Editing FN FAL (section)

== Users ==
{{See also|L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle#Users}}

[[File:FN FAL and L1A1 users worldwide.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|Map of current and former operators of the FAL and L1A1.{{Legend|#cc0000|Current operators}}{{Legend|#777777|Former operators}}]]
[[File:Indonesian Navy sailor firing shot line from KRI Sultan Hasanuddin (366) to FGS Ludwigshafen am Rhein (F264) in Mediterranean Sea, May 2020.jpg|thumb|An [[Indonesian Navy]] sailor firing shot line from the [[KRI Sultan Hasanuddin|KRI ''Sultan Hasanuddin'' (366)]], which was part of the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|UNIFIL]] Maritime Task Force, to [[German corvette Ludwigshafen am Rhein|FGS ''Ludwigshafen am Rhein'' (F264)]] in [[Mediterranean Sea]], May 2020]]
{{CSS image crop |Image = Army Ranger Wing (ARW) ACMAT VLRA 2.jpg |bSize = 600 |cWidth = 150 |cHeight = 250 |oTop = 290 |oLeft = 95 |Location = right |Description = An Irish soldier armed with a heavily upgraded FAL, used as a sniper support weapon.}}

* {{flag|Angola}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=903}}
* {{flag|Argentina}}: Produced under license. It is the regular rifle of the Argentine Armed Forces, and is used by the Army and Air Force, and as a secondary rifle in the Navy. The '''FAL M5''' modernized variant was intended to be widely fielded, though the project stalled; some of the delivered units are in use.<ref name="worldpolicy2000">{{Cite web |last1=Berrigan |first1=Frida |last2=Ciarrocca |first2=Michelle |date=November 2000 |title=Report: Profiling the Small Arms Industry |url=https://worldpolicy.org/2009/11/13/report-profiling-the-small-arms-industry-world-policy-institute-research-project/ |publisher=World Policy Institute |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105944/https://worldpolicy.org/2009/11/13/report-profiling-the-small-arms-industry-world-policy-institute-research-project/ |archive-date=2018-08-23 |url-status=live }}</ref> The modernization program was restarted and three new variants were designed, all based on components manufactured by American gunmaker DSArms.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=La necesaria modernización del FAL: Evolución del kit FAMCa y las variantes para tirador destacado. |url=https://www.zona-militar.com/2020/08/26/la-necesaria-modernizacion-del-fal-evolucion-del-kit-famca-y-las-variantes-para-tirador-destacado/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818043525/https://www.zona-militar.com/2020/08/26/la-necesaria-modernizacion-del-fal-evolucion-del-kit-famca-y-las-variantes-para-tirador-destacado/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-08-18 |access-date=2023-08-18 }}</ref> These are the '''FAMA''' (Fusil Argentino Modelo Asalto), a compact version intended mainly for paratrooper use; the '''FAMCa''' (Fusil Argentino Modelo Carabina), intended for general use; and the '''FAMTD''' (Fusil Argentino Modelo Tirador Destacado), intended for marksmen, and available in a light or heavy barrel configuration. Reportedly,<ref name=":15" /> only the FAMCa has seen significant adoption, mainly in special forces units and quick reaction forces, though sources claim delivery of rifles has stopped. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Actualidad y futuro de las miras de combate en el Ejército Argentino |url=https://www.zona-militar.com/2023/08/16/actualidad-y-futuro-de-las-miras-de-combate-en-el-ejercito-argentino/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818044223/https://www.zona-militar.com/2023/08/16/actualidad-y-futuro-de-las-miras-de-combate-en-el-ejercito-argentino/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-08-18 |access-date=2023-08-18 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Australia}}Adopted the L1A1 in 1959 as the in-service rifle and the L2A2 with a heavy barrel as a Light Automatic Support Weapon by the Australian Defence Force. Withdrawn from service following the introduction of the Steyr AUG F88.
* {{flag|Bahrain}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=903}}
* {{flag|Bangladesh}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}} Withdrawn from service. In reserve.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
* {{flag|Barbados}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}}
* {{flag|Belize}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}}
* {{flag|Bolivia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}}
* {{flag|Brazil}}: Produced under license between 1959 and 1984.<ref name="worldpolicy2000" />{{dead|date=December 2024}} Now being replaced by [[IMBEL IA2]].
