Hello, so I've been 8 years in the french infantry (92RI - 2008-2016, started solider ended staff sergeant) so I was quite interested in your opinion of the famas. I think that you summarize quite well what an experienced user like me would say about this rifle. Here's a few additional infos: The FAMAS was designed to be ambidextrous which is great for left handed shooter like me, but has also its flaws like the safety close to the trigger that's is quite an odd design choice. However in the army we didn't use the strong hand to manipulate the safety, but the weak hand. If you try this way you'll perhaps find that it is less unintuitive. On the F1 and FELIN versions, the front flippable pip was a little bit larger than the commercial one I think, however I do remember that most of us just kept it lowered at any time as you didn't need it for engaging up to 300m, which was most of the time anyway. The stock was badly designed yes, I completely agree with that, and it doesn't feel better after 20k rounds. In fact, shooting while wearing protection glasses (which is the basic, right?) was already quite uncomfortable, let alone with a gas mask and armor... The hump though, at 31:22 is holding the piston that absorbs the recoil, being over the center of gravity of the weapon it also stabilize it. If it was under, the weapon would rise significantly higher when you shoot. Same about the bipods, I went to my old pictures to check, but almost all of us removed them (if we were allowed) as anyway if you prone, you'll use your backpack as a support. At 28:50, the trigger guard rotation is to actually allow to shoot grenades vertically, that you can't with the commercial version of course as the features designed for it are missing. But to rotate the trigger guard was to prevent you to get you finger caught in if you weapon was slipping due to the recoil (that was quite wild when shooting grenades). I had the opportunity to train and shoot with other rifles, including AR-15 likes, and in fact the trigger on the FAMAS, especially compared to the latter, is dog poo. While in operation, sand or dust would make it even tougher (you could literally hear the trigger linkage scratch). But the fact that you have a fairly light rifle, compact (76cm), easy to carry with one arm thanks to the weight repartition, such a smooth recoil, and great velocity and precision thanks to the 488mm barrel, for me it was a winner. But as you said, when you shoot and sleep with a weapon for so much time, you naturally tend to be biased. So sad that you couldn't put your hands on a FELIN version, while being the same platform, the optic mount make it a completly different weapon. You should actually contact the special forces PR and why not the french ambassy in the US to ask to get your hands on one, with the things happening here in europe I'm sure they would send you a rifle and an operator to show you how things are done. Qui ose gagne. Thanks for the video guys, I enjoyed it.
he would have to contact French SAS (Alex) with his companies he would surely have solutions for the special versions of the famas and moreover it is an operator who seems to know his subjects well too.
It’s designed that way so you can tell when you’re on your last round without counting or pulling on empty. You noticed when your 3 round burst is just one round.
Only 86 of these were imported into the US back in the 80s. If one comes up for sale it'll go for as much as a transferable MG There is ZERO aftermarket for it, NO OEM spare parts. She's a rare bird in the US.
Je suis impressionné par le nombre de français qui regardent cette chaîne ! Le fusil d'assaut préféré des français c'est sûr! Le HK416 à ses avantages, mais sans blagues, le FAMAS te fait sentir français, il à ses défauts et ses qualités mais il est français! 🇨🇵 💪🏻
Le plus gros problème du hk416 c'est la gamme que le gouvernement a choisi, tu le sais Sans doute mais il y a plusieurs gamme représentant la qualité des matériaux utilisés et de la précision des pièces, allant de A a F, la F étant la pire, on les a reçu monté a l'envers et les matériaux sont de très mauvaise qualité, les finitions sont finies a la pisse c'est du n'importe quoi, devine quelle gamme notre gouvernement de co**ards a choisi ? La f évidemment, parce qu'elle coute beaucoup moins cher. Ont aurait vraiment mieux fait de garder le FAMAS et de continuer a le modernisé au fil des années, comme le rafale
Le FAMAS est une légende et devrait être un symbole national. Je le voie bien dans la main de la Liberté Guidant Le Peuple. Temps pis pour l'anachronisme.
