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Prototype .280 FAL (Patreon)

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2020-01-06 20:43:56
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2021-03

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Scheduled for February 14.

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The Prototype .280 FAL from 1950s NATO Trials

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Comments

Dana Arbeit

Kind of looks like a gas adjustment right behind the front sight? Thanks for showing a great "what could have been" rifle and cartridge.

Anonymous

Cool history/story, I enjoy my FAL.

Anonymous

Excellent, concise description of the post-WWII Nato universal caliber selection process. Anyone who fast-forwards to see the internal mechanisms of the tilting bolt, etc. will surely miss a lot!

Anonymous

I might note that the sheer destructiveness and horror of WWII and the development of nuclear weapons made the Cold War a stabilizing force in Europe for many decades, while de-colonization and the Wars of National Liberation with super-power backing one or another faction largely mooted the discussion of an "ideal cartridge." France fought Indochine with everything that nation's armed forces had when WWII ended, with a handful of postwar developments. France fought Algeria with its own suite of arms, reserving U.S. weapons and materiel largely to Nato forces in Germany. Great Britain largely employed WWII era weapons in Malaya and Kenya, and used the U.S. M16 along with the L1A1 and WWII-era Bren in Borneo/Indonesia. The 1982 South Atlantic/Malvinas/Falklands War saw a fairly similar suite of small arms in use, albeit Argentinian FALs from Rosario are select-fire unlike the British "SLR."

Anonymous

Where the caliber selection actually went, of course, was with the SCHV experiments and the USAF's adoption of the "space age" M16 in 5.56x45mm and the "accidental rifle's" subsequent use in Southeast Asia as an alternative to WWII-era small arms, and then actual combat with nationalist-communist insurgents in Vietnam and Laos. Vietnam appears to be the very first 20th century war where both contending sides made ample use of so-called "assault rifles" with the People's Army having very many "traditional" intermediate cartridge Kalashnikovs--at least by the late 1960s--and the ARVN and USA and S. Koreans and so on having the M16. European armies would hang on to the old 7.62x51 selection made in the 1950s until the early 1980s when the Belgian version of the 5.56x45mm SS109 cartridge became the Nato standard... with all sorts of caveats from many quarters that an "ideal" cartridge would be something in the 6.2 to to 7mm range. Before then there was the faddish 1970s trend of microcalibers like .177-.20 cal. e.g. the 4.5mm and 4.7mm and 4.85mm rounds. It would seem that trend influenced Soviet developments in the adoption of their long-researched 5.45mm cartridge selection. Just goes to show that technological developments often take surprising courses and turns!

Anonymous

I'm surprised I can see this

ForgottenWeapons
>>32476761

Oops! I pushed the video release back to make space for my RIA trip this weekend, but forgot to change the release date on this post. Enjoy the early access! :)

Anonymous

Has an infantryman using iron sights ever hit anything smaller than a barn at 800meters/yards.

Clifton Ballad

I almost wonder if the inspection port on the fire control group was added for the engineer's and never planned for production. They did it on the first few to have easy access to check on wear and see if they got the heat treat right on various parts.

Anonymous

I would like to see one of your presentation on the Roth-Sauer, my favorite.

Anonymous

Fantastic video Ian. I really enjoy the back story which I think is vital information for students of the gun. Well done.

Anonymous

looks neat.

Anonymous

Churchill also served in Government in WW1 and briefly served as an officer on the Western Front after losing office as a Government Minister.