* {{flag|Burundi}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=905}}
* {{flag|Cambodia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=905}}
* {{flag|Cameroon}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=905}}
* [[File:Kurdish YPG Fighter (25551205403).jpg|thumb|A [[Kurdish nationalism|Kurdish]] [[People's Protection Units|YPG]] fighter with scoped FAL, 2016.]]{{flag|Central African Republic}}<ref name ='SAS 2005'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808103917/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-08 |chapter=The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict|title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|author=Small Arms Survey|page=313|isbn=978-0-19-928085-8|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2005}}|access-date=2018-08-29|url-status=dead|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |title=Small Arms Survey 2005 |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-date=2018-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Chad}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=905}}
* {{flag|Colombia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=906}}
* {{flag|Congo-Brazzaville}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=906}}
* {{flaglist|Congo-Kinshasa}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=906}}
* {{flag|Costa Rica}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=906}}
* {{flag|Cyprus}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=906}}
* {{flag|Djibouti}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=907}}
* {{flag|Dominican Republic}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=907}}
* {{flag|Ecuador}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=907}}
* {{flag|Egypt|1972}}: FN FALs were used by [[Unit 777]] during the [[Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport|raid on Larnaca International Airport]]<ref name="Arabs2">{{cite book|title=Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars (2)|series=Men-at-Arms 128|first= Sam |last=Katz |date=24 Mar 1988|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-0-85045-800-8|page=8}}</ref>
* {{flag|Eswatini}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=915}}
* {{flag|Gambia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=908}}
* {{flag|Ghana}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=908}}
* {{flag|Guyana}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=908}}
* {{flag|Honduras}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=909}}
* {{flag|India}}: License-produced copy of the UK [[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62 mm]] [[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle|L1A1]] variant, still in use by some [[Police]] Units.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle 7.62mm 1A1|url=https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/OFT/7-62mm-1a1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223140408/https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/OFT/7-62mm-1a1|archive-date=2020-02-23|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=OFB 7.62 mm 1A1 and 1C rifles (India), Rifles|url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/OFB-7-62-mm-1A1-and-1C-rifles-India.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128022656/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/OFB-7-62-mm-1A1-and-1C-rifles-India.html|archive-date=2013-01-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Indonesia}}: Used by [[Indonesian Marine Corps|KKO]], now used aboard naval vessels for [[line thrower]]s.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 July 2021|title=Di Laut Mediterania Kri Sultan Iskandar Muda Latihan Bersama Kapal Perang Jerman|url=https://koarmada2.tnial.mil.id/2021/07/12/di-laut-mediterania-kri-sultan-iskandar-muda-latihan-bersama-kapal-perang-jerman/|access-date=21 September 2021|website=koarmada2.tnial.mil.id|language=ID|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801050409/https://koarmada2.tnial.mil.id/2021/07/12/di-laut-mediterania-kri-sultan-iskandar-muda-latihan-bersama-kapal-perang-jerman/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=27 May 2020|title=Asah Profesionalisme, KRI Sultan Hasanuddin-366 Laksanakan Latihan Mailbag Transfer|url=https://tni.mil.id/view-178330-asah-profesionalisme-kri-sultan-hasanuddin-366-laksanakan-latihan-mailbag-transfer.html|access-date=21 September 2021|website=tni.mil.id|language=ID}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iraq}}: [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|Iraqi insurgents]]{{sfn|Small Arms Survey 2012|p=320}}
* {{flag|Ireland}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=909}} Used as the service rifle of the [[Irish Defence Forces]] from 1961 until 1989 when it was replaced by the [[Steyr AUG]]. However, it remained in use with the Irish reserve forces until the early 2000s. In 2011, the Irish Army re-introduced an upgraded and modified version of the FN FAL as a sniper support weapon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/snipers-equipped-with-recordbreaking-rifle-2927099.html|title=Irish Independent Article|access-date=2011-11-06|first=Don|last=Lavery|date=2011-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108223837/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/snipers-equipped-with-recordbreaking-rifle-2927099.html|archive-date=2011-11-08|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Irish Naval Service]] still use the FN FAL for line throwing. In January 2021, the Irish Defence Forces stated they were looking for a replacement sniper support weapon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moss|first=Matthew|date=2 February 2021|title=Irish Defence Force Seeks New Designated Marksman Rifle|url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/02/02/1095504/|access-date=|website=The Firearm Blog|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006035417/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/02/02/1095504/|archive-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|Israel}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=909}} FN-made and locally made under license by Israel Military Industries in FAL and FALO versions. Known locally as the Romat.<ref name=":1" />