En effet, et en tant qu'ancien de la Marine, j''ai connu la transition entre le binome Mas 49-56+ MAT49 et le Famas G2...Le Famas G2 est pour moi LE meilleur Famas comme ils auraient du tout être dès le début, car éliminait quasiment tous les défauts des F1, a savoir, chargeurs conçu pour être jetables, trop fragiles pour être finalement utilisés en réemploi car solution jetable bien trop coûteuse, l'arme conçue autour d'une munition 5.56mm pas encore définitive (la version finale SS109 était plus puissante, donc inadaptée au Famas F1), chargeur de seulement 25 coups, mauvaise protection de la poignée,etc...Le choix du HK416 n'est pas mauvais en soit, mais l'on perd les avantages non négligeables du Bullpup (voir le Malyuk utilisé par les forces spéciales Ukrainiennes qui savent que qu'est le combat de haute intensité...), pour moi le Thales F90MBR aurait été un bien meilleur choix et Thales étant un énorme groupe (français!) , aurait eu les reins bien assez solides pour installer une usine en France (le F90 étant produit en Australie dont il équipe l'armée)...Et l'armée française n'aurait pas perdu sa "signature" bien reconnaissable...
Hi, another french military here. Some of my fellow wine drinkers already commented on your video, but I'd like to point out that most of the "odd" designs of this legend of a rifle are from the fact that it was designed in the 70'. Body armors weren't that frequent by then. And most shooters were standing more sideway than they are now to reduce the width of their body facing the enemy while getting a stable stance for accurate shooting. Like this, the head was naturally more foward and fall perfectly into the gap between the handguard carry handle and the bump on the stock. This bump was not that much of a flaw by this time. With body armor, you want to expose this protection toward the enemy, insteadd of your less protected side and therefore face it with your torso. You also seem to adopt a modern hand positionning with the thumb on top rather than the whole hand underneath supporting the rifle. It's a stance that I, honestly, haven't seen until the last decade and that I would assume comes from the AR thin barrel and the encumbrance of body armor. But with the hand under the barrel like we used to do, your fingers should never be on the cocking handle's way. Your weak hand is also well placed to operate the safety. Last words that you don't really mention in your video, but I get that it was not really the point, is that this gun was sooooo easy to disassemble and clean. When I finally had my hands on a modern gaz operated machine gun, I've come to hate these gaz pistons. To clean the famas, you remove two pins, and have immediate access to the very very few pieces to clean. I love that rifle, even though I found the sights a bit hard to acquire for fast aiming. Awesome video, keep up the good work!
As a former draftee in the 1990s, I second your comment. This gun was designed with the "Nation in arms" doctrine in mind, that is meanly trained draftees and mobilized men, hence the ease of use and cleaning, and perhaps also the 3-shot auto mode (to spare ammo while attempting to do suppressive fire, the only mode for not so good shooters) and the bipod. As a little anedocte, the first time we went to the shooting range with our weapons of endowment, I was impressed by my battle-hardened sergeant instructor (Troupes de marine) who casually tuned the iron sights of his team by standing and shooting at 200m, until he hits the bull’s eye (in one or two tunings), as we struggled to mark the target in the prone position.
Yeah, people forget how this rifle was designed to fight with a conscript army where body armour wasn't that widely issued and it was intended to be more compact in vehicles and helicopters which it does well for it's barrel length. It makes sense for France's experience in Algeria in the 60s.
