FMAP FARA 83

The argentine state-owned FMAP (Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles "Domingo Matheu", or "Domingo Matheu" Small Arms Factory) received at the beginning of the '80s, from the DGFM (Direccion General de las Fabricaciones Militares, or General Government Directorate for Military Procurements) the order to prepare the production roll for a new assault rifle in .5'56x45mm, which had to replace the aging FMAP FSL
(argentine license-made copy of the FN FAL) still in service with their troops. At that time, Argentine was ruled by a military dictatorship, which, short time later, decided to attack the Falkland-Malvinas island and get them back from the Great Britain; they had to face a strong british military retaliation, which put the dictatorship on its knees and forced it to pull out and let the country bring back democracy.
This forced the Argentine Armed Forces to strong budgetary constraints for a while, and forcing DGFM and FMAP to stop the manufacturing and the shipping of the new rifle. The first production roll stopped after 1193 rifles were made, however, another production roll, until 1990, got the FARA-83 back to production; it is unknown how many rifles were made, but the most of the Argentine Armed Forces is still today armed
with the FSL-FAL rifle.
The FARA-83 was a good design, mostly insipred to the HK33 for the working principle and to the israeli Galil for the external look. Features a folding buttstock and tritium sights for aiming in bad light conditions; fits proprietary 30-rounds magazines, very similar to the H&K ones, and has a trigger group for Safe/ Semi-auto/ Full-autofire.
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TECHNICAL SPECS:
CALIBER: 5'56x45mm-NATO
CAPACITY: 30 rounds
TOTAL LENGHT (Stock open): 1 Meter
TOTAL LENGHT (Stock folded): 745 mm
BARREL LENGHT: 452 mm
WEIGHT: 3,95 Kgs
RIFLING: 6 grooves, RH
RATE OF FIRE: 750 Rounds Per Minute

The FARA 83 (Fusíl Automático República Argentina or \"Argentine Republic Automatic Rifle\") or FAA 81 (Fusil Automático Argentino or\"Argentine Automatic Rifle\") was a rifle locally designed and developed for the Argentine Army in the 1980s.

The FAA project started in the mid-1980s, when the government was still controlled by the National Reorganization Process. The DGFM (General Government Directorate for Military Procurements, or Direccion General de las Fabricaciones Militares) ordered a replacement be designed for the FMAP FSL, an FN FAL license-built in Argentina. The prototype was completed in 1981, but production did not start until 1984, and continued until 1990.

By the late 1980s, under President Carlos Menem, the country was undergoing economic difficulties. The United Kingdom had closed its military market to Argentina and prohibited the production of modern weapons. These two factors forced President Menem to cancel several projects. Production of the rifle ground to a halt after 1193 rifles had been completed, however, it was resumed in 1990; it is unknown how many rifles were made, but most of the Argentine Armed Forces are still armed with the FSL-FAL rifle, while the FARA 83 remains a secondary weapon.

The FARA 83 (Spanish: Fusíl Automático República Argentina; "Argentine Republic Automatic Rifle") or FAA 81, "Argentine Automatic Rifle" (Spanish: Fusil Automático Argentino) was a rifle locally designed and developed for the Argentine Army in the 1980s.
 Caliber: 5,56x45mm
Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt
Overall length: 1000 mm (745 mm with butt folded)
Barrel length: 452 mm
Weight: 3,95 kg empty
Rate of fire: 750 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds 

FARA 83 assault rifle was developed at Argentinean small arms factory Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu by 1983. About 1200 rifles were produced by 1986, but further manufacture was ceased because of budgetary limitations.
FARA 83 assault rifle is gas operated weapon that uses rotary bolt locking system. Receiver is largely made from steel stampings, with trigger unit hinged to it behind the magazine housing.  The gas system was fitted with cut-off valve which permitted launching of rifle grenades using special blanc ammunition. Buttstock was made from polymer and could be folded to the side to safe the space.