Armed Forcess standard combat rifle. ...
Another notable feature of the FAMAS is the interesting inclusion in all models of the rifle of an attached bipod located on the upper body of the rifle (and visible in the photographs), significantly improving the accuracy and target acquisition of the operator over other, similar, rifles unequipped with this feature.
Service The FAMAS saw service in 1991 in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm and in other various peacekeeping missions afterwards. French troops found the weapon to be reliable and trustworthy under combat conditions. The FAMAS was affectionately known as clairon ("bugle", because of its shape) amongst French troops in the late 70s-early 80s, but this practice is no longer current. An improved version of the FAMAS is integrated in the Félin system. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1200, 652 KB) Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: FAMAS ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1200, 652 KB) Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: FAMAS ...
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Senegal and the United Arab Emirates had received a small amount of FAMAS rifles (possibly F1) from France, though it was unknown when they had received them. Djibouti also uses this weapon in its military as the standard arm for footsoldiers.
The rifle (G2) was known to be exported to the Philippines, where it saw service with the Special Action Force and certain army units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Special Action Force is the primary special forces unit of the Philippine National Police. ...
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Other images FAMAS F1 with aimpoint (called Famas infanterie) FAMAS rifle Copyright © SIRPA (French defense ministry press services) original page This work is copyrighted. ...
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