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L1A1 Rifle

This is the British version of the FN-FAL in the “inch” or Imperial pattern. Most of these rifles were semi-automatic only. This rifle was the standard service rifle for the British Army from about 1954 to 1988. The rifle was made in Lithgow, Australia, under license from FN. The configurations for the L1A1 rifle are the same as the standard FN-FAL Belgium rifle. Only a few of these rifles were imported into the U.S. They are very rare. This “inch” pattern British gun will also be found in other Commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and India.

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Bayonet for Australian No. 1 SMLE Mark III

Australian L1A1 Rifle

MACHINE GUNS

Between 1925 and 1930 the Australian firm of Lithgow built the Vickers machine gun. Later, between 1938 and 1940, the same company built the Bren gun in .303 caliber. Approximately 12,000 Vickers and 17,000 Bren guns were built in Australia during this period. After World War II the Australian military adopted the U.S. M60 machine gun, the Browning 1919A4, and the .50 caliber Browning M2HB. More recently, that country’s military uses the Belgian FN MAG, and the German MG3.