14 Facts About FAMAS

FAMAS is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978, a year after the Austrian Steyr AUG.

The FAMAS is recognised for its high rate of fire at 1,100 rounds per minute.

FAMAS project began in 1967 under the direction of General Paul Tellie and the first prototype was completed in 1971, with French military evaluation of the rifle beginning in 1972.

The FAMAS was susceptible to malfunction on occasion because of poorly-built, or rather improperly used, magazines.

The FAMAS was designed around the concept of single-use, disposable magazines; when the limited budget of the French military forced soldiers to reuse disposable magazines over and over, the FAMAS would jam and require immediate attention.

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FAMAS G2 was developed in 1994 to comply with NATO standards by accepting standard NATO magazines and by employing tighter barrel rifling to accurately fire both older 5.

The FAMAS G2 included several other upgrades taken from the G1 model, such as an enlarged trigger guard and improved hand guards made from reinforced fiberglass instead of plastic, and the ability to take standard brass cased ammunition as well as French made steel ammunition.

FAMAS Infantry is an improvement of the FAMAS F1, obtained by retrofitting an accessory rail onto the top of the handguard.

FAMAS assault rifle is a bullpup configuration, with the ammunition feed behind the trigger.

FAMAS uses a delayed blowback operating system that functions best with French-specified steel-casing 5.

FAMAS first saw service in Chad during Operation Manta and again in desert operations during Operation Desert Storm and in other various missions.

The FAMAS is affectionately known by French-speaking troops as le Clairon because of its shape.

The last batch of newly produced FAMAS rifles, built in 2002, saw more than a decade of heavy service by 2016.

FAMAS will be issued to the French National Guard and domestic police units, and will continue to serve in reserve and non-combat units until 2028, when a phaseout of the FAMAS with the HK416 can occur.