ID of these weapons?

[platoonDaddy]

Are they: FAMAS 5.56mm assault rifle / FN P90 AEG

Jan. 12: French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01...est=latestnews

[Belmont31R]

FAMAS

[TOrrock]

Yup, FAMAS G1's.

Those things are getting a little long in the tooth. The G1 uses a proprietary 25rd. magazine.

The newer G2's use STANAG magazines, and don't have a trigger guard.

Delayed recoil operated, not gas operated.

[120mm]

Speaking of long in the tooth, the French are still carrying that pre-WWII pistol.

I'm not impressed with a lot of their gear, but I fairly lust after a VBL of my very own. Armored amphibious dune buggy anyone?

[chadbag]

Originally Posted by Templar

Yup, FAMAS G1's.

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Delayed recoil operated, not gas operated.

Something like an H&K roller locking system or something totally different?

[TOrrock]

Originally Posted by chadbag

Something like an H&K roller locking system or something totally different?

Not roller locked, but lever locked, kind of but not quite a Luger or Maxim toggle.

It's French, what can I say...

[kal]

Pretty sure it's a Kiraly lever delayed blowback system. Similar to some Thompsons that used this mechanism also.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_1Za6zh3p8AI/...r-blowback.gif