Key point: Nearly four decades after entering service, the FAMAS is being replaced by a new assault rifle. Forty years ago, the French Army adopted a new assault rifle that catapulted the country’s ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: FAMAS had a relatively high rate of fire for an assault rifle, firing from 900 to 1,100 rounds per minute. The rifles are capable of single shot, three round burst, ...

The VHS-1 was Croatia’s first domestically designed bullpup rifle, drawing clear inspiration from the French FAMAS but using a short-stroke gas piston system. Developed between 2003 and 2005 and ...