Our FAMAS F1 were all re-barreled during the 2010's with different twist rate so we were able to shoot heavier bullets. Only the Marine had the G2 version wich could accept stanag mags. FAMAS worked very well with brass cased ammo, i used to shoot israeli, brasilian and US ammo without any issues. Very accurate rifle with a 19.5" barrel (which has the overall length of a 10.3 MK18...) and low recoil. Reliabilty was great. Carrying handle were improved to low profile picatinny top ones with ambidextrous horizontal charging handle palm. In Afgha back in 2010 we had an optic mounting capable carrying handle with AIMPOINT COMP M2. Regarding your gassy issues never experienced it but never shot it suppressed neither....We were teached to manipulate the safety/selector only with weak hand... Served us very well in combat and did the job great, and would take the upgraded one over an HK416 anytime. Thanks for the vid bro 🤙🤙
Je digère pas qu'on soit passé sur un fusil allemand, même si je peux comprendre le besoin des troupes de s’équiper avec un fusil plus "moderne" Dommage, un modèle nexgen aurait été tellement stylé pour nos armées
mille fois oui meme si le remplacant est bon, on est devenu dependant des allemands merci macron , de gaulle doit se retourner dans sa tombe. et je prefere notre bon vieux famas ila fait se preuve jamais eu de souci
FAMAS Felin right? it seems super rare and very nice, plus, can use the camera sights with it. wish one would find ine and test it. how did the trigger feel?
I was in the military from the years 2018 to 2023, and always will be happy yet melancolic knowing that I am among the last frenchmen to use a locally engineered service rifle. Now the centuries-old chain is broken.
@Briselance armies cost money, we have never had so much money go to our people. Then again we break the loop and send the money out of our country to buy weapons from someone else.
As an American, we always make fun of the French as a joke, but in reality.... the French are very strong people. They won way more wars in history and took over all of Europe at one point. Shout out to my French Commandos . I trained with a few.
I'm french, I knew a few serious military guys, like foreign legion, they are quite funny, and quite dangerous to face ! But all share a common problem nowadays: our gouvernements su ksss (completely)🫤 Otherwise all armies would be even more stronger!
@@87frontside Yep, no better way to have a strong allied force then to be able to mess with them haha. Their commandos are no doubt a vicious bunch. Salute to all allied forces world wide.
I well recall watching news coverage of the USMC arriving in Lebanon in the early 80s. They were stumbling off of some sort of landing craft staggering under the weight of the crap they were encumbered with. Off to the side were a few Ledenigrate
@@w_stew8912France caught a bad rap from the two big ones, but they've been fucking shit up for like 1300 years. Those boys aren't afraid to roll some heads.
As a French soldier : on été tous vraiment triste de voir notre famas partir à la retraite. Un fusil avec des défauts mais beaucoup de qualités qui compensaient. C'est un symbole français qui s'envole...
Le problème n'est pas tant celui-là que d'être allé prendre le M416 allemand comme si nous étions incapables de produire nous-mêmes un successeur au Famas, une honte quand on connaît la tradition de qualité dans ce domaine.
@@jorelldye4346 France is the country with the most military victories in the world, without the French at Dunkerque on May 27, 1940 who saved the English, Great Britain lost the war, what you need is to go get it done fuck
Being in the French Army, I guarantee that this weapon is a pure legend. The French do not produce many firearms. yet when they do, they do it nice and clean!!! Vive la France!! Thanks for this video guys! I love it😉
It's funnier when you realize Garand Thumb is named after the M1 Garand, which is named after Jean Garand, a French-Canadian! Awesome video for awesome hardware. The FAMAS F1 will always have that unique cool factor of a design. Great to see you love it!
@@DylanWOWilliams Well it is stupid to say that we are not French "Genetically" speaking while most of Quebec settlers and colons came from the North-West regions of France. (Maine et loire, Bretagne, Normandie etc...)
@@JeffreyBezeau The interbreeding has lead to French Canadian having their own specific genetic markers and very specific diseases that only affect them. Major parts of the definition of race.
I did my military service in France in 1990, so I had the Famas F1, once properly adjusted for you, it is very precise, in the lying position, I put 25 cartridges in the size of a head at 200m. It is light, has very little recoil, and is very easy to handle. i keep a good memorie.
That bump on the stock is for the spring system allowing the rifle to shoot bursts at 1000 rpm. It's not present on civilian version, just like there's no rifle grenade system.
I served in the German-French brigade, I trained on a g36 and FAMAS, the FAMAS is a fun rifle to shoot, the G36 has a bad rep but I enjoyed it, a fairly accurate rifle too, I also had the Mg3 as I was the machine gunner and I got training with a Panzerfaust, fun times :)
I was able to hold one of these in Operation Desert Storm. Our camp was near the French paratroopers, and we socialized with them at Rafha, Saudi Arabia. I thought it weird compared to my M16a2. I did not know what it was at the time.
