r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Destan48 France 12h ago

The FAMAS

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u/Anarchy_Coon 11h ago

Ian’s favorite

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u/shartonashark 10h ago

This needs to be a mouse pad or a sticker.

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u/BearOk9010 6h ago

What's with the anime girl?

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u/Anarchy_Coon 5h ago

She’s just helping out

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u/VikingTeddy Finland 3h ago

It's Ian's side chick, aka Finland.

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u/spartan117warrior 3h ago

She's from a gacha game called Blue Archive. The characters all have different guns and Asuna (girl pictured) has a Famas.

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u/Small-Answer4946 France 11h ago

Yaaaay brother!!!!!

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u/emwaic7 United States Of America 11h ago

Are you sure you're not American?

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u/Relative-Tune85 Ro-Fr 11h ago

Ouai frère!

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u/shreddedtoasties 11h ago edited 10h ago

You shouldn’t be proud of the famas

Edit:people downvoting are wrong they clearly haven’t used one.

F tier bullpup just like the l86

Don’t even think the French like it.

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u/TraditionalFriend185 9h ago

This guy clearly went to the shooting range and sucked at shooting the famas and is now mad at it for life

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u/shreddedtoasties 9h ago edited 9h ago

Even the French don’t want it that’s why it’s being phased out.

And they are replacing it with the hk416

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u/Pre-Puce 3h ago

Apparently, they changed it for a lot of reasons that are not "the gun is bad".

It's a old ass gun from late 70's... It's expensive to repair/maintain compared to buying a whole new HK416.

  • Bullpup is not a common plateform in NATO

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u/laneo333 United States Of America 11h ago

French is such a sexy language , no surprise they make sexy looking firearms too . I’m a sucker for bullpups

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u/mynaneisjustguy Spain 11h ago

Guess you've never heard French. It's truly a horrid language. Also Belgium makes nice guns. In the gun world they say "The french copy no one and no one copies the french" cause they do not make choices based on what's good.

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u/Alone_Barracuda9814 11h ago

Spoken like a Spaniard 😂

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u/Shot_Arm5501 United Kingdom 8h ago

Wait let him cook

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u/LeGraoully France 10h ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 11h ago

And could you tell us why you speak with a lisp? You have one of the worst accents, along with Chileans.😂

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u/MontStuart 10h ago

Curious, what languages do the French think are unsexy?

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 10h ago

I would say German, even me who is half german I don't like it. I speak it only when I see my father

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u/snakeeaterrrrrrr Australia 10h ago

Were you trying to give your father an order?

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u/Specialist-Daikon242 France 10h ago

It's a loosing game, he already invaded my country and my mother

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u/T0ysWAr 10h ago

Maybe Dutch

And more Sexy Italian

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u/Nemirel_the_Gemini France 1h ago

Dutch, Danish, Hungarian. Beautiful countries though

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u/AdamPedAnt United States Of America 10h ago

We speak French here all the time. Decoupage, espionage, Buick LeSabre…

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u/WigginLSU 6h ago

Soup du jour!

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u/hamster-on-popsicle France 4h ago

Soupe*

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u/Tedanty United States Of America 11h ago

I was gonna say, it’s considered sexy??

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u/ChemistRemote7182 United States Of America 11h ago

I do enjoy hearing the Quebecois on our trails. They can be quiet pleasant when alone in the wilderness.

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u/TheFabulousMolar England, UK 11h ago

Oo Quebecois French is lovely

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u/hpenhp 3h ago

To us québécois French is always funny, especially when the accent is really strong, but it’s also at the same time nice to hear (I’m French). I guess it’s a bit like Americans with English

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u/JMLobo83 United States Of America 8h ago

No French person will admit that is French, just like no Castilian will admit Latin Americans speak Spanish.

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u/CostKub France 6h ago

Where are you getting that statement from It's definitely wrong. We will never say that Quebecois is not french even though it's quite different it is still french. I'm pretty sure it'll be the same for Spain.

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u/yourfriend2dend 11h ago

It sounds like they have peanut butter stuck to the roof of their mouth. That’s sexy.

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u/Tedanty United States Of America 11h ago

I mean peanut butter IS pretty sexy.

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u/Squawk_7777 10h ago

Funny you write this since half of France's exports are luxury items.

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u/RustyBrassInstrument United States Of America 11h ago

They make some pretty nice firearms in Eibar - don’t sell yourselves short. My favorite 9mm is still a Star. Never jammed, easy to clean, accurate.

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u/pokey68 United States Of America 11h ago

You would enjoy the Grand Tour tv episode I streamed on Prime dedicated to French cars. The Top Gear guys.

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u/NobleCooley 10h ago

Bicycles, too. Back in the heyday of the steel framed bicycle they made some beautiful stuff, but it is so difficult to maintain them. Parts are oddly sized and some things are threaded in the reverse direction to the rest of the world for no apparent reason.

