Editing FN FAL (section)

=== 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>