Were you with the 101st ABN? Because I was near a French paratroop camp too, and I traded a set of my desert fatigues for a set of their desert fatigues. They gave us some of their ration boxes in exchange for cigarettes.
At 3:45 you in fact did tell ''My names is Michael. I am a FAMAS. I want a FAMAS" You actually spoke french GG man, And it's a guys from Paris who is giving congrats by the Way ! Been Watching the channel for a long time and still love it today. I like what you do From gun reviews to the informative Videos. Keep up the good Work because man we do ''Need'' it in this crazy World.
After hearing every guntuber ever talk smack about the triggers on bullpup style guns I didn't have high hopes when I bought one for myself...and now I find myself questioning whether or not said guntubers are too pampered with high end AR trigger groups to even know what an average trigger pull feels like anymore. Having shot mainly hunting guns and AK style rifles my whole life, I can say my bullpup has the most clean and crisp trigger of any gun I've ever shot. No slop, no slack, clean break, short reset...I'm sure it ain't the best around, but it's the best I've shot. This stood out in stark contrast to the many complaints I commonly hear from popular guntubers, including Mike, about the low quality of bullpup triggers in general.
The bullpup hate is a bit of a meme at this point. It's seemingly low-hanging fruit for a lot of gun critics and you just have to roll with it. Whether that be Aug, Famas, whatever. At the end of the day if the weapon trigger was straight terrible, it wouldn't have been a staple firearm of France for decades. The Famas in particular is just a rustic, solid rifle that gets the job done, which is what you'd expect.
@Lion Not so much a low-hanging fruit as a constant reconsideration as to whether the compromises the configuration imposes are worth the advantages it offers. Bullpup owners love to feel singled out, and in reality they are the single worst things about bullpups, but most guntoobers are there to give out information and insight on the actual machine. This includes comparisons to other machines in other, more popular, configurations. You guys can't be the main character all the time, get over it. Also, hunting rifles have notoriously fantastic triggers. IDKWTF OP is talking about.
@@null2470 Idk where you got the main character syndrome thing just from my comment about acknowledging problems and weighing them comparison to overall performance for a simple main battle rifle It's apples and oranges really. No need to be aggressive. For the record my comment is trying to say that the trigger problem common with a lot of bullpups is well known, and you see it a lot on the space, so what else is new? Relax.
@null2470 you've clearly never even shot a gun. You're living in a fantasy world if you think the average hunting rifle has a "good" trigger. I shot my first two deer with a Norinco SKS, my third with a Remington .270, and my first buck with a Century Arms AK. Where I'm from, those are average hunting rifles. If you're spending two grand on your hunting rifle, then you're just hunting for likes. You know what's just as likely, actually? That the only thing you've ever shot is a shitty old SKS, and you think that has a good trigger. 😳
As a regular user of this wonderful gun and shooting instructor, I can testify that a decent shooter can drop targets at 500/600m 9 times out of 10 while standing and using the iron sights. Very sturdy and reliable gun, even after generations of young soldiers used and abused it. Too bad you couldn’t try the burst/full auto mode. That’s quite an experience. And surprisingly accurate on burst even at 50m distance.
Yes, this and the very nature of the gun. Being a bullpup, it is really well balanced. Most of the weight is distributed behind your strong hand. You could fire it one handed like a pistol and you would still hit your shots.
Thanks for this tribute to our beloved Famas. You've pointed out so well weaknesses and strength of this eighties rifle, a part of our military story now. Looks like you had fun to use it, as we had. Anyway at his time this old guy was freaking deadly and accurate. Cheers
As an Italian-American, your hair blowing in the breeze while you graced us with your flawless Italian language abilities, is the most French thing I've ever seen. I'm equally surprised there was no French joke when you mentioned tip-to-butt. Missed opportunity.
