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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: [27] 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.
The 7.62 NATO variant still uses the FAL operating system (tilting breechblock) versus the 5.56's rotating bolt. The IA2 makes extensive use of polymers, and features a non-reciprocating cocking handle on the left side of the receiver. The charging handle is the same as in the FAL, though it is not the folding version featured in the para-FAL.
IMBEL was founded on July 16, 1934, in the city of Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil. [8] [9] The original factory was designated Fábrica de Canos e Sabres para Armas Portáteis (English: Barrels and Sabres Factory for Portable Arms) and later Fabrica de Itajubá (FI), which directly involved the Brazilian Army in the production of military material.
FN FAL: variants used comprised the Belgium-built standard FAL (50.00 model) and its folding stock version (50.61 model), the Brazilian IMBEL M964 and the South African Vektor R1, mostly provided by Portugal and South Africa; issued to all the branches of the Rhodesian Security Forces from 1966 to 1979.
FN FAL (and derivatives) Battle rifle Belgium: 5,000,000 7,000,000 [36] 2 million + Belgian FN FAL, [37] 1.15 million British L1A1 [38] 1 million + Indian 1A1, [39] [40] 250,000 South African R1 [41] (plus 30,000 sold to Rhodesia), 230,000 Australian L1A1 and L2A1 ~200,000 Brazilian IMBEL M964, [42] ~150,000 Austrian StG 58, [43] ~65,000 ...
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The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the Belgian FN FAL battle rifle. The L1A1 was produced under licence and adopted by the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Nations , mainly by United Kingdom , Australia , Canada , India ...