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.

Dec 29, 2021 · Eventually, the Aussies could stop jerry-rigging weapons because the Australian military developed a shorter-stock weapon with a short flash suppressor that was easier to hold on a target, the L1A1-F1. Australian forces would stay in Vietnam for almost the entire duration of U.S. involvement in South Vietnam.

May 1, 2019 · But to veterans from Australia and New Zealand, the iconic long arm was the L1A1, a British- and Australian-built version of the Belgian Fabrique Nationale’s classic self-loading rifle (SLR)...

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 L1A1 was a reliable, hard-hitting, gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle, with a maximum battle range of 300 metres and a practical rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute.

Jun 20, 2005 · years ago ( 1968) in a land far far away there was a landing strip up in the mountains of vietnam very close to Cambodia. it was a short strip 5400 feet. psp and red dirt for landing on and 9 of us that operated the air field. 7 combat …

The Australian-supplied L1A1 was a reliable, hard-hitting, gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle, with a maximum battle range of 300 metres and a practical rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute. In Vietnam the L1A1 was the standard personal weapon for New Zealand and Australian soldiers.

Laszlo Kondor, “L1A1 in Vietnam,” UNO Digital Humanities Projects, accessed February 9, 2025, https://unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net/items/show/673. The UNO Digital Humanities Projects website is home to DH projects from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Sep 10, 2024 · One particularly curious use of the L1A1 by Australian SAS in Vietnam to break contact while on a recce was the “Slaughtermatic” (AKA, “Beast” or “Bitch”) a field mod SLR tweaked to run full-auto with L2A1 parts and shortened via the removal of handguards and given a chopped barrel.

The L1A1 was a reliable, hard-hitting, gas-operated, magazine-fed semi-automatic rifle, with a maximum battle range of 300 metres and a practical rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute. In Vietnam the L1A1 was the standard personal weapon of the Australian soldier. With a full 20 round magazine it weighed 4.96Kg.