* {{flag|Ivory Coast}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Identifier les sources d'approvisionnement: Les munitions de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|first=Holger|last=Anders|date=June 2014|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]] and [[United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire]]|isbn=978-2-940-548-05-7|page=15|language=fr|access-date=2018-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093415/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/C-Special-reports/SAS-SR21-CotedIvoire-FR.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Jamaica}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=910}}
* {{flag|Kenya}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=910}}
* {{flag|Kuwait}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=910}}
* {{flag|Lesotho}}<ref name="Beyond Blue Helmets">{{cite book|title=Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations|first=Eric G. |last=Berman|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]/MPOME |date=March 2019|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603103636/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-MPOME-Report-WAM-Non-UN-Peace-Ops.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2019|page=43}}</ref>
* {{flag|Liberia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=911}}
* {{flag|Libya}}<ref name ='SAS 26'>{{cite book|title=Web Trafficking: Analysing the Online Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Libya|first1=N.R.|last1=Jenzen-Jones|first2=Ian|last2=McCollum|date=April 2017|series=Working Paper No. 26|editor=[[Small Arms Survey]]|pages=77, 79|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|access-date=2018-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009093426/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/F-Working-papers/SAS-SANA-WP26-Libya-web-trafficking.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Malaysia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=911}}
* {{flag|Malta}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=911}}
* {{flag|Mexico}}: Produced under license.<ref name="worldpolicy2000" />
* {{flag|Morocco}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=912}}
* {{flag|Mozambique}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=912}}
* {{flag|Myanmar}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=912}} Used surplus ex-German G1s<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The military rifle cartridges of Burma/Myanmar|first=Paul|last=Scarlata|magazine=[[Shotgun News]]|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Burma%2FMyanmar.-a0288876068|date=May 2012|access-date=2018-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075329/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Burma%2FMyanmar.-a0288876068|archive-date=2018-11-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nepal}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=912}}
* {{flag|Nigeria}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}} Licensed by DICON (Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria) in Nigeria as the ''NR-1''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/producers/Producers_pdf/2007_Production.pdf |title=Licensed and unlicensed production of FN Herstal products, to August 2006 |publisher=Small Arms Survey |access-date=2010-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705100331/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/portal/issueareas/producers/Producers_pdf/2007_Production.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9464.html|title=Nigeria – Arms Procurement and Defense Industries|access-date=2010-04-10|date=June 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207111406/http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9464.html|archive-date=2008-12-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0407/24_2910.html|title=DOSSIER – The Question of Arms in Africa|access-date=2010-04-10|publisher=Agenzia Fides|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318112305/http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0407/24_2910.html|archive-date=2009-03-18}}</ref>
* {{flaglist|Niger}}<ref name="Tessières">{{Cite report|language = en|title = At the Crossroads of Sahelian Conflicts: Insecurity, Terrorism, and Arms Trafficking in Niger|author = Savannah de Tessières|isbn = 978-2-940548-48-4|publisher = [[Small Arms Survey]]|url = http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-SANA-Report-Niger.pdf|date = January 2018|page = 58|ref = {{harvid|de Tessières 2018 (Small Arms Survey)}}|access-date = 2018-06-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184751/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/U-Reports/SAS-SANA-Report-Niger.pdf|archive-date = 2018-06-12|url-status = dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Oman}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}}
* {{flag|Pakistan}}: Used by the [[Pakistan Army]]. In service with small numbers used during the Cold War.<ref name="FALSAP">{{cite web|url=http://www.mg0815.com/FALinfo.htm |title=The History of the FAL/LAR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930182159/http://www.mg0815.com/FALinfo.htm |archive-date=2013-09-30 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Panama}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}}
