Editing FN FAL (section)

=== Brazil ===
Along with the IA2, MD-2 and MD-3 assault rifles, Brazil produces the M964A1/Pelopes (Special Operations Platoon), with a 16.5" barrel, 3-point sling and a [[Picatinny rail]] with a [[tactical flashlight]] and sight.<ref>BASTOS, Carlos Stephani. [http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/fts/FAL.pdf FAL M964A1/Pelopes 7,62: Aproveitando melhor o que se tem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151728/http://www.ecsbdefesa.com.br/defesa/fts/FAL.pdf |date=2016-10-12 }} (in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]). [[Federal University of Juiz de Fora]].</ref>

The Brazilian Army officially used the FAP (''Fuzil Automático Pesado'', or heavy automatic rifle) as its squad automatic weapon until 2013/2014, when the [[FN Minimi]] was adopted to replace it. The Marine Corps and Air Force also adopted the Minimi to replace the FAP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.defesanet.com.br/armas/noticia/12737/FN-MINIMI-%E2%80%93-EB-aposenta-o-FAP-e-adota-a--FN-Mini-Mitrailleuse/|title=FN MINIMI – EB aposenta o FAP e adota a FN Mini Mitrailleuse|date=2013-10-20|access-date=2016-10-11|via=DefesaNet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225501/http://www.defesanet.com.br/armas/noticia/12737/FN-MINIMI-%E2%80%93-EB-aposenta-o-FAP-e-adota-a--FN-Mini-Mitrailleuse/|archive-date=2016-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Transposição do Rio Santa Maria - RS (9919223523).jpg|thumb|[[Brazilian Army]] conscripts using the FAL in [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul|Santa Maria]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]].]]

IMBEL also produced a semi-automatic version of the FAL for [[Springfield Armory, Inc.]] (not to be confused with the [[Springfield Armory|US military Springfield Armory]]), which was marketed in the US as the SAR-48 (standard model)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/full-auto-fal-the-select-fire-springfield-sar-48/ | title=Full-Auto FAL: The Select-Fire Springfield SAR-48 | date=30 December 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514034816/https://www.thearmorylife.com/full-auto-fal-the-select-fire-springfield-sar-48/|archive-date=May 14, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2530 | title=The FN-FAL Rifle | date=December 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922153650/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2530|archive-date=September 22, 2021 }}</ref> and SAR-4800 (made after 1989 with some military features removed to comply with new legislation), starting in the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/springfields-sar-4800-fal-in-5-56mm/ | title=Springfield's SAR-4800 FAL…in 5.56mm | date=20 November 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202155246/https://www.forgottenweapons.com/springfields-sar-4800-fal-in-5-56mm/|archive-date=December 2, 2022 }}</ref> IMBEL-made receivers have been much in demand among American gunsmiths building FALs from "parts kits".

IMBEL in 2014 offered the FAL in 9 versions:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imbel.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=31&lang=en|title=Fuzil 7,62 M964 (FAL)|author=Administrator|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151503/http://www.imbel.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=31&lang=en|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

* M964, the standard length semi-auto and full auto.
* M964 MD1, short barrel semi-auto and full auto.
* M964 MD2, standard length semi-auto only.
* M964 MD3, short barrel semi-auto only.
* M964A1, folding stock standard barrel semi-auto and full auto.
* M964A1 MD1, folding stock short barrel semi-auto and full auto.
* M964A1 MD2, folding stock standard barrel semi-auto only.
* M964A1 MD3, folding stock short barrel semi-auto only.
* M964A1/Pelopes, short barrel semi-auto and full auto with Picatinny rail.