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The AAT-F1 is a French general purpose machine-gun produced since 1952 in 7.5 mm French service and 7.62 mm NATO calibres. It operates with a delayed blowback operation and fires 700 rounds per minute from a 50-round belt feed.
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The F1 is an accurate Australian blowback operated, selective fire sub-machine-gun produced around 1960 as a replacement for the earlier Owen, and incorporating components from the L1A1 rifle. The F1 takes a 9 mm Parabellum round from a 34-round curved box mounted over the receiver. It has a cyclic rate of 600-640 rounds-per-minute and an effective range of 200 meters with a muzzle velocity of 366 meters-per-second. The F1 has a 213 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight offset to the right and a hinged plate aperture rearsight which is also offset.
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The F1 Hand Grenade is a Soviet fragmentation hand grenade developed during the Second World War. The F1 Hand Grenade consists of an egg-shaped steel case notched into cubes and containing 60 grams of TNT. The F1 Hand Grenade is fitted with a 3.2 to 4.2 second delay fuse and has a killing zone of between 15 to 20 metres around the point of detonation, and can prove lethal at up to 200 metres from the point of detonation due to splinters emitted from the base plug and filler.
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The F1 Survival Knife is a Swedish small utility knife issued to Swedish National Defence forces. It is a small fixed blade knife with a 3.75 inch drop point blade of stainless steel with a flat-ground edge.
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The FR-F1 (Fusil a Repetition Modele F1) was a French manually-operated bolt-action sniping rifle designed to replace the Modele 1936 sniper rifle in the French army. The FR-F1 was manufactured in two calibres: 7.5 mm and 7.62 mm NATO, fed from a 10-round box magazine, and had a muzzle velocity of about 850 metres per second and an effective range of 800 metres. The FR-F1 had a 552 mm long barrel and although usually used with a Modele 53 bis telescopic sight, was fitted with a flat topped pyramid iron foresight with a luminous spot and a square shouldered notch iron rearsight with luminous spots. The FR-F1 was fitted with a bipod with fully adjustable legs, mid-way along the length of the rifle. The FR-F1 saw action with the 2nd Parachute Battalion of the French Foreign Legion in Shaba province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) in 1978.
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The FR-F2 is a French bolt-action sniping rifle designed to replace the FR-F1 sniper rifle in the French army. The FR-F2 is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge fed from a 10-round box magazine. Improvements on the FR-F1 include the addition of a flash suppressor and a heavier barrel.
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The Giat FR-F1 was a French precision bolt action sniping rifle produced in 7.5 mm calibre from 1966 to 1980. The rifle was first designed as a target rifle and then modified for use as a sniping rifle and the action was based on the MAS36 service rifle. During the 1970s the calibre was changed to 7. 62 mm NATO. The rifle takes a ten round magazine and is fitted with a bipod.
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The Giat FR-F2 is a French precision bolt action sniping rifle produced in 7. 62 mm NATO calibre from 1984. It is an improved version of the Giat FR-F1 with a thermal insulating sleeve over the barrel to prevent warping due to heat and reduce the infra-red signature, and the fire-end is of plastic- covered metal instead of wood. The bipod has also been strengthened.
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The L1A1-F1 was an Australian shortened and lightened version of the L1A1 rifle, produced in response to a request from the Papua New Guinea armed forces.
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The MAB 9mm Automatic Precision Pistol Model F1 is a French semi-automatic pistol in service with the French armed forces and police, but designed for competition shooting. The MAB F1 fires a 9 mm Parabellum round from a 15-round box magazine, has a 150 mm long barrel and is fitted with a blade foresight and an adjustable micrometer notch rearsight. The MAB F1 has an effective range of 50 metres, and was the weapon used to win the Leclerc Cup in 1967 and the Berlin Inter-Armies Challenge in 1968.
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