* {{flaglist|Papua New Guinea}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}}
* {{flag|Paraguay}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}}
* {{flag|Peru}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=913}}
* {{flag|Philippines}}: A few units of FALs were used by the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines|AFP]] and [[Philippine National Police|Police]] during the 1970s, went into the hands of the [[Moro National Liberation Front|MNLF]] rebels as seen during the [[Zamboanga City crisis|2013 siege of Zamboanga City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Situation In Zamboanga. FN FAL Identification Needed.|date=24 September 2013|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/09/24/situation-zamboanga-fn-fal-identification-needed/|publisher=The Firearm Blog|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104021538/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/09/24/situation-zamboanga-fn-fal-identification-needed/|archive-date=4 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Qatar}}{{sfn|Jenzen-Jones|Spleeters|2015|p=21}}
* {{flag|Rwanda}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=914}}
* {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=914}}
* {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}<ref name="FALSAP" />
* {{flag|Somalia}}<ref name ='SAS 2012 10'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907124249/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-10-EN.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-07 |chapter=Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia|title=Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2012|author=Small Arms Survey|page=338|isbn=978-0-521-19714-4|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2012}}|access-date=2018-08-30 |url-status=dead|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |title=Small Arms Survey 2012 |access-date=2018-08-30 |archive-date=2018-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flag|Suriname}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=915}}
* {{flagicon|Syrian opposition}} [[Syria]]{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=916}}
* {{flag|Tanzania}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=916}}
* {{flag|Thailand}}: Used by [[Royal Thai Police]] since the 1960s, designated "Rifle Type 05" (1962).<ref name="FALSAP" />
* {{flag|Togo}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=916}}
* {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=916}}
* {{flag|Tunisia}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=916}} Used by [[Tunisian National Guard]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* {{flag|Uganda}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=917}}
* {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=917}}
* {{UKR}}: An unknown quantity, seen in the hands of Ukrainian forces during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name="ukrfal">{{Cite web |last=Trinko| first=Miroslave|title=Die ukrainischen Soldaten begannen, automatische FN FAL-Gewehre zu verwenden, eine der bekanntesten und am weitesten verbreiteten Waffen der Welt. |url=https://gagadget.com/de/175124-die-ukrainischen-soldaten-begannen-automatische-fn-fal-gewehre-zu-verwenden-eine-der-bekanntesten-und-am-weitesten-verbre/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=gagadget.com |language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008092122/https://gagadget.com/de/175124-die-ukrainischen-soldaten-begannen-automatische-fn-fal-gewehre-zu-verwenden-eine-der-bekanntesten-und-am-weitesten-verbre/|archive-date=8 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian military received FN FAL PARA rifles |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-military-received-fn-fal-para-rifles/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230131031307/https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-military-received-fn-fal-para-rifles/|archive-date= 31 January 2023}}</ref>
* {{flag|Uruguay}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=917}}
* {{flag|Venezuela}}: Produced under license.<ref name="worldpolicy2000" />
* {{flag|Yemen}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=917}}
* {{flag|Zambia}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=918}}
* {{flag|Zimbabwe}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=918}}

=== Non-state users ===
* {{flagicon image|Flagge FDLR.svg}} [[Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda]]<ref name = 'FDLR'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-07-EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020102103/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Chapter-07-EN.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-20 |chapter=Waning Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA|title=Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2015|author=Small Arms Survey|ref={{harvid|Small Arms Survey 2015}}|page=202|access-date=2018-08-29|url-status=dead|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf |title=Small Arms Survey 2015 |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-date=2018-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128065841/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2015/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2015-Highlights-EN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Bandera_FLQ.svg}} [[Front de libération du Québec]]: Stolen from Canadian armories.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independance-quebec.com%2Fflq%2Fchronologie.php%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url | title=Site historique du Front de libération du Québec (FLQ): L'échec du FLQ {{!}} L'indépendance du Québec - La souveraineté du Québec }}</ref><ref>https://lesfusiliersmont-royal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/14-Grenade14_web.pdf</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg}} [[Free Syrian Army]]{{sfn|Jenzen-Jones|Spleeters|2015|p=7}}
