Cold War rifles

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 86. Chapters: AK-74, FN FAL, Mosin-Nagant, Comparison of the AK-47 and M16, Heckler & Koch G3, M14 rifle, SKS, L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, Dragunov sniper rifle, AKM, Type 56 assault rifle, Vz. 58, FAMAS, Howa Type 64, SIG SG 510, PSL, FN Model 1949, Zastava M70, Zastava M76, Pistol Mitraliera model 1963/1965, MAS-49 rifle, Vz. 52 rifle, Type 81 assault rifle, Type 63 assault rifle, AMD 65, Rk 62, AK-63, Beretta BM59, Norinco Type 86S, Olin/Winchester Salvo Rifle, FA-MAS Type 62, Madsen LAR, Hakim Rifle, TKB-072, KAL1 General Purpose Infantry Rifle, Chropi rifle, Rasheed Carbine, 80.002, Kbkg wz. 1960, FN Model 30-11, NA-2, NA-4, AO-46 personal defence weapon, AO-62 assault rifle, AO-222, AO-27 rifle, Shkval, FM57 rifle, GRAM 63 battle rifle. Excerpt: The Fusil Automatique Léger ("Light Automatic Rifle") or FAL is a self-loading, selective fire battle rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN). During the Cold War it was adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, with the notable exception of the United States. It is one of the most widely used rifles in history, having been used by over 90 countries. The FAL was predominantly chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO round, and because of its prevalence and widespread use among the armed forces of many NATO countries during the Cold War it was nicknamed "The right arm of the Free World". A British Commonwealth derivative of the FN FAL has been produced under licence as the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. In 1947, the first FN FAL prototype was completed. It was designed to fire the intermediate 7.92x33mm Kurz cartridge developed and used by the forces of Nazi Germany during World War II (see StG44 assault rifle). After testing this prototype in 1948, the British Army urged FN to build additional prototypes, including one in bullpup configuration, chambered for their new .280 British caliber intermediate cartridge. After evaluating the single bullpup prototype, FN decided to return instead to their original, conventional design for future production. In 1950, the United Kingdom presented the redesigned FN rifle and the British EM-2, both in .280 British calibre, to the United States for comparison testing against the favoured United States Army design of the time - Earle Harvey's T25. It was hoped that a common cartridge and rifle could be standardized for issue to the armies of all NATO member countries. After this testing was completed, U.S. Army officials suggested that FN should redesign their rifle to fire the U.S. prototype '.30 Light Rifle' cartridge. FN decided to hedge their bets with the U.S., and in 1951 even made a deal that the U.S. could produce FALs royalty-free, given that the UK appeared to b