Hello. I was a French soldier, and I'd like to give you some tips on "ultra-close" distance shooting. I can see that you're using "finger taps" (at 5:52) on the trigger, which causes your impacts to shift to the left. If you make this finger-tap error at 100 meters while standing, you won't get all of your impacts on the target. French soldiers use a specific technique with the FAMAS called "double-tap shooting". This method involves pressing the trigger, slightly releasing it until you feel a small click at the end of your finger, and then pressing again for the next shot. Soldiers train intensively to make this motion automatic, allowing them to shoot very quickly and achieve a well-grouped shot. We very rarely use the burst mode or three-round bursts; in most cases, it's single shots in "double-tap" mode. Indeed, we have not used the three-round burst mode since 2006. Well, j'espère que ces conseils t'aideront !
C'est dommage que l'armée n'utilise plus les Famas. Ce sont des fusils d'assaut très précis et dévastateurs. J'imagine que ce sont les AR-15 et dérivés qui ont pris le dessus de nos jours..
"The biggest threat to France is the French". As a French I cannot agree more. Loved the video and thank you for this awesome FAMAS review. As a french soldier I shoot more (if not only) with the HK416 and not with the FAMAS and I would love to shoot with the revalorised FAMAS. It would be great to see a video from you about the differences and upgrades between the FAMAS in this video and the revalorised version (But I think it would be really difficult to put your hand on one). I am glad you liked it, It's such an iconic weapon and I will never know why there is so much hate around the FAMAS sometimes. It's a great weapon, well balanced and very accurate ( more than the HK416 in my opinion) but it's outdated unfortunately. Thank you for the video !
Peut être qu'un jour, on aura droit à une remise en service d'un modèle de Famas modernisé ( même si j'ai des doutes, vue la merde qu'à été la ""révolution"" entre très grosse guillemets du système félin )
Salut étant ancien militaire français je comprends ce que tu veux dire, si l’état français actuel serait un peu moins bête on aurait des vcd15 au sein de l’armée ça permettrait a terme de réformer une industrie complète et de permettre à Verney-carron qui appartient à cybergun de pouvoir produire de A à Z un fusil à un coût abordable. Pour ce qui est du famas il serait judicieux de reproduire des fusils pour le civil au vue du nombre de fan à travers le monde ça pourrait être un véritable carton, peut-être que récupérer d’abord des f1 pour les brider en semi-auto et les vendre serait plus rentable… En tout cas il n’y a pas plus anti français que notre gouvernement dans le domaine du petit calibre, il n’y a cas voir le contrat pour les vcd15-10 pour l’Ukraine la honte la dga
Its amazing how far this channel has come. The shooting is incredible. I wish I had time and money to shoot this much. Literally just walk into the woods behind me yet I dont have the time. Im done pooping now... thanks for the vid.
Oh, so you have plenty of time work the turd shooter, but not the lead one, huh? Weak. Try eating every other day to free-up some of that time. Or just make like a bear...
@ItsMrAssholeToYou pretty much. Being divorced and having wages garnished pretty much means i have to work myself to death. They just raised the cs again after i filled contempt... nothing done to her though...
Hi, was in the french navy, we had the G2. Loved that weapon, super accurate and reliable, easy to maintain, easy to set up to your eye. But indeed, lots of gaz when you fire, especially full auto fire, your eyes start to cry and hurt. Also, interesting to notice you can change your aiming eye easily and have the ejection chamber on the other side. Great video so far.
i shot with that during my military service and i enjoy it because as a left handed, you can change the cache on the extractor window so you can use it with your main hand. The FAMAs was also a grenade launcher with the bipod. You can even adapt a bayonet on it. You can even rotate the bridge arcade to use it with gloves in winter.
Original Famas F1 had specific french 5.56 ammunition for the 1:12 twist barrels and specific chamber. Using other countries' ammunition could cause issues. Such as casings sticking in the chamber or overpressure. Foreign ammo was gradually banned. There were issues with magazines as well as they were designed as one use only. The army being the army...did not throw them away. Main issue were the feeding lips that would bend. All this was fixed on the later models (G2) that used NATO Stanag mags and a 1:9 twist chrome lined barrels. Muzzle velocity with french ammo was over 3100 fps and closer to 3000 on the later rifles. Most civilian versions were made in .222 Remington, a caliber more common for shooters. Most calibers used in service firearms required a lot more paperwork for civilian ownership. Even in france, the Famas is very rare and sells for a premium.
