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Politics killed this 'universal carbine': The Experimental FAL
Prototype & Trials Weapons
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Another weaponed designed by famous FN weapons designer Dieudonné Saive, this experimental FAL was chambered to fire the British .280 cartridge. However, NATO would have something to say about it.
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