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...ese Colonial War, the South African Border War, Northern Ireland Troubles, Rhodesian Bush War, Falklands War, Gulf War, Both Chechen Wars, Balkan Wars ... [[assault rifle]]). After testing this prototype in [[1948]], the British Army urged FN to build additional prototypes, including one in [[bullpup]] confi

... [[7.62x51mm NATO]] cartridge. A variant was also produced for the Swedish Army (designated the '''Ksp 58'''), that was adapted to use the [[6.5x55mm|6.5x5 ...dora Tipo 60-20 MAG, Argentine version of the FN MAG used by the Argentine Army.]]

|wars= Portuguese Colonial War, Rhodesian Bush War, Carnation Revolution, Cambodian Civil War, Iran–Iraq War, Salva ...er guide. In 1958, this rifle was introduced into service with the Spanish Army as the '''Modelo 58''', firing the 7.62x51mm CETME round.

|weight= 4.337 kg (9.56 lbs) empty<ref>Army Code No. 12258, "User Handbook for Rifle, 7.62mm, L1A1 and 0.22 incle calib ...ica Defence Force]], [[Malaysian Army]], [[New Zealand Army]], [[Rhodesian Army]], [[South African Defence Force]] and the [[British Armed Forces]].<ref>''

..., Sri Lankan Civil War, Portuguese Colonial War, South African Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, anti-guerrilla operations in Colombia and the Philippines ...lowing the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The weapon was submitted to the Israeli army for evaluation and won out over more conventional designs due to its simpli