By the late 1950's the Australian Armed Forces decided to adopt a new self loading rifle firing the standard NATO cartridge. After extensive tests it was decided to adopt the Belgium FN rifle, which was already in use by many other countries and this, with a …

The L2A1 was similar to the FN FAL 50.41/42, but with a unique combined bipod-handguard and a receiver dust-cover mounted tangent rear sight from Canada. The L2A1 was intended to serve a role as a light fully automatic rifle or quasi-squad automatic weapon (SAW).

Apr 21, 2021 · It has a 21” heavy barrel and a distinct folding bipod with wooden panels that act as handguard when the bipod is folded up. Doctrinally, the L2A1 was intended to be used in semiauto most of the time, with the bipod and heavy barrel allowing greater sustained semiauto fire than a standard rifle.

Oct 16, 2018 · Although the L1A1 SLR (FN FAL) service rifle served the Australian “Digger” faithfully for an extremely long period of time, infantrymen in the Vietnam War realized that the rifle could be “tweaked” to fit the combat that the soldiers had to fight in day after day.

The 7.62×51mm NATO round remains in use in designated marksman rifles such as the Heckler & Koch HK417, SIG 716, FN SCAR, L129A1, Colt Canada C20 DMR and LMT MARS-H based riles to take advantage of the effective range and accuracy potential compared with …

Mar 2, 2014 · This is an early serial number version of a Entreprise Arms L1A1, the British version of the FN FAL, also known as the SLR or Self-Loading Rifle. It is chambered in 7.62x51 NATO. It includes a Trilux L2A2 SUIT scope. These scopes have a fixed 4x magnification and, in my opinion, truly completes the look of an FAL.

Includes a web sling and L2A2 Sight Unit Infantry Trilux (SUIT) 4x prism scope, which was developed in the United Kingdom and manufactured by Avimo Ltd. (now called Thales UK) as an infantry optic for the L1A1 SLR, and also used by Australia and New Zealand.

Details: L2A2 Sight Unit Infantry Trilux 4x prism sight for FN FAL / L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, Inch-Pattern FAL – Condition: Overall condition as seen in photos; displaying honest wear commensurate with use and age – notably, the glass shows light scuffs and spotting but the view is clear – due to age, this sight will need to be re-lamped –

Aug 18, 2017 · Malaysian L2A2 Surplus Ammo? Is anyone shooting this ammo :bullets: through SCAR 17? How is it? :th_143: I've put a hundred rounds down range, it's decent stuff. Seems about as accurate as Hirtenberger, and maybe a little cleaner.

Israeli TRILUX L2A2 SUIT scope with FN FAL L1A1 dust cover. The SUIT sight is a 4× telescopic sight with tritium-powered illumination (not operational anymore due to its age), utilized at dusk or dawn.