I had to scroll way too far to find this comment. But same here. I didn't even think it was real. It was chosen because it looked futuristic and also like Mk. 23 SOCOM, it was relatively square and boxy, which made it easier to render in the game. Why Foxhound, an American "hi-tech special forces unit," would use a French assault rifle, we'll never know. 😂
Former 2rep French foreign legionnaire here carried this puppy in Djibouti,mali, Afghanistan and many other places smoke a few dip shits along the way before we got the hk416 love these rifles and I am truly heart warmed to see one on the channel idk why but I have been waiting on you to have one of these and here it is they are so.hard to.get your hands on in the u.s.
Americans hate France (particularly after 2003, Iraq, French Bashing). We recognize that you have helped us a lot, less at WWI but still! For our part, we also helped you, particularly during the war of independence. We appreciate you, stop belittling us and calling us cowards...We are brothers in arms, we have everything to get along but despite everything, we don't get along, it's unfortunate 😕.
Fellow frenchman here. The surrender jokes are just that, jokes. It's like when we call Americans fat or Italians effeminate etc. Don't take it too seriously.
You're a bit too sensitive. I make these jokes from time to time as a French woman. We often mock the Belgians and the Americans even if we like them. I prefer the surrender jokes which at least have some historical background (although limited to one specific time in history) than weirdos commenting shit like 'Oui Oui Sacrebleu' or 'Mamma mia' under French or Italian videos, cause I don't even see how it's supposed to be funny unless you're 8 years old.
@@marmar-90 Americans are conditioned to think this way about the French from an early age. It's not an accident or a joke. The people who own American media have a personal grudge against the French and go out of their way to take jabs at them. Further, it's an undeserved stereotype. The French didn't do what they did, 70 years ago, out of cowardice. They did it out of respect and love for their people. Don't let the TV tell you otherwise.
I’m former French military and I used the Famas more than 6 years before I join a unit who already used HK416. Famas was a very reliable and lightweight assault rifle. 😊
You won't be able to lay your hands on a true famas from the Saint-Etienne manufacture since they're not supposed to be exported out of our country. But some place have the right to produce civilian models in Europe. The only problem is you won't be able to find any "very fast" ( you get what i meant ) shooting model since we're not allowed to have such things in France unfortunatly.
@@lacroraw Century Arms actually imported a small number of true Saint-Étienne produced semi-automatic FAMAS rifles into the US around 1989. They were sold under the name "MAS .223" and there are thought to be less than 200 of them in circulation. They are rare and incredibly expensive when they do come up for sale. Expect to pay around $30,000 USD for one.
@@darkstar7447 I wasn't talking about the civilian model but the military one with 3 rounds burst. They did sold some model but no one excepted Saint-Etienne do have the liscense to produce them. This is why they are so expensive and rare outside Europe
« Je voudrais un Famas » perfectly French, Congrats ! (I’m French by the way😀) that’s a iconic assaut rifle for us…à lot of my Friends who Had use it and use other assault riffle regret the famas for a lot of reasons.
This "I'm French so I surrender" meme is getting really old. French people have shown their fighting prowess many MANY times in the past. Hell their country is named after a weapon. And I'm saying this as a Finn who many think as a superb warrior people despite us losing all the wars we've fought in during our independence.
Hi guys, i'm french, living in france, and i can tell you that it's the best review ever i've seen about this rifle. You made me laugh a few times when you talk about us😂👍. I do possess a Verney Carron VCD15 which was proposed to replace the famas but, as usual, french government choose the german solution. Small comment, the biggest threat for france is not french people but Emmanuel Macron...that said, i can't wait for you doing a review of french wine, french cheese and off course, french women😂 take care. Longue vie à garand thumb
@@phillipsmith3366 yeah, if you like food and drink, France is a nice place to visit. Some people says that when god create France, he create the most beautifull place on earth, but to counterbalance it, he populate it with french people😂😂
La spécialité des français : piétiner leur président. La conséquence : personne de "normal" ne veut plus devenir président. Respectez vos élus et vous pourrez en avoir des meilleurs.
