FAL Type C

Socket bayonet introduced in the 1960s for the FN-FAL assault rifles that incorporated the 22 mm. NATO-spec flash hider.

This is an early example, with serrations on the mounting catch and quality of manufacture is very high. Some later or foreign-made examples incorporated manufacturing simplifications. The finish is black paint.

The electropencil "RA" serial number prefix was used by the Rhodesian Army, indicating that this example was likely used in the Rhodesian Civil War. This example has a plastic scabbard with teardrop-shaped frog stud, identical to the scabbard on the South African R1 bayonet, indicating that it probably originated in South Africa. This bayonet came in a British web belt frog made in 1956.

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