FARA-83 Assault Rifle and FSL 5.56mm TI Assault Rifle Brazilian Technologie

FARA-83 assault rifle Budgetary restrictions led to the cessation of official production in 1984 after a little over 1000 of them had been made. Very few of them have been produced since them, and it is a mystery who those ones were produced for. The weapon is constructed by simple means, only the stock and handguard being made of glass-reinforced plastic. The front sight has a tritium post for low-light operation. An optional bipod is made for this weapon, and the sights have tritium inlays for use in poor lighting conditions.

FARA-83 Assault Rifle

This weapon was introduced shortly before the Twilight War. Only a little over 1000 were made before the
war, and even fewer were produced during the war. Very few of these weapons were produced for the Argentine Army (a little over 1000), but many more were produced and bought by mercenary outfits around the globe.

FARA-83 Assault Rifle

When budgetary difficulties led to the near-cessation of production of the FARA-83 assault rifle, the Rosario factory, (at the time producing the Argentine copy of the FAL assault rifle, the FSL 7.62mm), was asked to develop a smaller-caliber model of the FAL assault rifle . They were told to make as little modifications as possible to the FAL design (in order to save money). They came up with the FSL 5.56mm.

The only real differences are the barrel, bolt, magazine, and certain feed components. There are also differences in the gas system, but they are very subtle and not noticeable except upon close inspection. The FSL 5.56mm assault rifle is made in a standard infantry pattern (the Tipo Infanteria) and a short-barreled model with a folding stock (the Tipo Paracudista).