The idea that the French military should be supplied a French rifle regardless of quality is silly. We've got a great MiC with excellent know-how in many fields but the smalls arms industry is gone. And unless the government decides otherwise with billions of investment for a renaissance, it will remain so, because Verney-Carron just isn't up to the task. The VCD15 just doesn't hold a candle to the HK416F (which is not perfect itself but still) and anyone not hell-bent on chauvinism knows it. Even the basics, such as the quality of materials used, between the two is night and day..... AR-15 parts of mediocre quality, imported and assembled in France under the "made in France" label... Yeah, the French armed forces for sure missed out.... lmao. Not to mention the clear inferiority in performance against the SCAR and HK it was competing against. A rifle is nowhere near strategic enough to expect the troops to be content with being equipped with something clearly inferior to many of the options on the market when they are expected to be risking their lives. Someone arguing for the SCAR-L over the HK416 is one thing... but the freaking VCD15? There is no logic behind this beyond holding particluar political beliefs. Your comment is great hint of it, but if you're one of those people in France still looking for Teutons in the trenches... in case of trouble with Germany, we'll make do with a domestic solution or we'll just do what H&K is suing a bunch of foreign companies for and reverse-engineer the HK416 to produce it ourselves lol. It is nowhere near a priority beyond national pride. In regard to small arms, relocating ammunition manufacturing back home is far more relevant. Et aussi.... même pour blaguer, demander à des hommes étrangers de faire des reviews de nos nanas....... quoi, après les avoir essayer? Et puis quoi encore? Vous avez l'air d'investir tous vos stocks de patriotisme sur la compagnie frauduleuse qu'est Verney-Carron et sur le méchant Macron..... parce que ça, c'est une sacrée fierté à géométrie variable? mdr
@@jorelldye4346America got beaten by random Vietnamese peasants and random underequiped afghan so the white flag is more an American flag than a french one.
FAMAS ! YYYEESSS ! The rifle of my military service in 1998 in France ! FAMAS is an acronym : Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint Etienne . In english : Assault rifle from the Saint Etienne arms factory
Quelques differences notables avec le FAMAS de l'armée française : - Absence de bipied - Absence bague de maintien pour le tir FLG (lance-grenades) - Absence d'allidade de tir tendu (pour le FLG justement) - Absence du sélecteur de rafales sur le boîtier mécanisme (rafales de trois coups ou rafales continues) L'un des meilleurs fusils d'assaut de l'histoire moderne ! 💪🇨🇵
Used it for a good amount of times here in france, loved it and would kill to use it again, when 0 corectly it's an absolut mid range to long range machine, really nice to see you talk about it.
I believe that PSA is looking to bring the FAMAS back in their "Battlefield" series to go alongside the STG44, and I really hope that they do. Probably years away though.
well psa owns the famas in the video so they are probably using it as a reference so they can replicate it. they probably also gave it to garand thumb to see what the intrigue is like for the famas. i think they will start making them
You have to remember the FAMAS was designed and manufactured in 1978 which at the time made it pretty advanced and innovative. The Steyr AUG and Famas came out roughly at the same time. Above all the FAMAS was built for reliability across all terrain and weather conditions: from the jungle of French Guyana to the desert of the Sahel region and Iraq, the urban warfare of Liban against Hezbollah in 83, the cold of Yugoslavia or more recently Afghanistan and Mali, it has seen it all.
I am an ex French Foreign Legion NCO and I find the use of trite stereotypes insulting, the use of the word surrender for example. France has won more battles and wars than the US, dare one mention Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea etc.?
