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Takes me back, I was trained on this elephant-stopper (7.62mm) in basic training-"Bloody heavy" springs to mind. The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, also known as the SLR (Self-Loading Rifle), by the Canadian Army designation C1A1 (C1) or in the US as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of the FN FAL battle rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer FN Herstal. The L1A1 was produced under licence and has seen use in the Australian Army, Canadian Army, Indian Army, Jamaica Defence For

Why the Australian SAS Refused to Use U.S. Weapons in Vietnam — And Why It Worked In the equipment room at Nuidat in 1967, an American special forces adviser watched with confusion as an Australian SAS trooper inspected his weapon before a patrol. The rifle was a L1A1 self-loading rifle, a 7.62 mm battle rifle that the United States had abandoned three years earlier in favor of the M16. The American couldn't help himself. You know, we've got crates of M16s you guys can use, he offered. Lighter,