* {{flaglist|Islamic State}}{{sfn|Jenzen-Jones|Spleeters|2015|p=7}}
** [[Maute Group]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Maute guns recovered from Lake Lanao|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2017/11/13/1758613/maute-guns-recovered-lake-lanao/|access-date=November 20, 2020|work=PhilStar Global|date=November 13, 2017}}</ref>
* [[File:Flag of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.svg|23px|border]] [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]]{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag red yellow 5x3.svg}} [[Lord's Resistance Army]]<ref name ='SAS 2006 11'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2006.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2006/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2006-Chapter-11-EN.pdf|chapter=Fuelling Fear: The Lord's Resistance Army and Small Arms|title=Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2006|author=Small Arms Survey|page=283|isbn=978-0-19-929848-8|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005010/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2006.html|archive-date=2018-08-30|url-status=dead|author-link=Small Arms Survey}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg}} [[People's Defense Units]]: Captured from the Islamic State<ref>{{cite report |title=Islamic State Weapons in Kobane |url=https://www.conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Islamic_State_Weapons_in_Kobane.pdf |website=[[Conflict Armament Research]] |publisher=Conflict Armament Research Ltd. |location=London |pages=6, 10 |date=April 2015}}</ref>
* [[File:Provisional Irish Republican Army Badge.svg|20px]] [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]: Used stolen [[Irish Army]] FALs and British L1A1 rifles,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=The Rifles of the IRA {{!}} Magill |url=https://magill.ie/archive/rifles-ira |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=magill.ie|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023175255/https://magill.ie/archive/rifles-ira|archive-date=October 23, 2022}}</ref> a number were seized during a raid on the apartment of IRA members in Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside The Ira - Weapons & Technology {{!}} The Ira & Sinn Fein {{!}} FRONTLINE {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/weapons.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.pbs.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128083007/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/weapons.html|archive-date=January 28, 2023}}</ref>
* [[File:Emblem of the Rapid Support Forces.png|23px]] [[Rapid Support Forces]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.militantwire.com/p/arsenal-of-the-rapid-support-forces | title=Arsenal of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan }}</ref>
* [[Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares|Vanguarda Armada Revolucionaria Palmares]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-28 |title=1970: Oban afirma ter desbaratado a VAR-Palmares |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/banco-de-dados/2020/01/1970-oban-afirma-ter-desbaratado-a-var-palmares.shtml |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
* ex-Libyan FALs can be traced to [[Algeria]], [[Chad]], [[Egypt]], [[Lebanon]], [[Niger]], [[Syria]] and [[Tunisia]]{{sfn|Jenzen-Jones |McCollum|2017|p=49}}

=== Former users ===
* {{flag|Austria}}: Produced under license. StG 58 variants were used by the [[Austrian Armed Forces]] from 1958 until 1977.<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |last1=Hufnagl |first1=Wolfdieter |title=Jagdkommando: Sondereinheiten des österreichenischen Bundesheeres |last2=Benz |first2=Martin |date=2001 |publisher=Motorbuch-Verl |isbn=978-3-613-02079-5 |edition=2. Aufl |location=Stuttgart}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite book |title=Die Bewaffnung des österreichischen Bundesheeres: 1918 - 1990 |date=1990 |publisher=Weishaupt |isbn=978-3-900310-53-0 |editor-last=Urrisk-Obertyński |editor-first=Rolf M. |edition=1. Aufl |location=Graz}}</ref> Replaced by [[Steyr AUG|Steyr AUG (STG 77)]].<ref name="worldpolicy2000" /><ref name=":16" /><ref name=":17" /> 
* {{flag|Belgium}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}} Used by the [[Belgian Army]] from 1956 until 1995. Replaced by [[FN FNC]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* {{flag|Botswana}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=904}} Being replaced as of 2017 with the [[SAR 21]].<ref name="NMAA">{{cite web|first1=Jeremy |last1=Binnie|first2=Erwan|last2= de Cherisey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123315/http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf|title= New-model African armies|publisher= Jane's|date= 2017|archive-date= 22 June 2017|url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf}}</ref>
* {{flag|Canada}}: The FN FAL was the first semi-automatic rifle adopted by the Canadian Army, seeing service as the FN C1A1 (“C1”) and FN C2A1 (“C2”) (a heavy barrel, selectable semi-/fully- automatic variant with folding, bi-pod forestock), between 1955 and 1990. Canada was the first NATO country to adopt the FN FAL. The C1 and C2 were manufactured in Canada under licence from Fabrique Nationale by [[Lakeview, Mississauga#Small Arms Limited, Long Branch Arsenal|Canadian Arsenals Limited]] (Toronto, Ont.).  Between 80,000 and 90,000 were produced, of which 72,470 were contracted to the Canadian [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FN C1 Self-Loading Rifle |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fn-c1-self-loading-rifle |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Anthony Wilson-Smith |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* {{flag|Chile}}{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=905}}