The difference being is that America doesn't surrender we fight it out until we win or lose. The difference between us is that when it really matters France would rather surrender while America would rather fight
I used the FAMAS on a joint UK/French exercise in CENZUB. Being used to the SA80 I didn't find using the FAMAS much different. One thing I hated, which you also mention, was the gases when the action is pushed to the rear; even wearing ballistic glasses wasn't enough to stop me being "blinded" when firing, so I adopted a new firing position with my cheek on the bump on the stock. It was only a blank firing/TESEX so accuracy wasn't an issue, but that's an experience that always comes to the front of my mind whenever I see the FAMAS in action.
I'm always quite impressed by this rifle considering it was made almost 50 years ago, and I'm proud of my country for designing it When I was in the french navy it was pretty much unanimously agreed that the bipod is useless and we removed it whenever there were no officers in sight
@@lacrorawça s'appelle du French Bashing l'ami et y'en à partout ^^ Pour autant je suis pas encore aigri par la vie perso, peut-être que toi oui, bonne continuation o/
One think that no much people know about this legendary gun: it is the only one in the world that can hold up right on the barrel on balance (nude without mag…). A perfectly balanced artefact.
In my regiment, to be a precision shooter (not a "sniper", they're above) and use a FRF2, we would be required to shoot a target at around 800m with 2/5 shots. With iron sights. And it was accurate if you know how bullets behave and you know your rifle, but at those distance with a 5.56, it's quite influencable by weather, but I managed to put 3 shots on target. With iron sights. With 5.56. Just let that sink in. I don't know how many rifling your version has, but ours being the latest had 3 or 4, it depends. In the "hump", there's something to lessen recoil, and you're supposed to put your head on the "groove" you spoke of. There's little to no recoil anyway. The fact that our rifle changed is purely politic. The thing is, the FAMAS manufacture was shot down due to that, and a replacement was created for the offer to change our main rifle, a modernized version, super well made, and not even that expensive compared to the other options. But even before the call, it was already decided to change for the HK. And there were a few lawsuits by other companies when it was discovered. Like when Sweden (iirc) wanted a new aircraft but already bought the F-35, but the Rafale still kicked it's ass even with the competition *HEAVILY* favoriting the F-35. That type of shit. Every former soldiers that I know of were outraged by that. The HK is worse in *EVERY* way compared to our nearly 50yo rifle, and all that just for politics. When in mission in Africa, we did some few exercice with some U.S. marines (hey brothers !), and of course like the kids we are, we shot all the arsenal the others got lmaoo Every one of them wanted to ditch their rifle for ours. I never got gassed up (I think that's how it's written), neither were my brothers, so like you said it might be an ammunition issue, or maybe just the civilian version that have different things than the military one. Or both.
Sweden never bought the F-35 and the Rafale like the Typhoon could never win. It does not have radar absorbing material, design and does not have inrernal weapons bay. And sorry to hurt your French pride but the U.S. supplied the CDG catapults and sails with 2 US navy technicians. And your Navy doesn’t even train your own naval aviators, the U.S. Navy trains your navy pilots in Mississippi. Also, whenever the navy Rafale gets a new weapon, France has to get down on their knees and go to Maryland for ground based catapult testing on Navy Rafale to qualify the weapon. You can be proud but the French military, especially the navy is deeply tied to the US military. US navy aircraft carriers visit France several times a year to help get French navy pilots carrier qualifications and competency if they are not deployed with the CDG. While they ate transiting the Mediterranean near France, they will be constantly landing and launching Rafales to help French pilots earn their qualifications through getting the number of required landings
Fun Fact - Croatian HS Produkt VHS-2 (Better known in US as "Hellion") was direct competitor for 416 as France new service rifle. Unfortunately as we know from Mike words, VHS lost with 416 because HS Produkt weren't able to produce and deliver main batch of rifles in designated time.
3:46 "My name is Michael, I am a FAMAS, I want to a FAMAS" - Mike Jones, 2024 He massacré-d the "I would love a FAMAS" part, but the rest is good. The correct phrasing would be "J'aimerais [avoir] un FAMAS". Love from a french Canadian 🇨🇦❤🇺🇲
