FAL's In Syria

Jpanzer · August 05, 2012, 02:21

Seen quite a few interesting pics lately of FAL's being used by the Free Syrian Army. Thought I would share some here:

Nice basic arsenal, several FAL's there.

Can anyone id the FAL in the background? what kind of scope is that mounted?

With carry handle in the upright position...

Israeli with a Hensoldt scope? Battlefield capture?

FAL freek · August 05, 2012, 05:31

Interesting scope in pic #2 and wonder about the battlefield capture but the Syrians were known to leave far more behind when mixing it up with the Israelis than they collected. The freedom fighters need to hurry up and overthrow that govt. so they can sell their tired worn out FALs to American collectors for rehabilitation. Most of them look to have seen little use to this point.

kar66 · August 05, 2012, 08:58

I saw those in a few news clips a while back. At first I thought they may have been coming from Isreal. But now I wonder if the CIA didn't just load up the weapons they sent to Libya and send them to Syria?

BC · August 05, 2012, 11:45

They sure hang their guns on the wall by a nail. I remember Peter Kokalis said the hook on the G3 handguard was for this very purpose. People laughed at it. Kokalis is right after all.

August 05, 2012, 02:21	#1
Jpanzer Registered FALaholic #: 53708 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia, C.S.A. Posts: 546	FAL's In Syria Seen quite a few interesting pics lately of FAL's being used by the Free Syrian Army. Thought I would share some here: Nice basic arsenal, several FAL's there. Can anyone id the FAL in the background? what kind of scope is that mounted? With carry handle in the upright position... Israeli with a Hensoldt scope? Battlefield capture?

August 05, 2012, 08:58	#3
kar66 Registered FALaholic #: 63420 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Missouri Posts: 31	FALs in Syria I saw those in a few news clips a while back. At first I thought they may have been coming from Isreal. But now I wonder if the CIA didn't just load up the weapons they sent to Libya and send them to Syria?

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August 05, 2012, 05:31	#2
FAL freek Registered FALaholic #: 10400 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: TN Posts: 7,178	Interesting scope in pic #2 and wonder about the battlefield capture but the Syrians were known to leave far more behind when mixing it up with the Israelis than they collected. The freedom fighters need to hurry up and overthrow that govt. so they can sell their tired worn out FALs to American collectors for rehabilitation. Most of them look to have seen little use to this point. __________________ Please put the Constitution on the teleprompter Liberals want diversity in everything except your opinion.

August 05, 2012, 11:45	#4
BC Registered FALaholic #: 752 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: cc Posts: 2,307	They sure hang their guns on the wall by a nail. I remember Peter Kokalis said the hook on the G3 handguard was for this very purpose. People laughed at it. Kokalis is right after all.