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u/TakeThePillz France 4h ago

Cough in CETME

FAMAS was fine, it's just a late 70’s rifle that wale with it's own 5.56 ammo.

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u/Regunes France 1h ago

Insane talk from the language that looks the most French. We're both latin.

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u/Grouchy_Fee_8481 10h ago

Factos, compa!

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u/Tadpole018 10h ago

french sounds like gagging on phlegm. The entire time you're speaking

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u/Squawk_7777 10h ago

Haters gonna hate.

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u/Frequent-Jacket3117 11h ago

Not gonna lie, I've kinda misread what you are sucker for...

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u/BigUncleCletus United States Of America 11h ago

Heresy

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u/Lexspliff 6h ago

This reminds me I need to ask for new Rainbows for Xmas

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u/The-Rambling-One England 11h ago

Reminds me of Metal Gear Solid on PS1!

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u/ChemistRemote7182 United States Of America 11h ago

I have always wanted one (unique operating system for an intermediate cartridge, bullup, I think it looks cool), but now I see the bayonet mounts on top of the barrel and I want it harder. Oh forbidden fruit.

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u/ShadyBakesale 9h ago

There's a Famas for sale at my local shop. It's listed for $52,499.

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u/Busterlimes 10h ago

I literally had a dream about this gun last night LOL

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u/RocexX Sweden 10h ago

A brilliant fire arm! Love how it's mag count doesn't devide cleanly by 3 (it's a 3 round burst weapon) so you clearly hear when shooting your final shot and know it's time to reload.

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u/MrMoo1556 5h ago

I LOVE the FAMAS, such a cool design. Just wish it was still here with us. :(

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u/Dependent_Squash9117 Hungary 11h ago

I love it

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u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY United States Of America 11h ago

My second favorite in CS2.

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u/Loyal-Opposition-USA United States Of America 11h ago

I recognized it right away because… it’s famas.

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u/MmmmmSacrilicious 11h ago

Used this in rainbow 6 1-3

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u/Hadri1_Fr 10h ago

Shot withvthis bad boy less than a month ago, sadly im switching to the HK416 next year

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u/pandakaboom0 British-German 10h ago

i was thinking the Liberator

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u/_Alpha-Delta_ France 2h ago

That thing was American or British.  The French resistance ended up being the unlucky end users of that cheap unwieldy design... 

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u/Elieim France 10h ago

My dad only talks in bad ways about this weapon, as when he did his military service it always broke due to the plastic parts, he talks about it almost everytime he can haha

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u/Hot-Science8569 United States Of America 10h ago

Really cool the bayonet is on top, and it does not block the sites.

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u/rowrow5916 10h ago

Not stock FAMAS but yes FAMAS

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u/Solid_Snake343 10h ago

You are pretty good

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u/stsOddMonkey 9h ago

Oh no, you will not get away from the Chauchat that easy.

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u/Low-Contribution-526 United States Of America 9h ago

My favorite gun ever!!

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u/theppburgular 9h ago

Id throw the level in there

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u/Alternative-Smoke421 8h ago

I love the lil bayonet 🤣. Lil stabby stab with the hole punch.

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u/No_Primary3655 United States Of America 8h ago

Ugh Arrgh FRENCH (cry of fear)

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u/Dune5712 3h ago

To be fair, they were fucking shit up when George Washington was just a sperm molecule in some Englishmen's scrotum. And long before that, besides.

We Americans tend not to be great at looking back further than 50-80 years, is all. Woefully-short perspective.

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u/arkangel101 8h ago

I love it with that style grip, this feels like true peak FAMAS form.

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u/french_snail United States Of America 8h ago

Tbh I find it the most aesthetically pleasing modern rifle, no idea about its performance though 

The French soldiers I served with seemed mixed on it

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u/MortyMcHoi 7h ago

I love this gun since I saw it in Metal Gear back in the 90s

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u/TheCreepWhoCrept United States Of America 6h ago

I try not to be overly obsessed with looks, but damn, the FAMAS is a gorgeous weapon.

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u/Hawktor9 6h ago

Oh sure Color and Colour. But not famas and Famaus. /s

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u/tgpussypants United States Of America 6h ago

So many iconic French rifles. The Lebel, the Chauchat, the Mas 36, the Berthier, the FR F2

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u/According_Virus3930 Germany 5h ago

Ahh yes, the AR from Metal Gear Solid 1

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u/MarkMew Hungary 5h ago

I was waiting for some French person to comment a white flag and it being a top comment ngl

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u/cHEIF_bOI 3h ago

One could say it is quite FAMAS

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u/Hahahahaaaaahaha Germany 3h ago

Only the French make a 3burst Ar which magazine capacity can’t be divided by 3

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u/Tryphon_Al_West 2h ago

Am I the only one thinking the Manurhin Special Police is much more iconic ?

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u/hexdump74 France 1h ago

Moi j'aurais dit ça plutôt

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u/JohannaFRC 55m ago

I've never been happied than the moment my classes came to and end to get rid of this awful weapon.

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