Editing FN FAL (section)

=== Sturmgewehr 58 ===
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = ''Sturmgewehr'' 58
| image              = STG-58.jpg
| image_size         = 300
| caption            = StG-58 with DSA Type I receiver
| origin             = Belgium and Austria
| type               = [[Battle rifle]]
<!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged          = Yes
<!-- Service history -->| service            = 1958–1985
| used_by            = Austria<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2236|title=The StG58: Austria's Select Fire FAL|website=www.smallarmsreview.com|access-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001717/https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2236|archive-date=2019-02-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
| wars               = <!-- Production history -->
| designer           = [[Dieudonné Saive]]
| design_date        = 1956
| manufacturer       = [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal]] and [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch]]
| unit_cost          = 
| production_date    = 
| number             = 
| variants           = <!-- General specifications -->
| weight             = {{convert|4.45|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}} to {{convert|5.15|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}}
| length             = {{convert|1100|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|1}}
| height             = 
| width              = 
| diameter           = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
| cartridge          = [[7.62×51mm NATO]]
| action             = [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], tilting breechblock
| velocity           = {{convert|823|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}
| range              = {{convert|800|m|yd|abbr=on}}
| feed               = 20-round detachable [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]
| sights             = [[Iron sight]]s
}}

The '''''Sturmgewehr'' 58''' (''StG'' 58) is a [[selective fire]] battle rifle. The first 20,000 were manufactured by FN Herstal Belgium, but later the StG 58 was manufactured under licence by [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch]] (now [[Steyr Mannlicher]]), and was formerly the standard rifle of the [[Austrian Armed Forces|''Österreichisches Bundesheer'']] (Austrian Federal Army). It is essentially a user-customized version of the FAL and is still in use, mainly as a drill weapon, or for ceremonial purposes in the ''[[Gardebataillon]]'' (Guard Battalion) of the Austrian forces.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} It was selected in a 1958 competition, beating the Spanish [[CETME]] and American [[Armalite AR-10]].

Most StG 58s featured a folding bipod, and differ from the FAL by using a plastic [[stock (firearms)|stock]] rather than wood in order to reduce weight in the later production rifles (although some of the early FN-built production rifles did come with wooden stocks). The rifle can be distinguished from its Belgian and Argentine counterparts by its combination [[flash suppressor]] and [[grenade launcher]]. The foregrip was a two-part steel pressing.

Steyr-built StG 58s had a hammer forged barrel. Some StG 58s had modifications made to the fire mode selector so that the fully automatic option was removed, leaving the selector with only safe and single-shot positions. The StG 58 was replaced by the [[Steyr AUG]] (designated StG 77) in 1977, although the StG 58 served with many units as the primary service rifle through the mid-1980s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}