FAMAS

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 15:15 Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 July 2009 16:36

The FAMAS is a French bullpup assault rifle designed by Paul Tellie in 1967. The rifle was accepted into service by the French Armed Forces in 1978 and is still in use.

The FAMAS is a very small rifle, even by bullpup standards. However, it is very robustly constructed and is extremely reliable in the field. The rifle is chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO round and feeds from a 25 or 30-round box magazine box. It is accurate up to a range of 300 meters.

The FAMAS is commonly known as ‘Le Clarion’ which means ‘Bungle’ or ‘Trumpet’ in French after its shape. The body of the rifle is constructed from special alloys which makes it very robust. The furniture of the rifle is made from fibreglass.

The FAMAS rifle was deployed in Chad during Operation Manta. Subsequently, it saw action in Kuwait during the First Gulf War. In all these operations, the FAMAS proved itself to be very reliable and trustworthy.

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