* {{flag|Croatia}}: 70,000 FAL and FALO rifles supplied by Argentina during the [[Croatian War of Independence]],<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Defensa.com |date=2013-07-31 |title=Lo que Croacia se llevó de la Argentina - Noticias Defensa Documentos |url=https://www.defensa.com/reportajes/que-croacia-se-llevo-argentina |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Defensa.com |language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209150348/https://www.defensa.com/reportajes/que-croacia-se-llevo-argentina|archive-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> often called "''Falovka''".{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
* {{flag|Cuba}}: Used during the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]].<ref name="Cuba">{{cite book|title=The Bay of Pigs: Cuba 1961|series = Elite 166|first=Alejandro |last=de Quesada |date=10 Jan 2009|isbn=978-1-84603-323-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE-1CwAAQBAJ|pages= 60–61}}</ref>
* {{flag|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}: Used in unknown quantities by [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
* {{flag|Israel}}: Produced under license as the 'lightened' ROMAT M1953. Used by the [[Israeli Army]] from 1955 until 1972. Officially replaced by [[IMI Galil]] and [[M16 rifle|M16]].<ref name="worldpolicy2000" />
* {{flag|Katanga}}<ref name="Katanga">{{cite book|title=Modern African Wars (4): The Congo 1960–2002|series=Men-at-Arms 492|first=Peter |last=Abbott |date=20 February 2014|isbn=978-1-78200-076-1|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|page=14}}</ref>
* {{flag|Lebanon}}: Adopted in 1956 as the standard rifle of the [[Lebanese army]]<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Military rifle cartridges of Lebanon Part 2: from independence to Hezbollah. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+rifle+cartridges+of+Lebanon+Part+2:+from+independence+to...-a0203540052 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424165621/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+rifle+cartridges+of+Lebanon+Part+2%3A+from+independence+to...-a0203540052|archive-date=April 24, 2023}}</ref>{{sfn|Jenzen-Jones|Spleeters|2015|p=20}}
* {{flag|Luxembourg}}:{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=910}} Used Belgian FALs from 1957 to 1996, replaced by [[Steyr AUG]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: The [[Royal Netherlands Army]] adopted the rifle with a bipod and in semi-automatic form, in 1961. In service it was called ''Het licht automatisch geweer'', but usually known as the 'FAL'. The rifles had unique sights (hooded at the front) and the German style sheet metal front handguard. A sniper version, ''Geweer Lange Afstand'', was also used standard with a scope of Dutch origin produced by the [[Artillerie Inrichtingen]], and without the bipod.<ref>{{cite web |author=Arthur van Beveren |date=16 April 2024 |title=Materieel van toen: FAL, Uzi en Diemaco |url=https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2024/03/materieel-van-toen-fal-uzi-en-diemaco |website=Materieelgezien |publisher=Defensie.nl |language=Dutch}}</ref> The scope was designated ''Kijker Richt Recht AI 62''. The heavy-barrel FAL 50.42 version was also adopted later as a squad automatic weapon as the ''Het zwaar automatisch geweer''.<ref>Ezell, 1988, p. 276</ref>
* {{flag|Portugal}}: In 1960, the Army issued quantities of light-barrel FN and West German G1 FAL rifles to several of its elite commando forces, including the ''Companhias de Caçadores Especiais'' (Special Hunter [Ranger] companies).<ref>Afonso, Aniceto and Gomes, Carlos de Matos, Guerra Colonial (2000), {{ISBN|972-46-1192-2}}, pp. 183–184, 358-359</ref>  The latter often expressed a preference for the lighter FAL over the Portuguese-manufactured version of the [[Heckler & Koch G3]] rifle when on ambush or patrol.<ref>Afonso, Aniceto and Gomes, Carlos de Matos, Guerra Colonial (2000), {{ISBN|972-46-1192-2}}, pp. 358–359</ref>
* {{flag|Rhodesia}}: Bought as surplus from Germany and South Africa, because of trade embargo in the country in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Rhodesia+Zimbabwe%3A+from+Cecil+Rhodes...-a0234316416 |title=The military rifle cartridges of Rhodesia Zimbabwe: from Cecil Rhodes to Robert Mugabe. |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113191848/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Rhodesia+Zimbabwe%3A+from+Cecil+Rhodes...-a0234316416 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|South Africa}}:<ref name="worldpolicy2000" /> Kept in reserve{{sfn|Jones|Ness|2010|page=135}}
* {{flag|Turkey}}: Used by [[Turkish Land Forces]] as ''G1'' between 1960s – 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.guns.ru/assault/be/fn-fal-e.html|title=Modern Firearms|date=27 October 2010|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111125148/http://world.guns.ru/assault/be/fn-fal-e.html|archive-date=11 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Used some Belgian-made FN FALs.{{sfn|Cashner|2013|p=15}}
* {{flag|West Germany}}: Used initially by the Border Guard as the G1. Also by [[German Army]] from 1956 until the early 1960s. Replaced by the [[Heckler & Koch G3]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.guns.ru/assault/as24f-e.htm|title=Современное стрелковое оружие мира - Автоматы и штурмовые винтовки|access-date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117172148/http://world.guns.ru/assault/as24f-e.htm|archive-date=17 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>